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Ryan O'Donnell

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Staff Cloud Security Engineer at Bridgewater Associates
📍 Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area, United States

Ryan is a Staff Cloud Security Engineer at Bridgewater Associates with extensive experience in cloud security, automation, and DevSecOps. A graduate of Penn State University, he is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) who has engineered security solutions for Fortune 1000 clients at firms like Tanium and Cargill.

Outside of his direct technical responsibilities, Ryan shows an interest in professional development and team building, sharing useful engineering checklists and hiring opportunities with his network. During his time at Penn State, he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the SRA Club.

He once led a project to create a custom microservice that fully automated the exception process for FedRAMP security findings.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Staff Cloud Security Engineer
Job Level
Middle
Location
Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area, United States
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Cloud Security Automation
His career focuses on automating security controls and compliance using Terraform, Go, Python, and Pulumi across AWS and Azure environments.
DevSecOps Culture
He has a history of implementing "Security as Code" and building automated security controls directly into the development pipeline at multiple companies.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Staff Cloud Security Engineer
Bridgewater Associates
10-2021 - 9-2024
Staff Cloud Security Engineer
Tanium
4-2019 - 10-2021
Senior Cloud Security Engineer
Cargill
7-2018 - 3-2019
Senior Security Engineer
Thesys Technologies, LLC
4-2016 - 7-2018
Senior Consultant, Professional Services
Imperva
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Education
2019 - 2027
Master's degree
Clemson University College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences
2006 - 2011
B.S.
Penn State University
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