Learning by Building • Driven by Continuous Learning • Documenting Every Decision
Welcome to my GitHub!
I'm an aspiring SOC Analyst with a passion for cybersecurity, enterprise infrastructure, automation, and continuous learning. I believe the best way to develop technical skills is through designing, building, documenting, validating, and improving real-world systems.
Rather than treating my GitHub as a collection of unrelated repositories, I'm building a connected engineering portfolio that documents my journey into cybersecurity through hands-on experience.
Every project is designed to demonstrate not only technical knowledge, but also engineering discipline, documentation standards, troubleshooting methodology, and continuous improvement.
- 🛡️ CompTIA Security+ Certified
- 🎓 Amazon Information Security Analyst Program (Correlation One)
- Graduated with Honors
- 96% Final Average
- ☁️ Currently studying for the AWS Certified AI Practitioner
- 🎯 Seeking an entry-level SOC Analyst opportunity
My goal is to begin my cybersecurity career as a Junior SOC Analyst where I can contribute to Security Operations while continuing to grow my skills in:
- Security Monitoring
- Incident Response
- Log Analysis
- Linux Administration
- Windows Administration
- Networking
- Infrastructure Engineering
- Automation
- Cloud Security
- Technical Documentation
I believe strong documentation, continuous learning, and hands-on experience are the foundation of becoming an effective cybersecurity professional.
Every repository follows the same principles:
- 📚 Continuous Learning
- 📖 Documentation First
- 🔒 Security by Design
- 🛡️ Defense in Depth
- 🌐 Zero Trust
- 🔑 Least Privilege
- 🤖 Automate Repetitive Tasks
- ✅ Validate Before Deployment
- 📈 Continuous Improvement
The Cyber Operations Center Engineering Program (COC) is the flagship project of my GitHub portfolio.
Rather than being a single lab, the COC is a long-term engineering program documenting the complete process of designing, building, securing, operating, documenting, validating, and continuously improving an enterprise-inspired Cyber Operations Center.
The program is organized into 26 structured phases, each covering a major aspect of planning, implementation, operations, testing, and continuous improvement.
Throughout the program I document:
- Design decisions
- Architecture
- Implementation
- Validation
- Troubleshooting
- Lessons Learned
- Future Improvements
The goal is to demonstrate how a production-inspired cybersecurity environment can be engineered from the ground up while documenting every step of the journey.
Alongside the COC are several focused engineering programs that document major areas of the overall environment.
Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering
Focused on servers, networking, storage, Docker, virtualization, backups, monitoring, and the infrastructure supporting the Cyber Operations Center.
Security Operations Engineering
Documents the design and evolution of my multi-monitor SOC workstation including workflows, monitoring, investigations, productivity, automation, and analyst operations.
Physical Infrastructure Engineering
Documents the complete physical construction of my Cyber Operations Center including the workspace, desk build, monitor layout, hardware installation, cable management, equipment placement, upgrades, and engineering decisions.
Media Infrastructure Engineering
A self-hosted media platform demonstrating Linux administration, Docker, networking, storage management, automation, monitoring, and backup strategies.
Learning never starts with perfection.
The Legacy Project Archive preserves earlier labs and projects that no longer reflect my current engineering standards but remain valuable as part of my learning journey.
Rather than deleting previous work, I keep it available to demonstrate continuous improvement and document how my skills have evolved over time.
- Windows
- Ubuntu Server
- Linux Administration
- Docker
- Virtualization
- WireGuard
- Pi-hole
- Wazuh
- TCP/IP
- DNS
- DHCP
- VPNs
- Firewall Fundamentals
- VLAN Fundamentals
- Security Operations Fundamentals
- Log Analysis
- Security Hardening
- Incident Response Fundamentals
- Vulnerability Management Fundamentals
- Git
- GitHub
- Python
- Bash
- PowerShell
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
I believe cybersecurity requires continuous growth.
Current areas of study include:
- AWS Certified AI Practitioner
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Splunk
- Active Directory
- Detection Engineering
- Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR)
- Infrastructure Automation
- Threat Detection Engineering
This portfolio documents my transition into cybersecurity through structured, hands-on engineering.
Rather than showcasing only completed projects, I document the entire process—from planning and implementation to troubleshooting, validation, and continuous improvement.
My goal is to demonstrate not only technical ability but also the engineering mindset, discipline, documentation practices, and curiosity expected of a cybersecurity professional.
Outside of technology, I enjoy:
- Horror movies
- Comic books
- LEGO
- Gaming
- Building homelab projects
- Learning new technologies
I'm always interested in connecting with other cybersecurity professionals, homelab enthusiasts, and lifelong learners.
"Every expert was once a beginner. Every secure environment begins with one well-documented decision."