Sean Kavanagh
Security Operations Manager
Solon, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSean Kavanagh is a Security Operations Manager and seasoned application cybersecurity engineer with over two decades of IT and software development experience and 13 years focused on application security roles. He has driven secure design and delivery for enterprise applications across financial and defense sectors, with senior roles at Visa, PNC, IBM, and Northrop Grumman. Known for bridging software architecture and security operations, Sean moves between hands-on coding, threat modeling, and building secure development practices that scale across large organizations. Based in Solon, Ohio, he blends deep Java and systems expertise with practical governance—helping teams turn complex compliance and risk requirements into auditable, deployable solutions. Colleagues rely on him to translate architectural trade-offs into secure, maintainable implementations while mentoring engineers toward secure-by-design thinking.
13 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Western Kentucky University
Github Skills (89)
aws-services10
maven-plugin10
ssh-keys10
jenkins-plugin10
pty10
gradle-plugin10
bastion-host10
eclipse10
ssh10
javascript10
leiningen10
webapp10
tty10
console10
software-composition-analysis10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
giflw/KeyBox
Feb 2013 - Aug 2014
A web-based SSH console that executes commands on multiple shells. KeyBox allows you to manage keys, share terminal commands, and upload files to multiple systems simultaneously.
Contributions:76 commits in 1 year 6 months
terminal-sharesimultaneouslyconsolesshshells
bastillion-io/Bastillion-EC2-upgrade
Dec 2017 - Dec 2018
Contributions:1 release, 3 commits, 2 pushes in 1 year
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