Liam Mccann
Senior Cybersecurity - Network Threat Analyst
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Mccann is a Senior Cybersecurity Network Threat Analyst with eight years of experience blending software engineering and defensive security across enterprise and research settings. Based in Charlotte, he moved from building containerized testbeds and genetic-algorithm tooling in academia to writing production-grade security and software solutions at Johns Hopkins APL and now AT&T. He has hands-on open-source maintenance experience contributing to Ansible—improving code quality and docs for a widely used automation project—and has built customer-facing features in React and Python during a Red Hat internship. William combines a Master's in Cybersecurity from Johns Hopkins with a BS in Computer Science and a knack for shipping durable, user-focused systems. Notably, he has led metadata and AI-driven scraping efforts that bridged research and practical tooling, reflecting an ability to translate experimental ideas into deployable software. He’s focused on creating long-lasting software while strengthening the open-source ecosystem and operational security posture.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Christ SchoolMaster's degree, Cybersecurity, Master's degree, Cybersecurity at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of EngineeringBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Washington and Lee University
Github Skills (3)
python9
merge-conflicts8
documentation7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
ansible/ansible
Jul 2018 - Jan 2023
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:992 reviews, 590 commits, 1746 PRs in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Liam primarily addressed code maintenance and bug fixes, with a focus on improving code quality and consistency within the codebase. They resolved merge conflicts and fixed typos in the documentation. The user demonstrated an understanding of the project's internal workings.
ansibleautomationnetwork-configurationsshpython
samccann/ansible-documentation
Jun 2023 - Nov 2025
Clone of ansible/ansible with non-docs content removed
Contributions:181 pushes, 255 branches in 2 years 5 months
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