Michael Contino
Principal Security Engineer at BARK
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Contino is a Principal Security Engineer with 13 years of experience securing large financial and e-commerce platforms, currently architecting cloud and container security at Bark. He combines hands-on Linux and Kubernetes security expertise with leadership of internal red teams, vulnerability management programs, and security automation across CI/CD pipelines. Known for pragmatic control design and executive risk reporting, he translates complex technical findings into actionable intelligence for leadership. A mentor to OSCP/CCDC participants and frequent contributor to tooling, he refactored and extended the widely used linuxprivchecker script to improve privilege escalation detection. Based in Fort Wayne, he balances deep technical SME work with vendor strategy, budget management, and cross-functional collaboration. Outside work he’s a self-described “dad of tinny humans” and lifelong tinkerer who learns by building tools and starting random projects.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's in Networking Networking and Information Security, Bachelor's in Networking Networking and Information Security at Indiana Institute of TechnologyCore 40 with Technical Honors Computer Science, Core 40 with Technical Honors Computer Science at Homestead High SchoolAssociates in Information Security Network Security Audits and Penetration Testing, Associates in Information Security Network Security Audits and Penetration Testing at Ivy Tech Community College
English
Github Skills (6)
pentesting10
python10
pentest10
security10
bash9
script9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
sleventyeleven/linuxprivchecker
May 2020 - Feb 2021
linuxprivchecker.py -- a Linux Privilege Escalation Check Script
Role in this project:
Backend & Security Engineer
Backend & Security EngineerContributions:26 commits, 6 PRs, 24 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Michael significantly contributed to the `linuxprivchecker.py` script, a tool for Linux privilege escalation checks. Their work involved refactoring the code to adhere to PEP 8 standards and improve maintainability. They expanded the script's functionality by adding new checks for user cron jobs, history files, rc files, and SSH agent presence, thereby enhancing its ability to identify potential vulnerabilities. Their contributions focused on improving the script's ability to enumerate and assess system security configurations.
hacktheboxsecuritylinuxprivilegepentest-tools
sleventyeleven/PyScore
Feb 2014 - Aug 2015
Contributions:47 commits, 33 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 6 months
pythonpython3scoringscoring-engine
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