Samuel Cala.
Building SOC automation and edge-native products. The disciplined alternative to vibecoding.
Security Engineer | SOC & SOAR Automation | Security Development
- Prompt the model. Ship whatever falls out.
- No specs. No design. Tests are optional.
- One model. For everything.
- "It compiles" = "it works".
- SDD pipeline: explore → spec → design → apply → verify.
- Multi-model cross-check. Right model, right job.
- TDD strict. Authz invariants.
- The AI amplifies the engineer — not the other way around.
SOAR playbooks, detection engineering, incident response. XSOAR, Azure AD/Intune, Rapid7, Cisco XDR.
Cloudflare Workers, Durable Objects, D1, KV, Workers AI. Astro SSR + Hono APIs in production.
React 19, TanStack, shadcn/ui, Tailwind v4. Spec-driven delivery and strict TDD when it earns its keep.
Selected work
Cloud document vault with envelope encryption, immutable audit trail, and a four-level auth cascade designed for break-glass resilience.
Multi-tenant operations portal for a cybersecurity consultancy: tickets, risk register, project tracking, and an embedded AI assistant.
Pull-first wellbeing app built around two daily touchpoints (AM intentions, PM wins) with automatic crisis-language referral to 988 + Crisis Text Line.