M. J. Fernez
mjf@mjfer.net
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Work History
- Served as the main contact for incident response and digital
forensics, maintained and developed the university's SIEM (Splunk),
delivered regular threat intel reports to senior IT and executive
staff
- Significantly reduced attack surface by researching and implementing
account retirement procedures.
- Assisted with securing the remote workforce during the COVID-19
pandemic.
- Improved and expanded university incident response plans.
Lab
Coordinator - Adelphi University (2022 - present)
- Develops and delivers lab excercises for CSC171 - Intro to
Programming (Python)
- Assisted with migration from a compromised email provider
- Administers and maintains Microsoft Exchange for employees
Earlier Work History
- Data Entry, Lien Representative - Health Plus Management (2017 -
2019)
- Math Tutor - Mathnasium (2016 - 2017)
- Research Assistant - Adelphi University (2012 - 2015) - Publication
Education
- Master's Degree: Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice, May 2019
- Fieldwork (for degree completion): Engineered a unique data
management and visualization solution in contract with NCFTA, New York
Office (2019 - 2022)
- Bachelor's Degree: Physics
- Adelphi University, May 2015
Technical and Vocational
skills
Professional
knowledge (in order of familiarity)
- Cybersecurity Incident Response and Triage
- Scripting languages: Bash, Python
- Forensic and Data Recovery Software: FTK, Autopsy
- Technical Writing/Documentation
- Linux system administration
- SIEM: Splunk, ELK
- REST API conventions, web scraping
Personal knowledge
- Programming languages: C, Python, x86 assembly
- Operating systems: Windows, Linux, BSD
- Electronics and circuit design: AVR, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
- Software Debuggers: GDB, PDB, Ghidra
- Amateur music production/composition: Audacity, Musescore, Sonic
Pi