Michael Winstead
Sr. Security Software Engineer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Winstead is a Sr. Security Software Engineer in Seattle with 11 years of experience blending weapons engineering and SaaS practices to build secure, reliable back-end microservices. He leverages a strong computer security background from the Air Force and focused network warfare training to lead small Agile teams through rapid, production-ready delivery while minimizing technical debt. At Microsoft he applies that operational mindset to security-focused platform work, and his prior roles span security consulting and backend engineering for healthcare and defense contexts. Michael is passionate about pragmatic architecture that prioritizes early business value and sustained team velocity, and he brings an uncommon lens from cyber weapons development to practical, auditable security solutions.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Communications infrastructure and network security, Communications infrastructure and network security at Undergraduate Cyber TrainingNetwork Security, Network Security at Intermediate Network Warfare TrainingBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science at United States Air Force Academy
German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (56)
ctf9
python9
security9
docker9
ambassador9
flask9
native-api9
kubernetes-ingress8
grpc-web8
binding8
ffi8
rocket8
api-gateway8
attack-defense8
meteor-application8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
Project-Prismatica/prismatica-infrastructure
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:11 commits, 8 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 month
infrastructureorchestrationterraform
Project-Prismatica/prismatica-rootui
Mar 2018 - May 2018
Contributions:13 PRs, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
user-interfacereact
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