Doug Farre
Austin,TX
Summary
Engineering and security manager with 15 years of experience in information technology, with a proven track record at Amazon Web Services, leading teams to identify and remediate software vulnerabilities. Expert in SIEM technologies and agile transformations, fostering collaboration and innovation. Skilled in Ruby on Rails and project management, I drive impactful security initiatives that enhance organizational resilience. As a manager, I strive to deliver for my teams:
- Clear vision and direction: Ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Best Practices: Implementing automated testing, threat modeling, and comprehensive documentation.
- Team Dynamics: Fostering teamwork through pair programming, mob code reviews, and recognition.
- Career Development: Providing clear promotion paths, room for mistakes, and regular 360-degree feedback.
- Frequent Interaction: Maintaining regular one-on-one meetings.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Security Engineering Manager, AWS Vulnerability Management
Amazon Web Services
Austin, TX
04.2022 - Current
- Manage a team of 10 security engineers, delegating tasks and monitoring progress to ensure quality control standards.
- Responsible for the identification of third-party software vulnerabilities in AWS services, and engineering company-wide remediation plans.
- Critical member of the team responsible for driving the onboarding of Amazon into the CNA program
- Created a CNA program team responsible for fielding CVE requests and registering CVEs to the CVE list.
- Helped drive the development of an organization-wide vulnerability severity assessment scoring methodology.
Product Capabilities & Detection Engineering Manager, Security Engineering
Indeed, Inc.
Austin, TX
10.2019 - 04.2022
- Managing migration of SIEM platform from ELK to Splunk
- Managing development and rollout of service to service authentication/authorization service for application runtime environments
- Leading Security Engineering agile transformation initiative
Engineering Manager; Senior Engineer (Data & Applications)
Spiceworks, Inc.
Austin, TX
08.2014 - 10.2019
- Manages three teams of 4-5 remote and onsite engineers
- Responsible for quarterly Fix It Week event and weekly Product and Engineering Lunch and Learns
- Core team member responsible for hiring, training, and managing our India Engineering Center
- Strong understanding of advertising technologies, web application development, data engineering, and data warehousing
- Tech: Ruby On Rails, Golang, Python, Spark
Software Engineering Consultant
Quick Left, Inc.
Boulder, CO
08.2013 - 06.2014
- Acted as project manager/team lead on several large contracts
- Helped plan, coordinate, and lead company Hack Fests
- Tech: Ruby on Rails, RubyMotion, Objective C, Node.js, Backbone.js
Business Application Developer
Insperity, Inc.
Kingwood, TX
11.2011 - 08.2013
- Built and published the Insperity Mobile Benefits iPhone & Android apps
- Founded Security Club to increase awareness about application security
- Selected as a SCRUM/Agile advocated during agile transformation
- Tech: C#, JavaScript/JQuery, MVC.Net, Java, Objective C, and SQL
Partner, Developer
Groupraise.com
Houston, TX
05.2011 - 11.2011
- Helped grow revenue from 0 to $1,200 per month
- Assisted in many aspects of the business needed when first starting a company
- Tech: Ruby on Rails, SQL
Project Lead, Client Liaison
Computer Technology Solutions, LP
Houston, TX
11.2008 - 10.2010
- Infrastructure liaison and project manager for Apple, Inc
- Account
- Managed various software development projects, compiled business requirements, and communicated progress and objectives to necessary stakeholders (API upgrades, server upgrades, etc.)
- Developed department wide integration and system testing procedures, and templates
- Tech: Java
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
The University of Houston
05.2012
Jackson School of Geology
The University of Texas
05.2008
Jonsson School of Engineering
The University of Texas at Dallas
05.2006
Skills
Technical skills:
- Programming Languages: Ruby on Rails, Golang, Python, Spark, RubyMotion, Objective C, Nodejs, Backbonejs, C#, JavaScript/JQuery, MVCNet, Java, SQL
- Technologies: ELK, Splunk, SIEM, AWS, CNA program, CVE, Agile, SCRUM, Secure Design Review, Threat Modeling, and Security Question services
- Tools and Platforms: Insperity Mobile Benefits iPhone and Android apps, service-to-service authentication and authorization, data engineering, data warehousing, advertising technologies, web application development
- Team Management: Managed global teams of security engineers and managers, organized team meetings, operationalized security services, and led agile transformation initiatives
- Project Management: Acted as project manager and team lead on large contracts, managed software development projects, compiled business requirements, and communicated progress to stakeholders
- Career Development: Provided clear promotion paths, regular 360-degree feedback, room for mistakes, and frequent one-on-one interaction
- Security Management: Identification of software vulnerabilities, engineering remediation plans, vulnerability severity assessment scoring methodology, and operationalized security services
- Engineering practices: automated testing, threat modeling, documentation, pair programming, mob code reviews, reward, and recognition
- Public Speaking: Delivered talks at HOPE X and DEFCON 16 on topics such as Locksport and Identification Card Security
- Certifications: CCNA, Linux, Security, Network, A, Scrum Certified Developer
Personal Information
Title: Engineering & Security Manager
Speaking
- HOPE X, The Many Faces of Locksport, 07/01/14
- HOPE X, Lockpicking, a Primer, 07/01/14
- DEFCON 16, Identification Card Security, 08/01/08
Timeline
Security Engineering Manager, AWS Vulnerability Management
Amazon Web Services
04.2022 - Current
Product Capabilities & Detection Engineering Manager, Security Engineering
Indeed, Inc.
10.2019 - 04.2022
Engineering Manager; Senior Engineer (Data & Applications)
Spiceworks, Inc.
08.2014 - 10.2019
Software Engineering Consultant
Quick Left, Inc.
08.2013 - 06.2014
Business Application Developer
Insperity, Inc.
11.2011 - 08.2013
Partner, Developer
Groupraise.com
05.2011 - 11.2011
Project Lead, Client Liaison
Computer Technology Solutions, LP
11.2008 - 10.2010
Bachelor of Science - Computer Information Systems
The University of Houston
Jackson School of Geology
The University of Texas
Jonsson School of Engineering
The University of Texas at Dallas
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