Paul Mcgarrigle
Software Engineer at Taoglas
Dublin, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Mcgarrigle is a software engineer based in Dublin with nine years' experience building and securing cloud-native IoT services. He designs, maintains and deploys Taoglas Insights, a subscription-based full-stack RESTful platform for device and time-series data management, while also performing penetration testing and hardening the platform against OWASP Top 10 threats. Paul combines hands-on engineering—CI/CD, API integrations and secure data pipelines—with client-facing work to extend bespoke functionality and support deployments. He holds advanced degrees in computing and cybersecurity and has taught computer science, bringing both academic rigour and a practical mentoring role in hiring and upskilling new engineers. Notably, his remit spans product, security and documentation, making him as comfortable writing marketing materials and API extensions as he is closing security findings.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Business & Management, Second Class Honours (2.1), Master of Science (MSc), Business & Management, Second Class Honours (2.1) at Queen's University BelfastPostgraduate Diploma, Cybersecurity, Distinction (1.1), Postgraduate Diploma, Cybersecurity, Distinction (1.1) at National College of IrelandBachelor of Science (BSc) (Hons), in Computing, First Class Honours (1.1), Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Hons), in Computing, First Class Honours (1.1) at Dundalk Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science (MSc), in Computing, Applied Software Technology, First Class Honours (1.1), Master of Science (MSc), in Computing, Applied Software Technology, First Class Honours (1.1) at Dublin Institute of TechnologyQQI Level 5, Information Technology, Distinction, QQI Level 5, Information Technology, Distinction at Drogheda Institute of Further Education
Github Skills (10)
google-maps-api9
firebase9
rest-services9
json8
java8
android8
rest7
nosql7
nosql-database7
cloud-computing6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Paul-McGarrigle/Android-Travel-Application
Jun 2017 - Sep 2017
This application is an Android based travel application. Users can Login/Register on the application and their information is stored on Firebase, a cloud based NoSQL Database. When a user has logged in they are brought to their profile page, which will display their personal registration information and allow them to upload a profile picture by accessing the devices built in Camera application. The user can then select a country and retrieve information on this country compared to their current location. For example users can get information on the specified country, or locate flights to the specified country, or use a currency conversion calculator or view a map of the country. These services are provided by online REST services, such as Google Maps API, restcountries.eu API & fixer.io API. The user can then logout of the application by following the specified link or simply shaking the device.
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
androidcloud-computingfirebasegoogle-maps-apinosql-database
Paul-McGarrigle/Python_Scripts
Apr 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 43 pushes, 2 branches in 11 months
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