Brian Oktavec
OPEN TO OPPORTUNITIES

I build tools and automations that help teams work better.

I fell into an automation-focused first role, liked improving the process, and have been building tools ever since.

These days I’m building around AI, with a focus on guardrails and keeping sensitive data secure. I’m looking for senior IC or lead roles where I can build, learn, and lead.

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locationCanton, GA · remote
focusautomation · security · AI
rolesenior IC · lead
statusopen to opportunities
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Featured work

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Internal Operations Platform at AT&T

PLATFORMWORK
manual workflows moved into one automated platform

As lead developer, I helped replace a manual, spread-out process with one internal application and automated many of its workflows. The team went from the 50s to the mid-20s while maintaining the same efficiency.

Internal ToolsWorkflow AutomationProduction Ownership
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Platform work
manual process
one internal platform
automated workflows
same team efficiency

Atlas

AI / LLMPERSONAL
private documents, searchable with local AI

A working local RAG assistant for documents like bills, medical records, and receipts. It retrieves relevant records to answer questions, says when the documents don’t have an answer, and uses SearXNG for unrelated questions.

RAGQdrantLocal ModelsSearXNG
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Inspectra

PLATFORMWORK
inspection work that keeps going offline

I led development across the product, including its identity service and an offline workflow that lets inspectors complete inspections without a reliable connection, then sync their work when they’re back online.

Offline PWAIdentityAutomatic Sync
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Selected impact, 2024 – 2026
$8.3M→$3.5M
annual operating cost across the platform operation
57→28
team size reduced while maintaining the same efficiency
2.22×
application scanning and remediation throughput
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Experience

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Jul 2026 — Aug 2026
Threat Research Engineer· Sublime Security
Refactored legacy routing patterns and migrated services from regex-based routing to Hono, improving maintainability and consistency across internal web applications.
Used AI-assisted development extensively with Claude to accelerate refactoring, including custom repository-specific AI guidance and conventions.
TypeScript · Hono · Claude
Aug 2024 — Jul 2026
Lead Cybersecurity Engineer· AT&T
Technical lead and primary platform owner for an internal security platform spanning onboarding, scanning, validation, remediation, reporting, and compliance across thousands of enterprise applications.
Helped cut annual operating cost from $8.3M to $3.5M and team size from 57 to 28, while increasing scanned/remediated applications 2.22×.
Lead developer for a full-stack SPA (React/TypeScript + Fastify), owning Azure integration with Service Bus, Redis Cache, and secrets management.
Python · React · TypeScript · Fastify · Azure · Kubernetes
Jul 2022 — Aug 2024
Software Engineer II· Endava
Built full-stack web applications and SDK integrations for Financial Services and IT Consulting clients using React, TypeScript, Node.js, AWS, and PostgreSQL.
Led backend development for a prototype merchant application integrating a corporate client's SDK; built automated test coverage to ~90% with Mocha and Chai.
React · TypeScript · Node.js · PostgreSQL · AWS
Jan 2022 — Jul 2022
Software Developer· Techquidation Inc.
Led development of a label-printing SaaS using Python, SQL, NiceLabel, and VBScript, reducing processing time by 90%.
Troubleshot and improved Next.js application functionality while contributing to feature planning and technical documentation across client-facing projects.
Python · SQL · NiceLabel · Next.js
Aug 2019 — May 2021
DevOps Co-op· Georgia Tech Research Institute
Automated application provisioning with Ansible, reducing deployment time from VM creation to a fully functioning application by 80%.
Maintained and troubleshot virtual machines and Kubernetes clusters supporting application availability and reliability.
Built Ansible and Bash automation for Kubernetes cluster validation and remediation, reducing validation from hours to minutes.
Ansible · Bash · Kubernetes · Linux
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Currently building

Keyveilapp, CLI, and MCP Bridge work; Raycast extension in progress
StackSmithearly-stage Go and Terraform tooling
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About

I fell into an automation-focused role, enjoyed improving the process, and have been building tools and automations ever since.

Now I’m applying that same approach to internal tools, AI guardrails, and keeping sensitive data secure.

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What projects best demonstrate AI experience?
Atlas is the clearest one — a self-hosted RAG platform with automated ingestion, embeddings, and semantic search over private documents. MailForge also uses a locally hosted LLM to classify and route email.
01 · Atlas02 · MailForge
What backend systems has Brian built?What security automation experience does he have?
OPEN TO OPPORTUNITIES

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