SOC Analyst · IT Security · Information Systems
Cybersecurity Student · Mount Vernon Nazarene University
Cybersecurity-focused MIS student with hands-on SIEM platform experience, penetration testing labs, and 310+ documented vulnerabilities. Comfortable in both offensive and defensive security contexts — targeting SOC Analyst & Security Operations Intern roles.
Cybersecurity-focused MIS student with 5 certifications (Cisco Ethical Hacker, Google, IBM) and a 4.0 GPA, bringing hands-on experience deploying SIEM platforms, conducting penetration testing, and leading 310+ documented vulnerability assessments.
Comfortable in both offensive and defensive security contexts — seeking a SOC Analyst, IT Security, or Security Operations Internship where I can immediately contribute to threat detection, log monitoring, and incident response.
Club Leader & Mentor at MVNU Cybersecurity Club, national-level CTF performer, and IBM Paper Presentation Medal winner in Cybersecurity Awareness.
Deployed a full SOC simulation environment using Kali Linux, Metasploitable 2, and Wazuh. Configured agent-based monitoring and custom detection rules to catch brute-force and privilege escalation events in real time. Integrated Microsoft Sentinel with simulated cloud endpoints; wrote SIEM playbooks that automated alert triage and cut mean-time-to-respond in the lab environment to under 2 minutes.
Scanned a simulated enterprise environment using OpenVAS and Nmap; identified 12 high-severity findings and produced a 10-page remediation report following NIST SP 800-30 guidelines, prioritising fixes by exploitability and business impact.
Dissected 25+ real-world phishing samples in a sandboxed environment, mapping spoofed domains, malicious headers, and payload behaviour. Produced a 1-page user awareness guide adopted as training material, improving phishing identification rate by an estimated 60% in a simulated test group.
Captured and analysed 10,000+ packets using Wireshark; identified 4 categories of TCP/IP anomalies including ARP spoofing, port scanning, and unauthorised lateral movement attempts across a virtual network environment.
Cybersecurity Awareness — National-level academic competition
KARE University cybersecurity competition
KARE University innovation challenge
I'm actively seeking internships and entry-level SOC Analyst or IT Security roles. If you're a recruiter, hiring manager, or fellow cybersecurity professional, I'd love to connect.
Whether it's a formal opportunity, a quick chat, or just networking — reach out through any channel below. I respond promptly.