Michael Bailey
Senior Security Automation Engineer
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Bailey is a Senior Security Automation Engineer with 12 years of experience designing resilient DFIR, cloud, and endpoint solutions at Unit 42/Palo Alto Networks, where he was an early Crypsis hire and the longest-serving employee. He blends hands-on R&D—building everything from Slackbots to distributed evidence collection systems like Crypsaurus and Hadron—with production-grade DevOps, reducing platform login latency from 20+ seconds to 1–2 seconds and improving critical-service uptime. Michael has driven cloud-native architectures on GCP, automated breach intelligence distribution, and architected data strategies that ensured tight RTOs and prevented capacity failures. He contributed backend API work to the well-known CRITs threat-research project, reflecting a commitment to collaborative open-source tooling. Based in Boulder, he pairs deep forensic expertise with pragmatic engineering for consultant workflows, and often surfaces non-obvious operational improvements that scale investigative teams.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Information Technology, Bachelor of Science - BS Information Technology at George Mason University
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Github Skills (8)
api10
python10
apidoc10
documentation8
ip-address6
dns6
server6
git4
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
crits/crits
Jul 2016 - Jul 2016
CRITs - Collaborative Research Into Threats
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 12 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the API functionality within the CRITs project. Their work involved modifying the API to include a "description" parameter for sample uploads and IP addresses. They also corrected indentation issues and updated documentation to reflect the new API parameters. Their commits demonstrate a focus on enhancing and refining the API's capabilities, along with associated documentation updates.
securitycollaborative-researchcybersecuritycollaborativethreats
mike-bailey/cyber-scripts
May 2014 - Oct 2016
Contributions:7 commits, 1 PR, 6 pushes in 2 years 5 months
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