Marcus Watts
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMarcus Watts is a seasoned security leader with 11 years of experience managing facility and program security across defense and commercial aerospace organizations. He has progressed from security specialist roles to Senior Director of Security at Kratos, demonstrating strength in regulatory compliance, personnel development, and financial accountability. Based in Colorado Springs, he combines operational security stewardship with hands-on program administration and strategic planning under budget and time constraints. Marcus also contributes technical improvements to open-source infrastructure—working on Ceph key management and testing automation—bringing a practical appreciation for secure systems integration. Known for recruiting and developing high-performance teams, he excels at translating complex security requirements into auditable, scalable processes. His background in business administration informs a pragmatic, client-focused approach to risk management and organizational readiness.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management, General, Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Business Administration and Management, General at Virginia State University
Github Skills (15)
aws-s310
ceph10
storage10
amazon-s310
python10
kmip10
vault10
s3-bucket10
testing9
distributed-database9
distributed-systems9
distributed-file-system9
cloud-storage8
devops8
block-storage7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
ceph/ceph
Oct 2015 - Nov 2022
Ceph is a distributed object, block, and file storage platform
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:59 reviews, 183 commits, 90 PRs in 7 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Marcus primarily contributed to the Ceph project by working on tasks related to key management and testing infrastructure. Their work included adding SubjectAltName to certificates in QA tasks and enhancing the vault unzip function to improve reliability. Furthermore, they introduced and implemented initial logic for KMIP-based key management within the radosgw component, configuring encryption options and integrating key management with s3tests. These contributions improved security and integration aspects of the Ceph storage platform.
fusefile-storagecephstorageopenebs
mdw-at-linuxbox/doad
Mar 2018 - Oct 2022
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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