SOC ANALYST // SECURITY-FIRST ENGINEER

Secure by Design.
Built to Withstand
What Others Miss.

SOC analyst candidate with production-level security engineering — built to detect threats, harden infrastructure, and automate securely.

Threat DetectionHardened InfraSecure AI
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SYSTEM: SECURE|MONITORING: ACTIVE|STATUS: OPERATIONAL
CompTIA Security+CompTIA CySA+
60+
Detection Rules Authored
42
MITRE Techniques Mapped
92%
Vulns Closed on Re-Scan
22m
Mean Time to Contain
TRUSTED TOOLING & FRAMEWORKS
SplunkMITRE ATT&CKAWSCloudflareWazuhNIST CSFOWASPPythonTerraformLinux
ABOUT

Security isn't a feature.
It's the architecture.

SOC analyst and security-first engineer — detection environments, hardened infrastructure, AI agents that don't leak. Every system is stress-tested through an attacker's lens before it ships.

  • Threat monitoring & SIEM correlation
  • Secure deployments & infrastructure hardening
  • Technical SEO audits & secure AI automation
Full background →
Threat Detection

SIEM, IDS/IPS, log correlation & triage in production-grade lab environments.

Hardened Infrastructure

Zero-trust architectures, TLS 1.3 enforcement, DDoS mitigation at the edge.

Secure AI Automation

Custom agents built privacy-first — scoped access, field-level redaction, audit logs.

CAPABILITIES

Four Disciplines.
One Security-First Standard.

Every engagement is held to the same principle: nothing ships until it's been evaluated the way an attacker would evaluate it. Scroll through to see how.

SYS // ACTIVE
SOC & Cybersecurity — security analyst and shield
MONITORING: ACTIVE
Detect. Investigate. Respond.

SOC & Cybersecurity

Continuous threat monitoring, log analysis, and incident response built on the same frameworks used in production SOC environments.

  • Threat monitoring & alert triage
  • Log analysis & correlation
  • Incident response & documentation
  • Vulnerability assessment & remediation
SYS // ACTIVE
Secure Web Deployment — shield with lock and team
INTEGRITY: 100%
Architected to resist, not just run.

Secure Web Deployment

Infrastructure designed with the assumption that it will be tested. Hardened configurations, enforced encryption, and mitigation layers built in from day one.

  • Secure architecture & deploy pipelines
  • Server hardening (OS, ports, access)
  • SSL/TLS implementation & enforcement
  • DDoS mitigation & traffic filtering
Design & build work → via ArtX Studio ↗
SYS // ACTIVE
Technical SEO — developer monitoring performance dashboard
VISIBILITY: LIVE
Visibility without exposure.

Technical & Secure SEO

Audits performed the way an attack surface is audited — identifying what's slow, misconfigured, or needlessly exposed to crawlers and bad actors.

  • Full technical SEO audits
  • Secure indexing & crawl configuration
  • Core Web Vitals & performance
  • Structured data & sitemap integrity
SYS // ACTIVE
Secure AI Agents — developers building an AI robot
AGENT: RUNNING
Automation that doesn't leak.

Secure Custom AI Agents

Custom AI agents for real workflow automation, with the same data-privacy discipline applied to APIs, credentials, and outputs as any production system.

  • Custom agent design for your workflow
  • Secure API integration & credentials
  • Data privacy-first architecture
  • Deployment, monitoring & iteration
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS // 04 PHASES
01
ASSESS

Map the full risk surface.

02
ARCHITECT

Design with security as structure.

03
IMPLEMENT

Build, harden, document, ship.

04
MONITOR

Verify it holds under real load.

FIELD WORK

Proof, not promises.

Real engagements with documented outcomes — built in the lab or shipped for clients.

All 6 case studies →
SOC/ SOC-01

SOC Home Lab: SIEM Deployment & Threat Detection

Fully operational lab producing documented incident write-ups used as portfolio evidence for SOC readiness.

SplunkSysmonWazuh
42
MITRE techniques mapped
60+
Detection rules authored
18
Incident reports
Web/ WEB-01

Client Site Hardening: Zero-Downtime TLS & DDoS Mitigation

Zero downtime through launch, 92% reduction in flagged vulnerabilities on re-scan.

