Michael Sheinberg
Systems Developer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Sheinberg is a systems developer with 12 years of experience building secure, production-grade infrastructure across enterprise and nonprofit environments, currently at AWS in Seattle. He has a strong DevOps and security background from roles at the Freedom of the Press Foundation—where he improved SecureDrop testing and hardened iptables comparisons—and prior positions focused on CI/CD, systems administration, and network security. Michael combines hands-on automation and testing expertise with formal training in information assurance, enabling reproducible deployments and auditable security controls. He’s comfortable working on critical, privacy-sensitive projects and has repeatedly improved CI/CD pipelines and test suites to boost reliability and compliance.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Information Assurance, MS, Information Assurance at University of Maryland Global CampusBA, Social Psychology, BA, Social Psychology at University of Maryland
Github Skills (10)
network-security10
testinfra10
devops10
python10
iptables10
cicd9
testing9
bash7
ansible-galaxy6
ansible6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
freedomofpress/securedrop
Feb 2017 - Apr 2019
GitHub repository for the SecureDrop whistleblower platform. Do not submit tips here!
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:585 commits, 115 PRs, 373 pushes in 2 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on converting existing iptables specifications to Testinfra, a testing framework, to improve network security configuration validation. They updated test scripts, and implemented features to allow for a more robust and accurate method of comparing iptables output, emphasizing the importance of rule order. Additionally, they worked on the testing and configuration of an OSSEC server, which involved ensuring required packages were installed and configuring security settings. They also made improvements to the test suite runner scripts to enhance CI/CD functionality.
usabilitypythonsubmitflask-applicationsecuredrop
msheiny/dotsheiny
Mar 2015 - Jun 2023
Contributions:48 pushes in 8 years 4 months
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