Cybersecurity Professional/United States
Alex Walker
Cybersecurity graduate with CCNA and CompTIA Security+, building hands-on SOC skills and targeting a SOC Analyst or Network Security role.
About
Cybersecurity graduate (B.S.) with CCNA and CompTIA Security+ and over a year of IT support experience across hybrid environments, including network and security infrastructure troubleshooting and administration. Building hands-on SOC skills through a home SIEM lab and seeking a SOC Analyst or Network Security role.
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Experience
IT Security Technician — Nemacolin
Apr 2026 — Present
Farmington, PA
- Monitor and maintain a segmented physical security network of 300+ IP surveillance and access-control devices, ensuring uptime, network isolation, and continuous security coverage across the property.
- Review access-control and surveillance system activity and device logs to verify proper operation and identify root cause when incidents arise.
- Administer and patch server infrastructure supporting the security network, performing monitoring and incident troubleshooting to maintain availability and integrity.
- Perform network troubleshooting and switch-level diagnostics to resolve connectivity and configuration issues across the security network.
IT Service Analyst — Nemacolin
May 2025 — Apr 2026
Farmington, PA
- Provided Tier 1/2 IT support for 500+ end hosts and users through the Zoho Desk ticketing system, resolving incidents and service requests with documentation, escalation, and resolution.
- Administered Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and Group Policy in a hybrid on-prem/cloud environment, managing user accounts, groups, and Group Policy objects (GPOs).
- Triaged security alerts on a recurring weekly basis, reviewing events and escalating as needed.
- Troubleshot Cisco Meraki network and remote VPN connectivity issues for on-site and remote users.
- Authored several technical documents and knowledge base articles, reducing repeat tickets and accelerating onboarding.
Manufacturing Intern — Niterra North America, Inc.
May 2024 — Aug 2024
Sissonville, WV
- Applied statistical process control tools to track production data and identify trends, driving improvements in part quality and efficiency.
- Operated and managed production machinery, supporting output of more than 50,000 units.
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Skills & Tools
Security Operations
- Security monitoring
- Security alert triage
- Log review
- Network segmentation
- Patch / vulnerability management
- SIEM (home lab)
- Kali Linux
Networking
- Cisco IOS
- Cisco Meraki
- Routing & switching
- VLANs
- TCP/IP
- DNS / DHCP
- VPNs
- Firewall / segmentation
- Network monitoring
Systems
- Active Directory
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Group Policy
- Windows Server
- VDI
- Server troubleshooting
Tools & Platforms
- Wazuh
- Microsoft 365
- Linux
- Windows
- Zoho Desk
- Git
- Proxmox VE
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Certifications
- Apr 2026
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco
- Jun 2026
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA
Education
West Virginia University
B.S. in Cybersecurity · GPA 3.6
Morgantown, WV
Activities & Honors
- CyberWVU — Competed in the National Cyber League (NCL) solo and team games; attended weekly meetings on ethical hacking and certification prep.
- WV Promise Scholarship recipient (2021–2025).