Robert Frohl
SElinux Security Engineer at SUSE
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRobert Frohl is a seasoned security-focused software engineer with 11 years of experience, currently working as an SELinux Security Engineer at SUSE after progressing through security and engineering roles there since 2018. He brings strong systems-level programming skills in Python, Ruby, Perl, and C, backed by an MSc in Computer Science from Leipzig University. His background spans software development and QA infrastructure—improving test automation and maintainability at Sophos and later hardening platform security at SUSE. An active contributor to OpenSCAP, he has strengthened test coverage and cross-distro reliability for a NIST-certified SCAP toolkit, reflecting a pragmatic focus on auditable, reproducible security controls. Based in Leipzig, he combines deep technical craftsmanship with a practical emphasis on robust testing and platform-aware security engineering.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science at Leipzig University
English, German
Github Skills (11)
sh10
compliance10
script10
shell10
scanning10
scripting10
testing10
cap9
sca9
openscap9
bash9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
OpenSCAP/openscap
Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
NIST Certified SCAP 1.2 toolkit
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:11 commits, 3 PRs, 21 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Robert primarily contributed to improving the testing infrastructure and test coverage within the OpenSCAP project. Their work involved modifying existing tests, such as rpmverifyfile and rpmverifypackage, to account for platform-specific differences and ensure accurate results across different Linux distributions. They also made improvements to test readability and maintainability by refactoring test code and correcting typos. The user's contributions focused on creating more robust and reliable tests within the project's existing testing framework.
nistdata-streamxccdfovalsecurity
rfrohl/vim
May 2015 - Jul 2023
Contributions:42 pushes in 8 years 3 months
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