🎓 Education

Dakota State University — Madison, SD
B.S. in Cyber Operations
January 2024 – Present (Sophomore)

💼 Work Experience

Security Analyst Intern

BlackHills Information Security
June 2025 – Present

  • Analyzed high-severity alerts in Jira, supporting incident escalation and response.

Junior Cyber Security Analyst

Dakota State University, Madison, SD
March 2024 – Present

  • Optimized Elastic Stack SIEM for diverse log sources, reducing false positives and enhancing enterprise detection.
  • Built automated detection logic leveraging threat intelligence and TTP-based threat modeling.
  • Conducted threat modeling using MITRE ATT&CK to improve response workflows.
  • Prioritized remediation using a custom risk scoring system (CVSS, SSVC, EPSS, CKEV).
  • Analyzed high-severity alerts in Microsoft Defender, supporting incident escalation and response.
  • Delivered incident response support across cross-functional teams.

🛠️ Skills

Detection & Response: Elastic Stack, Microsoft Defender, Threat Modeling, TTP Analysis
Automation & Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell, Power Automate
Security Architecture: MITRE ATT&CK, Diamond Model
Systems & Networking: Linux, Windows, macOS, TCP/IP
Vulnerability Management: NESSUS, CVSS, SSVC, EPSS, CKEV, Compliance Tracking
Threat Intel & Hunting: Anomaly Detection, Threat Cluster Tracking
Tools: Wireshark, Snort, Suricata, Kibana, Burp Suite, Hashcat, Metasploit, GitHub, Nmap, Hydra, ffuf, Security Scorecard

🎯 Certifications

  • Hack The Box CPTS (in progress)
  • CompTIA Security+ (in progress)

⚡ Activities & Projects

  • CTF Club Leader: Organized weekly CTFs and cybersecurity discussions.
  • Competitions: CPTC, NSA Codebreaker Challenge 2024, Hivestorm.
  • Home Lab:
    • Detection Engineering Lab
    • Attack Simulation Lab.

📚 Coursework

  • Computer Science II (CSC 250)
  • Data Structures & Algorithms (CSC 300)
  • Assembly Language x86/x86_64 (CSC 314)
  • Reverse Engineering (CSC 428)
  • Networking I & II (CSC 285, CSC 385)