About
I build security capabilities around first-principles design, automation, and measurable outcomes.
I'm a security engineer focused on building systems that make security operations more scalable and measurable. My work spans security operations, cloud platforms, and enterprise architecture, connecting detection logic, data pipelines, and automation into durable capabilities.
I care about outcomes that show up in numbers: hours returned to analysts, risk made clearer, and boring tasks handed to computers. I build from first principles, measure the result, and document what matters so others can extend the work.
Timeline
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2026
TOGAF EA Foundations
The Open Group
Formalised an enterprise-architecture approach to security capability planning.
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2025 to Present
Cybersecurity Specialist
Security operations & platform engineering
Building detection pipelines, security automation, and cloud-native tooling that turn manual toil into measurable outcomes.
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2025
CISSP
(ISC)²
Validated breadth across the eight security domains.
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2023
B.S. Information Technology — Cybersecurity
Walsh College
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2023 to 2025
IT Security Analyst
Security operations & detection engineering
Built hands-on experience across detection engineering, incident response, vulnerability management, and security automation.
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2023
Security+ · Network+
CompTIA
Foundational security and networking certifications.
Current focus
AWS Solutions Architect
Building deeper expertise in cloud architecture, distributed systems, and AWS-native design.
TOGAF Practitioner
Applying enterprise architecture methods to security capabilities, strategy, and technology decisions.
AI for security
Exploring where AI can improve security operations, decision support, and analysis without removing human judgment.
Cloud security
Building security capabilities around cloud-native services, automation, telemetry, and reliable data.
How I work
Understand the system
Good security decisions depend on understanding how systems actually work: their architecture, dependencies, data, and failure modes.
Keep learning
I learn best by building, testing, and working through unfamiliar problems. New technologies are most useful when I understand where they fit and what they change.
Engineer for scale
I use software and automation to turn repeatable security work into durable capabilities, reducing manual effort and making processes more consistent.
Measure what changed
Security work should produce observable results: better coverage, faster response, less operational effort, or a clearer understanding of risk.
Credentials
| Credential | Status | Record |
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| CISSP | Held | Verify |
| Security+ | Held | Verify |
| Network+ | Held | Verify |
| TOGAF EA Foundations | Held | Verify |
| TOGAF EA Practitioner Level 2 | Sitting Q3 2026 | N/A |
| AWS Solutions Architect Associate | Sitting Q4 2026 | N/A |
| AWS Security Specialty | Planned Q4 2026 | N/A |