Rafael Troncoso is an Application Security Engineer with over 13 years of hands-on experience securing and modernizing enterprise applications, currently driving application security at Tesla and teaching DevSecOps, Docker, and Kubernetes in a Master’s program. He combines a deep software development background across government and commercial sectors—with roots in the US Navy and federal agencies—with proven leadership in CI/CD, application modernization, and DevOps at organizations like SAP Concur and Salient CRGT. Known as a proactive security advocate, he anticipates vulnerabilities and embeds secure design and compliance (FDA, DHS) into delivery pipelines. Fluent in English and Spanish, he pairs technical mentorship and academic instruction with practical achievements such as migrating dozens of legacy apps to modern platforms and architecting agency-wide CI/CD standards.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Technical Programmer Specialist, Computer Software Engineering, Technical Programmer Specialist, Computer Software Engineering at IES Mar de Cádiz
Technical Computer Engineer, Technical Computer Engineer at Universidad de Cádiz / UNED
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