Summary
Nathan R is a seasoned Penetration Tester based in the Greater Paris area with 9 years of hands-on security engineering and red-team experience. He currently leads independent engagements at Intrinsec, designing, executing, and presenting findings on critical vulnerabilities for clients in both French and English. His Thales background spans security testing, network and infrastructure hardening, PKI management, SOC analytics, and building attack-labs to validate scenarios before deployment. He has broadened his impact by developing cybersecurity exercises for the French Ministry of the Interior and conducting Google Cloud audits with pragmatic hardening recommendations. Outside security, his experience as a firefighter and bartender has sharpened teamwork, calm under pressure, and client-facing communication. He holds cybersecurity engineering credentials from EPITA and advanced programs from IHEDN, reflecting a blend of academic rigor and strategic defense training.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Atender, 15e cycle « Grandes Écoles », Atender, 15e cycle « Grandes Écoles » at Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN)
Internship, Neurosciences & programming, Internship, Neurosciences & programming at University of Oxford
International bartender (NYC), Bartending/Bartender, Grade C (80.2%), International bartender (NYC), Bartending/Bartender, Grade C (80.2%) at EBS: European Bartender School
Engineering degree, Cyber Security, Engineering degree, Cyber Security at EPITA: Ecole d'Ingénieur en Informatique
French, English