Security automation • Cloud infrastructure • Reliability engineering

Brent Dean

Computer science graduate focused on building and validating software, Linux and cloud infrastructure, security automation, and observable systems. My work combines hands-on engineering with the documentation, testing, and communication needed to make technical work understandable and repeatable.

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Experience

01

Mount Sinai — clinical systems validation and automation

Developed and tested repeatable REDCap upgrade-validation workflows using Bash, Python, API checks, browser tests, and packaged evidence. The work also included application security testing and WAF-rule evaluation.

View the public REDCap case study

02

B2B technology media and demand generation

Spent nearly a decade in client-facing technology media and demand generation, managing requirements, handoffs, campaigns, and stakeholder communication for enterprise technology work. That background now informs how I document engineering decisions and communicate technical results.

Selected engineering work

Security telemetry

Splunk LabOps

Python collectors, Linux security telemetry, authenticated HEC ingestion, SSH and Fail2Ban events, and searchable operational evidence.

Reliability engineering

Porter

Local-first Python automation with persistent state, policy-controlled execution, structured logging, reliability reporting, and Prometheus/Grafana monitoring.

Security research

T-Pot honeynet research

Controlled honeynet observation, attack-data analysis, network troubleshooting, and documented findings from internet-facing lab systems.

Systems engineering

TorKit

Containerized private-onion service engineering with a host-side operator and recovery layer. Public source is available on GitHub.

Validation automation

REDCap validation

Repeatable upgrade validation, API and browser checks, negative controls, evidence generation, and security-focused testing.

Technical skills

Python Bash Flask / FastAPI Linux Docker / Podman Terraform Ansible AWS Kubernetes / k3s Git / GitHub SQL / SQLite Splunk Prometheus / Grafana Wireshark / Nmap Caddy / Coraza

Education and credentials

Education

Brooklyn College

B.S. in Computer Science, 2026. Graduated cum laude with departmental honors in Computer and Information Science; Dean's List twice.

Credential

CompTIA Security+

Security fundamentals backed by hands-on work in Linux, networking, application security, cloud infrastructure, and security telemetry.

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