AUSTIN HEATH

+1 601-596-2842 | austin@heath.codes

https://austin.heath.codes

Willing to relocate

Clearance: Top Secret (TS/SCI) with CI Polygraph

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA

Master of Science, Computer Science (Specialization: Computing Systems), 4.0 GPA December 2022

Mississippi State University Starkville, MS

to avoid costs procuring similar vendor solutions, resulting in a significant savings.

- Developed a shellcode library using C, Python, and CMake, enabling 20 developers to cross-compile ubiquitous

shellcodes for Intel, ARM, MIPS, and PowerPC processor architectures, eliminating duplicate shellcodes across

9 exploit development projects.

- Triaged 5 public vulnerability disclosures, releasing 7 bespoke exploit tools, providing initial access to computer

networks of interest for 6 operations teams across 3 organizations and 4 uniformed services.

- Instructed 5 operations teams on the effective use of exploit tools, increasing stakeholder interaction and

influencing organizational policy to emphasize consistent stakeholder engagement.

- Hosted 12 monthly training events covering reverse-engineering and exploit development techniques,

increasing the organization’s number of trained security researchers by 25%.

spending 40 hours manually obfuscating existing projects.

- Implemented 11 modules for a Python exploit framework, automating common operator tasks and reducing

50% of human interaction, increasing mission efficiency for 5 operations teams.

- Automated the organization’s compilation, testing, release, and deployment process by integrating existing

projects into GitLab CI, expediting tool development and release for 3 developer teams.

- Obfuscated web-based malware written in PHP using open source software and designed command, control,

and configuration mechanisms using Python, enabling 3 operations teams across 2 uniformed services to

maintain persistent access to web targets of interest.

CERTIFICATIONS

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)

Applications: VMware, VirtualBox, Vagrant, Ghidra, IDAPro, BinaryNinja, BinDiff

Frameworks: Metasploit, WordPress

PROJECTS

Splinter Shell | https://github.com/one2blame/splintershell | Python, Scapy, Scikit-learn, amd64 April 2021 - Present

Employed unsupervised learning techniques to train a machine learning model on a corpus of packet captures,

classifying normal and malicious network traffic and encoding shellcodes to bypass intrusion prevention

systems.

The Dark Arts | https://one2bla.me/the-dark-arts/ | C, Python, Ghidra, pwntools, angr July 2020 - Present

Composed a blog to catalogue my adventures in reverse-engineering and binary exploitation, serving as a

training resource for junior security researchers.

Stock Trading Robot | https://github.com/one2blame/cs7646 | Python, NumPy, pandas April 2022

Employed reinforcement learning to train a model on historical stock metrics, assessing the trading robot’s

performance on out-of-sample data, outperforming a manual trading strategy by 30%.

Multi-class Random Forest | https://github.com/one2blame/cs6601 | Python, NumPy July 2022

Improved upon existing multi-class classification tree and random forest implementations, achieving a

classification accuracy of 84% on out-of-sample data.

Extensible MapReduce Framework | https://github.com/one2blame/cs6210 | C++, gRPC, Protobuf April 2020

Designed an extensible, distributed system to MapReduce a large corpus of data, applying data sharding and

load balancing to enhance performance.

Distributed File System | https://github.com/one2blame/cs6200 | C++, gRPC, Protobuf November 2019

Mentor February 2022 – May 2022

Grovetown High-school Robotics Club Grovetown, GA

Mentored high-school students on robotics mechanical engineering, setup of electrical components, and

development of Arduino code for controller logic. Lead the Grovetown High-school Robotics Club to take 1st

place in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) Fully Wired high-school robotics competition.

Volunteer May 2021 – July 2021

Air Force Association CyberPatriot Augusta, GA

Moderated a Virtual CyberPatriot Summer Camp via Zoom and provided instruction to high-school students on

techniques to harden the security posture of various Linux distributions.

Volunteer August 2019 – March 2020