Hi, I'm Brian. Please hire me.

Cybersecurity M.S. graduate who learns by building. Looking for a technical security role with room to grow.

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About

Who I am

A quick snapshot of how I think and what I'm after.

story
A year ago I barely knew anything about cybersecurity. Since then I've built SOAR playbooks, developed an AI-powered intrusion detection system for my graduate capstone, run my own IT business, and set up a Proxmox home lab.
approach
I learn fast and adapt quickly to new tools and challenges. I'm a strong technical problem-solver who works well independently and stays motivated to keep improving.
goal
To not only bring my curiosity, drive, and hands-on work ethic to a technical cybersecurity role, but also launch my cybersecurity career and develop my skillset over time.

Skills

What I've worked with

Tools and platforms I've used hands-on across labs, coursework, and my internship.

Threat Detection & Response
Google SecOps (SIEM/SOAR), SOAR Playbook Development, Threat Detection, Incident Response, Log Analysis, Alert Triage, ML Model Integration
Offensive Security & Pen Testing
Nmap, Metasploit Framework, Penetration Testing, Packet Crafting & Capture (Scapy)
Vulnerability Management
Nessus, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Scanning, Risk Remediation, CIS Benchmark Hardening
Network Security
Wireshark, Packet Analysis, TCP/IP, Firewall Configuration, Palo Alto Networks, Intrusion Detection & Prevention (IDS/IPS), Network Security Architecture, Security Policy Implementation, VPN (WireGuard, Tailscale), DNS Configuration, Network Segmentation
Identity & Endpoint Security
Active Directory, Group Policy (GPO), Domain Controller Hardening, Endpoint Protection, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Windows Server 2022, Windows 11, macOS
Cloud Security
GCP (IAM, IAP, Load Balancing), AWS EC2, OpenTofu/Terraform, Docker, Cloudflare
Automation & Development
Python (Pandas, Streamlit, Plotly), Bash, Node.js, React, LLM/REST API Integration, Git/GitHub
Systems & Virtualization
Proxmox VE, VMware, Kali Linux, Arch Linux, Linux Administration, SSH
Other
HTML/CSS, ITSM/ITIL, TeamDynamix

Work

Projects

An overview of my recent work. Click a card for details.

01

AI Network Intrusion Detection & Alert Dashboard

Capstone · Streamlit · Scapy · Scikit-learn · deck.gl

Real-time intrusion detection pipeline and analyst dashboard for a live-traffic ML IDS.

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  • Systems Integrator on a three-person capstone, owning the full detection-to-visualization pipeline
  • Built a Scapy capture pipeline that extracts all 78 CICIDS2017 flow features from live traffic in real time and classifies it in short windows
  • Set up a two-VM lab (Kali attacker, Linux Mint target) generating real attacks with nmap, hping3, Hydra, and sqlmap across all five classes
  • Built the Streamlit dashboard: a live deck.gl threat map with animated tracers, Plotly charts, and a filterable alert log for SOC-style triage
  • Wrote a stakeholder executive report in HTML/JS reading from live detection history
  • Integrated the team's 5-class Random Forest (BENIGN, DDoS, Port Scan, Brute Force, Web Attack) into the pipeline via joblib for live classification
  • View the code on GitHub ↗
02

Google SecOps SOAR Playbooks

Google SecOps · Node.js · React · LLM API

Five incident response playbooks plus a web tool that recommends the right one on demand.

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  • Designed five incident response playbooks in Google SecOps
  • Built a web-based playbook recommendation tool
  • Documented integration workflows for Abnormal Security, Microsoft Entra ID, and VirusTotal
03

Cloud Deployment on GCP

GCP · OpenTofu · Cloud Run · IAP · SSL

A production-style GCP deployment defined entirely as Infrastructure as Code.

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  • Deployed an External HTTPS Load Balancer and Identity-Aware Proxy
  • Written entirely in OpenTofu as Infrastructure as Code
  • Shipped the app to Cloud Run with a Google-managed SSL cert
  • Configured an OAuth brand plus IAM binding
04

Tenable Nessus Security Lab

VMware · Nessus · Ettercap · Wireshark · Metasploit

A multi-VM lab for scanning, attacking, and analyzing a small network.

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  • Built a 5-VM VMware lab (Kali, Metasploitable 2, Windows 7, Windows 11, MX Linux)
  • Ran Nessus credentialed scans
  • Performed Ettercap ARP poisoning and MITM
  • Analyzed traffic in Wireshark and wrote Metasploit lab reports
05

Proxmox Home Lab

Proxmox VE · Windows Server 2022 · Metasploit · Tailscale

A bare-metal lab modeling a small enterprise domain, from the DC to the attacker box.

