Government Contracting Position
Government Contractor
Active TS/SCI Clearance
Government Contractor • Washington, DC
U.S. Air Force • BESPIN alum
Cybersecurity &
Software Development
USAF Software Dev | MS Cybersecurity | PMP — four years building and securing Air Force software at BESPIN Software Factory: web application pentesting, DevSecOps, cloud engineering, and threat hunting. Now supporting a government contract in Washington, DC.
Daniel (Danny) Neustadter
USAF Software Dev | MS Cybersecurity | PMP
Government Contractor • Washington, DC
About
A little background
I am currently on terminal leave after I did my final out with Maxwell AFB on June 29th. My ETS is August 28th, 2026, but I was released from active duty.
During my time in the Air Force, I have been a software development operations airman working with the BESPIN software factory security team, stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base/Gunter Annex in Montgomery, Alabama.
I enjoy cybersecurity, software engineering, and finance.
I am most interested in the following career fields: Computer Network Operations Developer, Cyber Warfare Specialist, Cybersecurity Software Engineer, Offensive Cyber Operator, Defensive Cyber Operations Analyst, Reverse Engineer, Cryptographic Software Engineer, Cyber Threat Hunter, Information Assurance Engineer, Software Developer
I joined the military because it offered a better opportunity than going to college for electrical engineering. Even though I could have attended college for free with my unused Florida College Prepaid fund and scholarships, I chose work experience over college. It seems to have paid off — I still ended up earning a Bachelor's degree at 19 and a Master's degree at 20, both in cybersecurity and information assurance.
I enlisted out of high school on August 29th, 2022, when I was 18. After completing basic military training on October 20th, 2022, I graduated from the Software Development Operations pipeline on March 24th, 2023.
My AFSC (Air Force Specialty Code) became Data Operations (1D751P) with a career field merger, after I passed tech school/5-level training for Software Development Operations (1D751Z). That career field was renamed to Data Engineering (1D7X4P), which is what I am currently. I hold the rank of Senior Airman (E4).
Skills
What I work with
Comprehensive expertise across cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and software development domains.
Web Pentesting
DevSecOps
Cloud Engineering
Threat Hunting
Linux
Software Development
Experience
Where I've worked
From enlisting out of high school to securing an entire software factory's portfolio.
Software Developer & Penetration Tester
BESPIN Software Factory
- Assigned to the security team (threat hunting team) and application development teams at BESPIN. I was assigned as a web application penetration tester across every application in the software factory's portfolio.
- BESPIN stands for Business Enterprise Systems Product Innovation. This is a military software factory associated with the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center/Air Force Business Enterprise Systems (BES) at Maxwell Air Force Base/Gunter Annex in Montgomery, Alabama.
- Created our pentesting program, remediating hundreds of vulnerabilities as a threat hunting lead
- Experience on an agile team building a new Next.js app to organize teams for 100+ personnel
- Implemented SIEM monitoring integrations across 26 applications on AWS GovCloud / Cloud One
- Built from scratch and hardened an enterprise network for 100+ personnel in a secure facility
United States Air Force
4 years of service • Senior Airman (E4)
Security Team, BESPIN Software Factory
Apr 2023 – Jul 2026 · Montgomery, AL · Hybrid
1D751Z→P Data Operations / 1D7X4P Software Developer — BESPIN (Business Enterprise Systems Product Innovation) Software Factory
Software Development Operations Student
Oct 2022 – Mar 2023 · Biloxi, MS
336 TRS — 1D731Z Software Development Operations
Enlisted Basic Military Training
Aug 2022 – Oct 2022 · Lackland Air Force Base, TX
326 TRS Bulldogs — 3D0X4 Computer Systems Programming → 1D711Z Software Development Operations
Education
Degrees & training
A master's degree at 20 — earned while serving on active duty.
Formal Education
Master's Degree
Master of Science, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Western Governors University
Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor of Science, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
Western Governors University
Associate's Degree
Associate's Degree, Computer Science Technology
Community College of the Air Force
Military & Professional Training
- U.S. Air Force Software Development Operations tech school (6 months)
- AFLCMC/BES-GBO Software Developer Bootcamp (April 2023 – August 2023)
- AFIT SYS 342 — Cyber Risk Assessment of Weapon Systems: C2 Systems
- Invoke Public Sector AI Bootcamp — 2 weeks
- Multiple Anthropic Academy courses
- Multiple GitLab University courses
Continuous Learning
TryHackMe
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127+ rooms • top 3%
HackTheBox
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Active participant
Codecademy
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Programming courses
Certifications
Professional certifications
Cybersecurity and technology credentials spanning security, cloud, infrastructure, and project management.
Earned Credentials
20+ EarnedAssociate of ISC2
CISSP & CCSP exams passed; full certification pending experience requirement
ISC2 SSCP
Security Administration
ISC2 CC
Certified in Cybersecurity
PMI PMP
Project Management Professional
PMI CAPM
Project Management
ITIL 4 Foundation
IT Service Management
AWS CCP
Cloud Computing
HashiCorp Terraform Associate
Infrastructure as Code
CompTIA SecurityX
Advanced Security
CompTIA PenTest+
Penetration Testing
CompTIA CySA+
Cybersecurity Analysis
CompTIA Security+
Security
CompTIA Cloud+
Cloud Infrastructure
CompTIA Network+
Networking
CompTIA A+
Hardware/Software
CompTIA Linux+
Operating Systems
CompTIA Project+
Project Management
CompTIA Server+
Server Administration
CompTIA ITF+
IT Fundamentals
LPI Linux Essentials
Operating Systems
GitLab Certified Git Associate
DevSecOps Platform
Anthropic Claude Certificates
Claude Code 101 • Claude 101 • Introduction to Claude Cowork
Honors & Awards
Recognition
Eagle Scout
Boy Scouts of America — scouting's highest rank.
SrA Below The Zone (BTZ)
U.S. Air Force — early promotion to Senior Airman ahead of peers.
Volunteering
Giving back
Open Source Software Contributor
08/2025 – Present • Remote
- Maintaining multiple open source projects on GitHub
- Leading online cybersecurity community education
Boy Scouts of America Instructor
10+ Years • Southeastern United States
- Supported scouts throughout the Southeastern United States
- Summer Camp instructor at Wallwood scout camp in North Florida
- Camp Sunshine instructor on Maxwell AFB
Contact
Let's connect
Ready to discuss cybersecurity projects, collaboration opportunities, or just connect professionally.
Location
Washington, District of Columbia
Open to opportunities
Active TS/SCI clearance. Open to cybersecurity and software development opportunities in the Washington DC–Baltimore area.