Marc Zalik
Cybersecurity Researcher at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMarc Zalik is a cybersecurity researcher and software engineer with nine years of experience building secure, embedded and cloud-connected systems across aerospace and security domains. He has delivered Rust-based payload management and microservice architectures for satellite flight software at Ball Aerospace and now advances cyber research at Johns Hopkins APL. Marc has hands-on firmware reverse-engineering experience from Red Balloon Security, where he extended OFRAK and pioneered an AI integration that brings ChatGPT-driven analysis to binary features. His background blends practical avionics work at Garmin and enterprise CPQ implementations at Vendavo, giving him a rare mix of low-level systems expertise and stakeholder-facing delivery skills. He also bridges systems engineering and software tooling—having demonstrated Model Based Systems Engineering coupled with Rust FFI to NASA officials—highlighting a knack for translating research prototypes into operational digital twins.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
B.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at Oregon State UniversityB.S. Finance Economic Consulting Public Policy, B.S. Finance Economic Consulting Public Policy at Indiana University - Kelley School of BusinessEmbedded Systems Programming, Embedded Systems Programming at UC San Diego Extended StudiesAP: Calculus Chemistry, AP: Calculus Chemistry at Br. RiceInternational Finance and Business Strategy, International Finance and Business Strategy at Danish Institute for Study Abroad
Github Skills (19)
unpack10
ctf10
firmware10
repack10
reverse-engineering10
binaries9
algorithm6
compilation6
mathematics5
unix5
aws4
data-structures3
computer-science3
science3
javascript3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
marczalik/ofrak
Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
OFRAK: unpack, modify, and repack binaries.
Contributions:216 pushes, 24 branches in 5 months
github-botmodifybinariesrepackutility
marczalik/marczalik
Apr 2021 - Aug 2025
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 4 years 4 months
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