Mario Kahlhofer
Senior Research Scientist at Dynatrace
Linz, Upper Austria
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Top SchoolMario Kahlhofer is a Senior Research Scientist and cloud-native security specialist based in Linz with nine years of experience at the intersection of security, data science, and incident response. At Dynatrace he progressed from data scientist to security researcher and now leads security incident response efforts, applying TTP-based threat hunting using tools like Tetragon and Falco. He combines rigorous academic training from Johannes Kepler Universität with hands-on engineering, having implemented JVM Truffle-based interpreters and analyzed large APM datasets to predict performance events. Mario blends practical SME work for SMEs through his Codespitze consultancy with enterprise-grade research, uniquely straddling applied machine learning and detection engineering. A Cloud Security and AI enthusiast, he brings a pragmatic focus on observable, data-driven defenses and automated response in cloud-native environments. Notably, his background spans low-level runtime performance work to operational threat hunting, giving him rare visibility across the full stack of modern observability and security.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Electrical and Information Engineering, Passed with distinction, Electrical and Information Engineering, Passed with distinction at HTL WaidhofenDiplom-Ingenieur, Computer Science, Passed with distinction, GPA 3.81, Diplom-Ingenieur, Computer Science, Passed with distinction, GPA 3.81 at Johannes Kepler University Linz
German, English
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Github Skills (200)
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linux10
developer-tools10
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
blu3r4y/jku-room-search
Apr 2019 - Feb 2023
Search for free rooms on the campus of the Johannes Kepler University Linz
Contributions:162 commits, 12 PRs, 267 pushes in 3 years 10 months
keplerdjangocampuslinzsearch-engine
LITdrive/aadc2018
Jul 2018 - Jun 2019
Contributions:253 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
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