Cybersecurity Graduate · U.S. Marine Corps Veteran

Juan Morales

Security Operations & Automation

I bring military operations discipline and graduate cybersecurity education to practical, evidence-driven learning projects.

SELECTED WORK

Inspect the evidence.

Three offline analyst tools and one operational homelab. Each case study explains the scope, tests and limits.

Phishing email analysis: actual offline application showing a fictional training sample

01 / LEARNING PROJECT

Phishing email analysis

Explainable email triage without opening a link.

HTML · CSS · JavaScript

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Network traffic triage: actual offline application showing a fictional training sample

02 / LEARNING PROJECT

Network traffic triage

Turn Wireshark CSV counts into scoped investigative leads.

CSV parsing · Detection logic · Wireshark

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Windows event analysis: actual offline application showing a fictional training sample

03 / LEARNING PROJECT

Windows event analysis

Separate actors, targets and group members before correlating events.

Windows events · Identity correlation · JavaScript

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Ubuntu hostDocker servicesHealth visibility

Private lab · Sanitized overview

04 / OPERATIONAL LAB

AiServer homelab

Operating and documenting a segmented, self-hosted environment.

Ubuntu · Docker · Operational monitoring

Read case study →

ABOUT

Operational discipline,
applied to a new field.

My Marine Corps background includes 24/7 Joint Operations Center supervision, interagency coordination supporting the Defense CBRN Response Force, and leadership training.

I bring experience coordinating people, documenting decisions and working within defined procedures. My cybersecurity experience here is academic and project-based.

Military experience

Marine Operations Senior Supervisor

January 2018–March 2022 · Joint Operations Center and interagency DCRF coordination.

Senior Training Manager / Instructor

June 2016–September 2018 · Leadership instruction, curriculum and training budgets, with dates overlapping the supervisor role.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Cybersecurity

Major: Cyber Operations
ECPI University · August 2026

Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science

Major: Cyber and Information Security Technology
ECPI University · March 2025 · Magna cum laude

CompTIA Security+

SKILLS & CONTEXT

Demonstrated work comes first.

Demonstrated in these projects

  • JavaScript rule engines and transparent scoring
  • CSV parsing, validation and safe DOM rendering
  • Network count aggregation and Windows identity correlation
  • Review of automated test results and browser integration evidence
  • Ubuntu / Docker self-hosting and health monitoring in a private lab

Academic and prior technology exposure

PowerShell, Python, Bash, SQL and C++; firewalls (Cisco, Palo Alto, pfSense, Packet Tracer); IDS/IPS, SIEM/SOAR, IAM/MFA, CyberArk and PKI.

Additional technology exposure

Windows, Linux, macOS; Docker, VMware, Kubernetes; AWS, Azure, GCP; Citrix and Ansible.

These technologies reflect study and prior exposure; the projects above show the work demonstrated here.

START A CONVERSATION

Let’s discuss the work.

For recruiting conversations and project questions, email me or connect on LinkedIn.

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My downloadable résumé includes my location and email address. The case studies and offline demos provide the public project evidence; source repositories remain private.