Security Engineer & Leader · Northern Virginia
James Lerud
I’m a security engineer and leader in Northern Virginia with 19+ years across government, intelligence, and commercial security — from the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command to the White House SOC, threat research at Verodin (acquired by FireEye), and DevSecOps at Titania Solutions.
These days my work lives where detection engineering, security automation, and DevSecOps meet — building systems that are secure by default and treating security as a quality problem, not a gate at the end.
Selected projects
DevSecOpsKB
Go
A DevSecOps knowledge base and toolkit — patterns and automation for folding security testing into the development lifecycle instead of bolting it on at the end.
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rolescout
Python
A local-first job-match pipeline: collects ATS postings, scores them against your resume evidence, and prepares grounded application materials. Never auto-applies.
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decision-log
TypeScript
A personal calibration journal — log predictions with probabilities, then score your forecasting calibration over time. Includes suggested questions and a practice mode.
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