Natalie Somersall
Solutions Architect at XBOW
United States
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Top SchoolNatalie Somersall is a Solutions Architect and federal DevSecOps specialist with 11 years of experience designing secure, compliant developer platforms for high-security environments. She blends hands-on Linux, Python, and shell scripting expertise with deep experience in CI/CD, Kubernetes security, and automating compliance across frameworks like FedRAMP, CMMC, and ITAR. At Chainguard and GitHub she led public sector programs, built complex air-gapped and FIPS-validated solutions, and mentored teams to drive greenfield revenue and large-scale migrations. Her contributions to GitHub Enterprise reporting and security-focused SQL audits reflect a pragmatic focus on measurable risk reduction and operational visibility. Comfortable moving between hands-on engineering and executive briefings, she thrives on building secure, complex systems and making them usable for real teams.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Civil Engineering, Master’s Degree Civil Engineering at Virginia TechAssociates of Arts & Sciences, Associates of Arts & Sciences at Southside Virginia Community College
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Github Skills (24)
github-enterprise10
reporting-tools10
embedded-reporting10
sql10
database-design10
meter10
metric10
audit9
audit-logging9
code-auditing9
audit-trail9
auditing9
wpgraphql4
wordpress-graphql4
graphql4
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
github/platform-samples
Sep 2021 - Oct 2021
A public place for all platform sample projects.
Role in this project:
Database Engineer / Database Administrator
Database Engineer / Database AdministratorContributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 4 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Natalie's contributions primarily involved adding and modifying SQL queries. These queries are related to auditing, security, and metrics reporting within a GitHub Enterprise environment. The user added SQL queries for various purposes, including auditing webhooks, deploy keys, user emails, and OAuth applications. Additionally, the user created SQL reports for security vulnerabilities, metrics related to users, pull requests, and GitHub Actions.
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some-natalie/kubernoodles
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
k8s runners for GitHub Actions in the enterprise, made for humans
Contributions:18 releases, 2 reviews, 128 commits in 10 months
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