Summary
Austin Murphy is a network-focused cybersecurity professional with 14 years of technical and operational experience, currently serving as a Nodal Network Systems Operator/Maintainer with the US Army in Seoul. He holds a Bachelor's in Cybersecurity with minors in IT and Criminal Justice and has hands-on expertise securing corporate and military assets through network defense, incident response, and perimeter/client-server security. Austin maintains a robust home lab (Dell R610 with ESXi) for AD and network emulation, builds embedded systems with Arduino, and produces research presentations on YouTube, reflecting a blend of practical experimentation and public-facing knowledge sharing. An active participant in InfoSec communities and competitions—top 30 in National Cyber League 2021 and attendee of SANS, EC-Council, and ISSA events—he brings both classroom rigor and red-team/blue-team challenge experience to mission-driven environments. Notably, he pairs operational discipline from military networking with grassroots involvement in local chapters and Discord support, making him effective at both hands-on defense and community-driven learning.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Cybersecurity, Bachelor's degree, Cybersecurity at Kennesaw State University