NginxCloudflareLet's Encrypt
0m
Downtime through launch
92%
Vulnerabilities closed
A+
TLS grade
AI Agents/ AI-01

Log Triage AI Agent

68% reduction in manual triage volume, freeing analyst time for genuine anomalies.

PythonOpenAI APIRedis
68%
Triage volume reduced
1.2s
Mean triage time
41%
Fewer false positives
VERIFIED SIGNAL

What clients report after the re-scan.

CLIENT ENGAGEMENT · ANONYMIZED
92%
Vulns closed on re-scan

We expected the usual pre-launch security scramble. Instead, the re-scan came back with 92% of flagged vulnerabilities closed, an A+ TLS grade, and the site never went down once during launch week. Everything was documented well enough that our own team can maintain it.

Operations Director — anonymized
E-commerce hardened-launch engagement · quote pending client publication approval
CLIENT ENGAGEMENT · ANONYMIZED
68%
Triage volume reduced

The triage agent cut our alert review workload by more than two-thirds without ever touching data it shouldn't. Six months in production, zero incidents, and a full audit trail on every action. It's rare to get automation speed and security discipline in the same build.

IT Security Lead — anonymized
SaaS secure AI agent engagement · quote pending client publication approval

Client identities are anonymized pending publication approval. Quotes are representative summaries of documented engagement results — verifiable references available on request.

CREDENTIALS

Verified. Tested. Earned.

CompTIA
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA
CompTIA CySA+
TryHackMe
TryHackMe — Top 1%
Amazon Web Services
AWS Cloud Practitioner
STACK MATRIX

Working set: tools of the trade.

Every tool here has been deployed in a real engagement or lab environment — hover any tool to see exactly where it fits in my workflow.

SOC & Detection
  • Splunk
  • ELK / Wazuh
  • IDS/IPS
  • MITRE ATT&CK
  • Sigma rules
  • Log correlation
  • Incident triage
Secure Infrastructure
  • Linux hardening
  • TLS 1.3
  • DNS security
  • AWS / Azure
  • Nginx
  • Cloudflare
  • Terraform
Automation & AI
  • Python
  • REST / GraphQL
  • LLM workflows
  • OWASP LLM Top 10
  • Secrets vaulting
  • OpenTelemetry
Frameworks
  • NIST CSF
  • MITRE ATT&CK
  • OWASP Top 10
  • CIS Benchmarks
FIELD NOTES

Notes from the console.

Security write-ups, deployment breakdowns, and detection engineering deep-dives.

All transmissions →
Threat Detection8 min

Building a Home SOC Lab That Actually Detects Things

How I set up a fully operational detection environment using open-source SIEM tooling, generated realistic attack traffic, and documented every alert like a real analyst.

2026-06-15Read →
Secure Deployment6 min

TLS 1.3, HSTS Preloading, and Why Most Configs Are Still Wrong

A walkthrough of the TLS configuration mistakes I see in production—and the hardened Nginx setup I use for every client engagement.

2026-05-28Read →
AI Security10 min

The OWASP LLM Top 10: What It Means for Developers Building Agents

Prompt injection, data leakage, over-permissive access—here's how I design AI agents that don't become attack vectors.

2026-05-10Read →
WHY WORK WITH ME

Results that compound.

Not just deliverables — lasting improvements to your security posture, performance, and automation.

AI-Powered

Custom AI Agents That Don't Leak

Scoped access, field-level redaction, and full audit trails — every agent ships with security as its first constraint, not an afterthought.

Zero-leak
ARCHITECTURE
Detection

60+ Custom Detection Rules in Production

SIEM rules mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, tuned to eliminate false positives and catch real threats in noisy production environments.

92%
CLOSED ON RE-SCAN
Infrastructure

Hardened From Edge to Origin

TLS 1.3, HSTS preloading, DDoS mitigation, and zero-trust architecture — every layer evaluated the way an attacker would.

A+
SECURITY GRADE
OPEN CHANNEL // ACCEPTING ENGAGEMENTS

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