Phillip Tarrant
Principal Security Engineer at TopBuild
Morrison, Tennessee, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPhillip Tarrant is a Principal Security Engineer with nearly two decades of cybersecurity experience and a proven track record building SOCs, automation platforms, and incident response programs that scale. He combines hands-on expertise in digital forensics, penetration testing, threat hunting, SIEM tuning, and SOAR-driven automation with leadership roles that tripled client bases and turned IR into a competitive advantage. Phillip has led automation teams creating Python, AWS Lambda, and custom AI-driven processes to handle thousands of alerts weekly and improve triage and response. Comfortable across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments, he also advises on compliance frameworks like PCI, HIPAA, GDPR, and NIST. Based in Morrison, Tennessee, he balances intense technical work with homestead life—an unusual but telling testament to his knack for practical systems and long-term stewardship.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, SEC542, Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, SEC542 at SANS Technology InstituteNetwork Engineering, Information Technology, Network Engineering, Information Technology at Virginia CollegeEMT-I Certification, EMT-I Certification, EMT-I Certification, EMT-I Certification at Augusta Technical CollegeVocational, Technical, Vocational, Technical at Harlem High School
English
Github Skills (29)
minecraft10
tornado10
adminlte10
dompdf10
control-panel10
pdf-generation10
html-to-pdf10
console9
converter9
python9
css9
pdf9
php9
html9
scheduling7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
RMDC-Crafty/crafty
Oct 2019 - Jan 2021
Crafty is an open source Minecraft control panel built using Tornado and AdminLTE, featuring server scheduling, a interactive console and the ability to run almost any type of Minecraft server
Contributions:334 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 3 months
minecraftpythonschedulingadminlteconsole
ptarrant/velociraptor-docs
Oct 2021 - Oct 2021
Documentation site for Velociraptor
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
velociraptordocumentation-site
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