Summary
Jonathan R is a systems engineer and aspiring cybersecurity specialist with a decade of hands-on experience automating and securing infrastructure across enterprise and HPC environments. He has driven firmware upgrades, storage and job-scheduling improvements, and ELK-based monitoring at scale—work that helped achieve five-nines uptime and measurable efficiency gains in supercomputer clusters. Comfortable scripting with Python, Bash, PowerShell and Ansible, he also contributes practical open-source tooling (e.g., Windows initialization and sysinfo utilities) used to streamline everyday admin tasks. A natural mentor who discovered teaching as a peer mentor in college, he enjoys translating complex security concepts into practical guidance for colleagues and friends. Based in Portland and pursuing a BS in Cybersecurity, Jonathan pairs a tinkerer’s curiosity—evident in his ever-changing homelab—with professional rigor, whether deploying firewalls for client sites or automating secure access for 100+ users. He’s drawn to quirky, overlooked problems and prioritizes automation so he can focus on higher-value security challenges.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Applied Science Cybersecurity: Penetration Testing, Associate of Applied Science Cybersecurity: Penetration Testing at Mt. Hood Community College
Bachelor of Science - BS Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Bachelor of Science - BS Cybersecurity and Information Assurance at Western Governors University
English, Japanese