Thaddeus Pearson
Cyber Security Engineer at Viasat Inc.
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolThaddeus Pearson is a Cyber Security Engineer based in New York with eight years of hands-on experience securing cloud-native environments using Python, AWS, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes. At Viasat he drives DevSecOps practices, risk assessments, architecture and code reviews, and prototypes security tooling for production services. He has a strong background in technical education—leading and designing Fullstack Academy’s cybersecurity curriculum and mentoring new practitioners—which sharpens his ability to translate security concepts into practical controls. Thaddeus pairs academic training (MS in Cybersecurity from NYU Tandon) with real-world engineering, balancing research-led prototyping and pragmatic implementation. His earlier roles as a technical director and instructor reveal a knack for clear communication, user-focused tooling, and operational reliability beyond pure code. Colleagues describe him as a practitioner who moves security from policy into automated, scalable systems.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity, Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity at NYU Tandon School of EngineeringCyber Security Immersive Program, Cyber Security, Graduate, Cyber Security Immersive Program, Cyber Security, Graduate at Fullstack AcademyBachelor's degree, Musical Theatre, Bachelor's degree, Musical Theatre at University of Florida
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Github Skills (6)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
thaddeuspearson/LS-PY110
Feb 2025 - Mar 2025
Contributions:192 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
thaddeuspearson/Supersploit
Sep 2019 - Jul 2020
A better way to searchsploit...
Contributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 20 pushes in 9 months
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