Scott Cothrell
Software QA Engineer at Cisco
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Cothrell is a seasoned Software QA Engineer and technical leader with over 25 years of experience designing and validating embedded systems, cryptographic solutions, and network intrusion detection/prevention platforms. He has led cross-functional teams at Cisco and Kapsch TrafficCom, blending hands-on engineering, Scrum/Agile program management, and customer-facing systems delivery for high-availability, field-proven products. His background includes deep low-level expertise—BSP, Linux drivers, JTAG and protocol reverse-engineering—and two patents for inline intrusion detection designs that sustained defect-free field deployments for 15 years. A former NSA computer engineer comfortable with both waterfall and modern Agile lifecycles, Scott also automates testing and CI/CD (Node.js, Python, Jenkins) and publishes infrastructure code to streamline deployments. Based in Austin, he brings a practical tinkerer’s mindset from his homelab—building computers and electronics—that informs pragmatic test strategies and reliability-focused tooling.
10 years of coding experience
37 years of employment as a software developer
Non-degree seeking Electrical Engineering, Non-degree seeking Electrical Engineering at University of MarylandBS Computer Engineering, BS Computer Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignCertificate Information Networking Institute's Advanced Technology Innovation Program, Certificate Information Networking Institute's Advanced Technology Innovation Program at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (5)
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Github contributions (5)
scott-cothrell/deploy-ASAv
Apr 2018 - May 2021
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push in 3 years 1 month
scott-cothrell/aws-tools
Apr 2018 - Dec 2021
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 8 months
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