Kyle Chau

Hi there, I'm an Application Security Engineer who works on hands-on security work with automation platforms and programming. At Bluebeam, I run third-party penetration tests, lead yearly STRIDE threat modeling, and maintain ISO 27001/SOC 2 compliance. I build Python automation workflows that turn garbled data into vulnerability and remediation dashboards for developers. In my daily work, I work on vulnerability remediation, threat monitoring, and tune Cloudflare WAF rules to catch threat actors. In past roles, I built SAST pipelines, cleaned up AWS IAM with Terraform, and shipped identity automation, turning findings into fast fixes.

Have a project, idea or problem you'd like to discuss? Let's talk: [email protected]

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Experience

2024.05 to Present

Bluebeam Software, Inc.

Application Security Engineer

Managed more than 20 third-party penetration tests annually

Led security initiatives across engineering and DevOps teams

Managed three daily vulnerability scanners and coordinated rapid remediation with DevOps

Increased vulnerability remediation scores across the board by 38% in one month

Performed STRIDE threat modeling and maintained ISO 27001/SOC 2 compliance

Supported developers in integrating security throughout the SDLC

Built 7 daily Python runners for automated vulnerability dashboards and reporting

Tuned Cloudflare WAF rules for threat detection, rate limiting, bot mitigation, and abuse prevention

Managed shared intelligence across cross-functional teams to accelerate security decisions, remediation, and incident coordination

Tenable Penetration Testing STRIDE Cloudflare WAF Python DevSecOps ISO 27001 SOC 2

2023.05 to 2023.08

Rivian Automotive, Inc.

Enterprise Cybersecurity Engineer Intern

Built a Python pipeline that prepared Checkmarx SAST data for Tableau dashboards

Secured AWS by remediating more than 50 over-privileged IAM roles and prototyping PII database encryption with Terraform and customer managed keys

Python Checkmarx SAST Tableau AWS IAM Terraform AWS KMS

2022.05 to 2022.08

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Cybersecurity Software Engineer Intern

Built a CyberArk dashboard using PAS Reporter, Power Automate, on-premises gateways, and SQL data workflows

Automated Active Directory onboarding and CyberArk YAML ownership management with Python, Linux, and Bash

CyberArk Power Automate Active Directory Python SQL Linux Bash

2023.02 to 2024.05

California State University, Los Angeles

Assistant IT Lab Consultant

IT Support Troubleshooting Lab Administration

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Education

California State University, College of ECST

B.S. Computer Science

Los Angeles, CA

2020 to 2025 GPA: 3.67 / Cum Laude

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Skills

Python Java NodeJS C PHP SQL AWS/GCP Penetration Testing

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Hosted Tools

Self-hosted privacy-focused tools for security professionals and developers

One Time Secrets Share sensitive information securely with self-destructing encrypted messages → Excalidraw Collaborative whiteboard with end-to-end encryption for diagrams and sketches → CyberChef The Cyber Swiss Army Knife for encoding, decoding, and data analysis →

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Hobby Sites

Personal experiments and fun side projects

Chess LLM Play chess against an LLM-powered opponent built as a personal side project → LPRatio Crowdsourced American Airlines AAdvantage Hotels results, ranked by Loyalty Points earned per dollar so you can spot the best LP/$ redemptions before booking →