Summary
Security-minded engineer with hands-on experience in automation, systems administration, and offensive security research. I build tools that reduce toil, improve reliability, and bring security into everyday engineering workflows. Comfortable working across the stack from infrastructure to application code, with a preference for practical solutions over theoretical perfection.
Experience
Security Automation Engineer
2023 - PresentRedacted Corp
- Designed and deployed automated ticket triage system processing 200+ support tickets per day, reducing manual categorization effort by 4 hours per week
- Built internal monitoring dashboard for 12-node home lab environment, providing real-time system health visibility with sub-1% resource overhead
- Developed custom recon automation pipeline used in bug bounty engagements, contributing to the discovery of 8 validated vulnerabilities across 3 programs
- Implemented CI/CD security scanning integration, catching 15+ dependency vulnerabilities before production deployment
Systems Administrator
2021 - 2023Midsize Tech Co.
- Managed fleet of 50+ Linux servers across staging and production environments, maintaining 99.7% uptime SLA
- Automated routine maintenance tasks with Python and Bash scripts, recovering 6+ hours per week of manual operations effort
- Led migration from legacy monitoring stack to modern observability platform, improving alert accuracy by 40%
- Established patch management workflow for critical security updates with 48-hour deployment SLA
IT Support Specialist
2019 - 2021Startup Inc.
- Provided Tier 2 technical support for 150+ employees across macOS and Linux environments
- Built internal knowledge base that reduced repeat ticket volume by 25%
- Assisted with network security audit and remediation, addressing 30+ findings from external penetration test
Skills
Languages & Scripting
Python
Bash
Go
JavaScript/TypeScript
SQL
Security
Penetration Testing
Bug Bounty Hunting
OWASP Top 10
Burp Suite
Nmap
Wireshark
Infrastructure & Tooling
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu/Arch)
Docker
Git
CI/CD (GitHub Actions)
Nginx
PostgreSQL
Redis
Platforms
AWS (EC2, S3, IAM)
Vercel
Cloudflare
HackTheBox
TryHackMe
Education
B.S. Information Technology
University of Maryland, Baltimore County — 2019
Certifications
- CompTIA Security+
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- TryHackMe Top 5% — Offensive Security Path