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  • Bare-metal Proxmox VE
  • Windows Server 2022 domain controller (brian.local)
  • Linux pentesting tools (Metasploit)
  • Tailscale subnet routing
06

WireGuard VPN & Container Lab

WireGuard · Docker · Kubernetes · AWS EC2

Built an encrypted network and containerized stack from the tunnel up to a running web app.

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  • Built encrypted WireGuard VPN tunnels
  • Deployed containerized environments with Docker and Kubernetes (Minikube)
  • Stood up Apache2 and MySQL on AWS EC2 over SSH
  • Configured firewalls and ran packet analysis
07

Digital Forensics Imaging & Analysis

FTK Imager · Registry Viewer · DiskExplorer · Hashing

Acquired and analyzed forensic evidence end to end, from disk image to artifact.

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  • Created forensic disk images with FTK Imager
  • Verified integrity with hashing
  • Analyzed Windows registry artifacts with Exterro Registry Viewer
  • Examined FAT file systems with DiskExplorer
08

Vulnerability Management Program

Program Design · Governance · Frameworks

Designed a complete vulnerability management program for a fictional company.

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  • Mapped the full vulnerability management lifecycle
  • Defined governance, tooling, and frameworks
  • Assessed program maturity
09

Self-Hosted Local LLM Stack

LM Studio · Open WebUI · WSL2 · Qwen · Tailscale

Ran a private LLM with a web frontend, reachable from any of my devices.

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  • LM Studio as the inference server
  • Open WebUI in WSL2 as the frontend with web search
  • Running Qwen 3.5 9B
  • Reachable across devices over Tailscale
10

Windows Security Triage Scripts

PowerShell · netstat · Microsoft Defender

PowerShell tooling for quick host triage and endpoint verification.

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  • Wrote PowerShell scripts for netstat connection analysis
  • Automated Microsoft Defender status verification
11

Reverse Engineering with Ghidra

Ghidra · crackmes · System32 utilities

Disassembled and analyzed real binaries to understand how they work.

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  • Analyzed my own binaries and small System32 utilities in Ghidra
  • Worked through crackmes reverse-engineering challenges
12

yt-dlp GUI

Python · CustomTkinter · PyInstaller

A desktop front end for yt-dlp, packaged as a standalone Windows executable.

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  • Built a CustomTkinter frontend for yt-dlp
  • Packaged into a standalone .exe with PyInstaller

Experience

Where I've worked

Hands-on roles across security, IT support, and A/V systems. Click a card for details.

Cybersecurity Intern

Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · Feb 2026 to Present

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  • Helped protect a campus network serving over 10,000 students
  • Designed five incident response playbooks in Google SecOps
  • Built a web-based playbook recommendation tool
  • Documented integration workflows for Abnormal Security, Microsoft Entra ID, and VirusTotal
  • Learned the basics of Google SecOps, Splunk, Microsoft Azure, and Palo Alto Panorama

Audiovisual Junior Engineer

Sacred Heart University · Fairfield, CT · Sep 2025 to Present

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  • Maintained Crestron and QSys A/V systems across 100+ classrooms serving over 10,000 students
  • Resolved Windows and macOS issues via the TDX ticketing system
  • Created equipment documentation and instruction sheets for campus facilities
  • Managed room inventory records to support reliable classroom technology

Owner

Brian's Quick Fix · Fairfield, CT · Aug 2024 to Present

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  • Provided in-home IT support for many local clients
  • Configured routers, Wi-Fi, and network security
  • Performed diagnostics, hardware/software troubleshooting, and data backup and migration
  • Delivered safe computing guidance to non-technical users

Education

Education

Where I've studied and what I focused on.

M.S. Cybersecurity


Sacred Heart University · Graduated June 2026 · GPA 3.88

B.A. Telecommunications & Media Industries

The Pennsylvania State University · Graduated May 2024

  • Minor: Entrepreneurship

Websites

Sites I've built

Production sites I designed and built from scratch.

brianstyrcula.com

If you are reading this you are currently on this website!

briansquickfix.com ↗

Home IT business site.

jamiegoodmancoaching.com ↗

Professional executive coaching site.

Let's talk

Open to hands-on cybersecurity opportunities. The fastest way to reach me:

✉️ bstyrcula@gmail.com