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Mark McCormick

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Director of Engineering at Chainguard
📍 Galway, County Galway, Ireland

Mark McCormick is the Director of Engineering at Chainguard, specializing in software supply chain security, zero-CVE packages, and FedRAMP compliance. Holding both CKA and CKAD certifications, he leads teams in producing minimal, secure container images. Colleagues describe him as reliable, talented, and an exceptional technical leader.

Based in Ireland, Mark actively engages with the tech community and values a positive team culture. He believes in making space for connection and creativity alongside serious work, as demonstrated by his participation in a company video with local colleagues to showcase their collaborative and fun environment.

He is focused on solving "vulnerability fatigue" for developers by creating more secure and lightweight software components.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Galway, County Galway, Ireland
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Supply Chain Security
His work at Chainguard centers on producing minimal, secure, zero-CVE packages and container images to protect the software supply chain.
FedRAMP Compliance
He has extensive experience leading teams to design and implement cloud infrastructure and services for FedRAMP compliance at both Cisco and Chainguard.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Director of Engineering
Chainguard
8-2024 - 3-2025
Senior Engineering Manager
Chainguard
9-2023 - 9-2024
Engineering Manager
Chainguard
5-2023 - 8-2023
Staff DevOps Engineer
Tenable
9-2022 - 5-2023
Engineering Manager
Cisco
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Education
2005 - 2009
BSc (Hons)
Ulster University
2006 - 2008
NVQ Level 3
Modern Apprenticeship program - Retail
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