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Resume

A one-page snapshot of my background: a Cybersecurity degree, industry certifications, hands-on security labs, and the tools I work with every day.

Summary

I am a CompTIA Security+ and SecAI+ certified cybersecurity graduate with a B.S. in Cybersecurity from the University of Saint Mary. My hands-on work spans SIEM monitoring, vulnerability scanning, Linux systems administration, network troubleshooting, and Python security automation. Right now I am pursuing AZ-500 and CySA+ to go deeper on cloud security and security analysis.

Education

B.S. in Cybersecurity

Graduated May 2025

University of Saint Mary

  • Four-year program spanning network security, operating systems, cryptography, digital forensics, and security operations
  • Coursework in risk management, incident response, and legal and ethical frameworks
Activities & Leadership
Collegiate Esports Team 2025 Player of the Year Collegiate Football Team Leadership Club

Certifications

Earned
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA
Earned
Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
Google / Coursera
Earned
CompTIA SecAI+
CompTIA
Earned
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Microsoft
Earned
In progress
RHCSA
Red Hat
In progress
Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
Microsoft
In progress
CompTIA CySA+
CompTIA
In progress
TryHackMe SAL1
TryHackMe
In progress

Projects

AI-Powered SOC Alert Triage System

  • Built a Python AI SOC-analyst tool that pulls alerts from a SIEM indexer API and uses OpenAI with structured JSON parsing to automate triage
  • Cleared the infrastructure blockers first: VM network configuration, NetworkManager troubleshooting, and SIEM indexer bind-address changes
Tools
PythonOpenAI APIWazuh IndexerRocky LinuxREST APIs

Windows 11 Vulnerability Scanning Lab with Azure & Tenable

  • Deployed a Windows 11 Pro VM in Azure and ran credentialed versus unauthenticated Tenable scans
  • The credentialed scan revealed 147 vulnerabilities versus 36 unauthenticated, showing the value of authenticated scanning
Tools
TenableMicrosoft AzureWindows 11Network Security GroupsCVSS

Linux Network Troubleshooting in a Virtualized Lab

  • Diagnosed and fixed an unreachable server VM through a layer-by-layer sweep of power state, console access, interface configuration, routing, and NetworkManager profile activation
Tools
Rocky Linuxnmcliip addr/routeXen OrchestraSSH

Self-Hosted Multi-Server Platform

  • Designed and operated a multi-server environment using XenServer virtualization, CentOS Linux, a BungeeCord proxy, port forwarding, and DMZ configuration
  • Wrote custom Java plugins with SQL-backed persistence and led a team of 8 to 10 people
Tools
CentOSXenServerSSHJavaSQLPort ForwardingDMZ

Iterative Prompt Engineering: AI Analysis Workflow

2023 to Present
  • Built and refined a structured AI-assisted analysis workflow starting in 2023, developing prompt techniques that reduce hallucinations and control model behavior
  • Fixed reliability failures by controlling information sourcing, feeding the model verified data directly instead of letting it pull from potentially outdated external sources
  • Applied constraint engineering, step-by-step reasoning gates, and a clear split between verified and assumed output to raise analytical accuracy over years of iteration
  • Core insight: AI output quality is a direct function of input data quality and information access control, a principle that carries straight into AI-assisted security tooling
Tools
ChatGPT / GPT-4Structured PromptingManual Data SourcingIterative Testing

Technical Skills

Security

SIEM monitoring · Alert triage · Log analysis · MITRE ATT&CK · Vulnerability management · Tenable · Incident response

Programming

Python · Java · SQL · PowerShell · REST APIs · JSON

Systems

Linux (Rocky/CentOS) · Windows 11/Server · SSH · Virtualization (XenServer, Xen Orchestra)

Networking

TCP/IP · Routing · NetworkManager · Port forwarding · Firewall rules · DMZ

Cloud

Microsoft Azure · VM deployment · Network Security Groups

AI & Automation

OpenAI API · Prompt engineering · Python automation · LLM workflow design