Information Security Operations Center Analyst
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Riverton UT • August 2025 - December 2025
- Analyzed, triaged, and responded to cyber threats targeting worldwide infrastructure and global leaders
- Utilized enterprise security tools including Splunk, Palo Alto Panorama, Microsoft Defender Online, Azure, BlueCat and Crowdstrike to investigate phishing, malware, and other threat events
- Collaborated in a 24/7 SOC environment to protect critical systems and sensitive information from real-world adversaries across a global network
Course Architect for Cybersecurity Fundamentals & Security Assessment
Brigham Young University - Idaho, Rexburg ID • November 2024 - July 2025
- Led 30+ students in learning the basics of cyber defensive operations and penetration testing
- Developed a defense simulation using Bash and 40+ virtual machines to allow students to simulate defending a live multi-phase cyberattack following standardized attacker methodology (MITRE ATT&CK) and practice threat hunting
- Deployed vSphere to manage 60+ cloud virtual machines for student labs including attack and defense infrastructure
Security Operations Center Analyst Tier 1
Rexburg City, Rexburg ID • January 2025 - May 2025
- Leveraged Security Onion to detect and report various cyber threats to ICS and other key infrastructure for 5 months
- Applied a structured threat hunt methodology to identify active attacks, triage findings, and report according to the playbook
- Analyzed hundreds of alerts, tracked attack patterns, and worked to streamline ticket queue eliminating false positives