I am a Cyber Security Engineer and Cloud Architect focused on operational defense, client security architecture, and long-term risk reduction.
At work (MSP), I focus on:
- Security Incident Response: triage, containment, recovery, and lessons learned.
- Cybersecurity Stack Architecture: planning and designing layered controls across diverse client environments.
- Automation & AI Engineering: in-house scripting and development of monitoring automations and custom security solutions.
- Audit & Compliance Execution: working directly with auditors and evidence workflows.
- Pentest Remediation: prioritizing and closing findings with measurable risk reduction.
- Security Roadmaps: strategy, architecture, deployment, and implementation of security initiatives.
- Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC): governance design, control mapping, policy uplift, and risk tracking.
- Framework Alignment: ISO 27001, CIS Controls, Essential Eight, and core blue-team operations.
- Networking & Protocol Analysis: extensive networking experience with deep-dive protocol work across TLS, SSL, DNS, and related controls.
Outside of work, I am building agentic AI solutions for security, including agents capable of reverse engineering and analyzing files, systems, programs, and binaries.
I am also building a browser extension to detect both MITM proxy phishing pages and generic phishing sites by combining:
- browser heuristics,
- CSP, DOM, and CSS signals,
- domain and TLS intelligence,
- and ML-driven classification to block malicious destinations in real time.
nichxlxs/Vac-Bypass: analysis, reverse engineering, and bypass research around VAC.nichxlxs/cve-research: CVE research, vulnerability analysis, and controlled recreation workflows.nichxlxs/security-research: broader security research across exploitation, tooling, and defensive insights.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
- Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator (SC-300)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate (AZ-700)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty (AZ-140)
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert (MS-102)
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate (MD-102)
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals (MS-900)
- CompTIA Network+
- Certificate III - Information, Digital Media, and Technology
