Summary
Nickolas Zolotko is a Security QA Engineer based in Portland with 11 years of hands-on experience bridging systems administration and security research across macOS/iOS, FreeBSD, Linux and network environments. He has led QA teams and owned testing for revenue-generating EDR, vulnerability and IdP features, acting as the internal macOS Swift agent SME and maintainer of the QA GitHub repository. Formerly a lead systems administrator in the animation industry, he built automation and device tooling (Swift/Bash/Python) and ran MDM, Munki and FreeBSD infrastructure at scale. Nickolas combines threat hunting and malware detection research on Apple devices with practical engineering鈥攐ften creating device scripts and test plans that reveal edge-case threats before they reach customers. Known as an opinionated Apple and FreeBSD user, he brings a pragmatic, research-driven approach to quality and security that blends deep platform expertise with hands-on debugging.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Skyview High School