alex@localhost:~/experience$ ls

What I've done.

May 2026 – Present New York, NY
IT Field Technician / Zbrella Incorporated

Field IT for a managed-service provider's clients across New York: workstation imaging and deployment, and Cat 6 terminations during office buildouts.

Sep 2025 – May 2026 Queens, NY
IT Administrative Assistant / St. John's University, Public Safety

Maintained Windows-based access control infrastructure across 20+ buildings and 5,000+ users. Investigated 1,000+ access logs in Lenel, ran 150+ security audits documenting 80+ critical findings, and deployed 30+ new security devices alongside IT and vendors.

May 2024 – Aug 2024 New York, NY
Information Security Intern / Mizuho Americas

Built the weekly executive dashboard consolidating threat intelligence from Splunk, Fortinet, and Proofpoint. Helped uphold NYDFS and SEC standards in the firm's incident response planning, automated IOC detection in Python, and ran a phishing simulation.

Jun 2021 – Sep 2025 Glendale, NY
Assistant Manager / Stop & Shop Supermarket

Supervised a 20+ person team while completing my degree. Ran the inventory and shrink controls that led the New York City district, and learned to notice the small thing that is off before it becomes the incident.

St. John's CyberTeam Co-Captain Sep 2023 – May 2026

Led a 25+ member team: recruiting, weekly training, and competition logistics. Specialized in forensics, cyber defense, and incident reporting under live competition pressure.

Mar 2026Lowell, MA

NECCDC Regionals [blue team · DC admin]

Domain Controller administrator for the St. John's blue team. Hardened Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, and Kerberos against a professional red team while keeping scored services green. Runbooks and postmortem published.

2024Long Island, NY

ISC2 Tournament [1st place]

Led the St. John's CyberTeam to first place, competing across forensics and cyber defense events.

2024Augusta, GA

VIVID 2024 [CyberTeam]

Competed at the VIVID cyber exercise in Augusta with the St. John's CyberTeam.

2023 – 2026

National competitions [CyberTeam]

Regular competitor with the CyberTeam across national cyber defense and forensics events, contributing technical analysis and incident reporting under time pressure.