Michael Byrd
Cyber Security Analyst at Peraton
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area United States
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Top SchoolMichael Byrd is a cybersecurity analyst with 11 years of experience focused on security operations, threat detection, and incident response across government and commercial sectors. He has supported large defense and telecom environments at Raytheon Technologies, AT&T, and now Peraton, bringing practical SOC expertise and network engineering foundations from a Cisco role. A mathematical programmer and Ph.D. student in mathematics at Clemson, he combines quantitative rigor with hands-on cyber tradecraft to tune detection logic and analyze complex threat data. His background also includes technical IT certifications and frontline customer service and EMT training, reflecting strong situational judgment and communication under pressure. Based in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area, he leverages diverse technical and real-world experience to bridge analytics, tooling, and operational response. Notably, his mathematical programming interest informs creative approaches to automating threat analysis and anomaly detection.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Technical Diploma Information Technology/Systems Adminstrator, Technical Diploma Information Technology/Systems Adminstrator at My Computer CareerCertification Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic), Certification Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) at Richmond Community CollegeAssociate's degree Audio Production, Associate's degree Audio Production at School Of Communication ArtsCyber Security , Cyber Security at Cisco Cyber Security Student 
Github Skills (26)
discord-bot9
discord-py8
python6
discord6
journal5
maths4
mathematics3
math3
root-finding2
modularity1
creator1
genetic1
genome1
fastapi1
modular1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
michael-byrd/Stapleton_Lab
Feb 2018 - Jan 2020
Work done for Dr. Stapleton's Lab.
Contributions:2 PRs, 94 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 11 months
lab
michael-byrd/HammerBot
Mar 2022 - Nov 2023
A Discord bot made for Age of Empires 2 discord servers.
Contributions:46 pushes in 1 year 7 months
ageage-of-empiresdiscordbotdiscord-bot
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