Security Engineering & Program Development
I'm Alex O'Meara. I help organizations build security programs and harden the systems they depend on, with clear priorities and work that sticks after the engagement ends.
Grand Rapids, MI · Remote nationwide · On-site in West Michigan
01 / About
Good security fits the way a team already works. I focus on the controls and practices that measurably reduce risk, and I build them so your people can own them long after I've moved on.
I've spent more than eight years in-house on security teams. At a statewide health system I ran vulnerability management and secure configuration programs, and led emergency responses like Log4j across a large clinical environment. Today I build DevSecOps controls, detection pipelines and security platforms on a small team at a technology company.
Through O'Meara Consulting I bring that experience to organizations that need it without a full-time hire. I help engineering and leadership teams decide what to fix first, build controls that hold up in practice, and show progress to customers, auditors and leadership.
02 / Services
Work is offered as fixed-scope projects with defined deliverables, or as hourly advisory when you need an experienced second opinion. Each engagement is sized to your stage and risk.
Strategy & Governance
Build or overhaul the programs that keep risk visible and moving, with clear ownership, realistic SLAs and reporting leadership can act on.
Hands-on Engineering
Practical hardening delivered as code: pipeline controls, baselines and automation your team can maintain, rather than a report.
Review & Guidance
An independent view of where you stand and what matters most, plus hourly advisory for design reviews, vendor questions and decisions in between.
03 / Approach
Learn how your business, systems and team actually work, and where the real exposure is.
Turn findings into a short, ranked plan tied to business risk instead of a long list of everything.
Implement the controls, automation and processes alongside your team, not in a separate silo.
Document, train and transfer ownership so the work keeps paying off after the engagement ends.
04 / Contact
Tell me a little about your organization and what you're working toward. I'll follow up to set up a short intro call.