Summary
Ted Hardy is a Security Operation Engineer with over a decade of experience designing and operating cloud-scale data pipelines and security analytics at Microsoft. He specializes in turning host-level telemetry into action-oriented insights using big-data platforms like Spark, Databricks and Azure Synapse, and has implemented Medallion Architecture and validation gates to ensure reliable, production-grade publishing across millions of Entra tenants. His background spans hands-on engineering, program management and leadership, enabling him to bridge product needs with durable operational systems. Based in Seattle and grounded in a physics B.S., he combines a curiosity for new platforms and languages with a practical “begin with the end in mind” engineering philosophy that emphasizes measurable, long-lived outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics at North Carolina State University