Ryan Harden
Director Of Information Security - Network Services
Tolono, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRyan Harden is a Director of Information Security and seasoned network architect with over 8 years in cybersecurity-focused roles and two decades of hands-on campus and research network engineering. Based in Tolono, Illinois, he leads security for high-speed research and science networks at Internet2 after progressing through senior architect and interim CISO roles. His background spans large academic and research environments (University of Chicago, UIUC) where he built Science DMZs, led IPv6 rollouts, and managed global research connectivity. Ryan pairs operational rigor—24/7 on-call experience and deep familiarity with DNS/Anycast, NetFlow, and monitoring systems—with practical test automation skills demonstrated by contributions to the popular genieparser project. He maintains a pragmatic, defense-minded engineering approach informed by incident-response and emergency-medical training as an EMT. Known for turning complex research requirements into reliable, auditable network security solutions, he brings both tactical troubleshooting and strategic program leadership.
9 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Hoopeston Area High SchoolBS, Network and Communicatons Management, BS, Network and Communicatons Management at DeVry University
Github Skills (10)
parserator10
network-automation10
ats10
parser10
python10
test-automation10
genie9
cisco9
cisco-ios9
test-driven-design8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
CiscoTestAutomation/genieparser
Jul 2021 - Oct 2021
sub-component of Genie that parse the device output into structured datastructure
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:4 reviews, 28 commits, 5 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Ryan primarily contributed to the test automation of the `genieparser` repository. Their commits focused on fixing and updating existing tests, including adding new test cases and expected outputs for the `ShowBgpInstanceNeighborsDetail` command. They also addressed issues related to IPv6 address matching in the JUNOS parser. The user demonstrated a strong understanding of testing methodologies and the ability to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the parsing functionality.
data-structuregeniepyatsparseparser
ancker010/fatass12hour.com
Aug 2019 - Jun 2025
A Jekyll version of the "Highlights" theme by HTML5 UP.
Contributions:56 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 11 months
highlightsjekylljekyll-themehtml5
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