Cyber Security Defensive Ops Intern⌗

NBCUniversal — June 2025 – Present

  • Led threat intelligence investigations using ZeroFox, LifeRaft, and OSINT techniques, identifying and documenting high-risk digital threats.
  • Spearheaded migration of security automation playbooks from XSOAR to Tines, designing scalable workflows, mapping data fields, and creating dynamic case templates.
  • Built and maintained Splunk dashboards to monitor threats across 400+ company assets.
  • Collaborated on an intern project to design/develop a Copilot Studio Agent integrated with ServiceNow knowledge articles.

Student IT Security Assistant⌗

NDSU IT Division — November 2024 – May 2025

  • Conducted software security reviews, assessing data handling practices and vendor documentation (HECVATs, SOC 2 reports).
  • Ran Nmap reconnaissance to identify unregistered servers, open ports, and vulnerable services campus-wide.
  • Developed Bash scripts to automate Nmap scans and streamline result filtering.

Cyber Security Research Team Lead⌗

NDSU College of Engineering — July 2023 – November 2024

  • Led a team of six undergraduate research assistants in developing cybersecurity software.
  • Managed project plans, task allocation, deadlines, and resources.
  • Fostered a collaborative environment to improve productivity and skills growth.

Autonomous Systems Security Intern⌗

Kirkwall — May 2024 – August 2024

  • Built a vulnerability management system using a web scraper/crawler and GPT-3.5 to parse binary information.
  • Created an Azure-based virtual lab for tool evaluation.
  • Configured virtual machines, VPN access, and security rules.

Technical Skills⌗

Languages & Frameworks: C#, Python, SQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, Node.js
Cybersecurity Tools: Splunk, Corelight Investigator, ZeroFox, LifeRaft, Tines, XSOAR, Nmap, Wireshark, Zeek, Suricata, Kali Linux, Hashcat, LimaCharlie
Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure, VMware, Windows, Linux, Ubuntu Server, VPN configuration, security rule management
Development & Collaboration: Agile/Scrum, Git (Azure DevOps), Google OAuth2 authentication, MSSQL
Techniques: Network Analysis, Log Analysis, OSINT, Web Exploitation, Vulnerability Management, Threat Hunting