Steven Serrata
Sr. Manager, Solutions Architect at Palo Alto Networks
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSteven Serrata is a Distinguished Engineer in the Office of the CTO at Palo Alto Networks with two decades of hands-on experience across network engineering, information security, developer relations, and AI. He builds developer-first tooling and documentation platforms—authoring a Docusaurus OpenAPI generator and improving API docs UI (including dark mode and code-tab features) to boost developer experience and API adoption. At Palo Alto Networks he has led generative AI initiatives and researched adversarial attacks on LLMs, pairing applied security expertise with pragmatic engineering. His background spans low-level forensics and large-scale network architecture to full-stack Python and ReactJS development, reflecting a rare blend of blue-team security chops and front-end UX sensibilities. Based in Charlotte, he combines enterprise-grade product delivery with open-source contributions that improve how engineers interact with security APIs.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Texas at San AntonioCIS: Network Support Specialization, Computer Information Systems, CIS: Network Support Specialization, Computer Information Systems at Del Mar CollegeMaster of Science - MS, Technology Commercialization, Master of Science - MS, Technology Commercialization at The University of Texas at Austin
Spanish
Github Skills (6)
css10
docusaurus10
front-end-development10
react10
javascript9
html8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
PaloAltoNetworks/docusaurus-openapi-docs
Feb 2022 - Jan 2023
🦝 OpenAPI plugin for generating API reference docs in Docusaurus v3.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:57 releases, 139 reviews, 237 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Steven made several contributions to improve the user interface of the OpenAPI documentation. They worked on enabling dark mode toggles, fixing demo styles, and rendering responses outside of tables. They also added custom styles for various elements, including colors and fonts, and implemented new code tab features. The user's work centered around enhancing the visual presentation and user experience of the API documentation.
docusaurus2apireactredocdocusaurus
PaloAltoNetworks/pan.dev
Nov 2019 - Feb 2023
Palo Alto Networks for Developers
Contributions:90 reviews, 265 commits, 437 PRs in 3 years 3 months
palo-altopan-devpan-osaltopanos
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