Nicholas Herman
Cyber Security Engineer at Discover Financial Services
Bartlett, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas Herman is a seasoned cyber security engineer with 12 years of experience securing networks and infrastructure across finance, healthcare, and distribution sectors. Currently at Discover Financial Services, he brings hands-on expertise with Palo Alto and Juniper firewalls, Cisco networking, VMware environments, and practical incident-hardening from prior senior roles at KeHE and Trading Technologies. He pairs deep operational knowledge—patching firewalls, designing DMZs, NATs and VLANs, and managing SANs—with a mission-driven drive to make technology improve lives for clinicians, troops, and children. Known for moving between tactical system administration and strategic network security, he’s comfortable both writing policies and implementing the low-level changes that make them effective. Based in Bartlett, Illinois, he blends technical rigor with a clear focus on impactful, user-centered outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Information System Technology, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Information System Technology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Github Skills (85)
visual-studio10
editor10
electron10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
visual-studio-code10
microsoft10
active9
payment8
atomic-design8
coverage8
merge8
miner7
gestures7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
iamn1ck/tuxguitar
Mar 2024 - Apr 2024
Improve TuxGuitar and provide builds
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 17 days
iamn1ck/EstiMate
Aug 2020 - Oct 2020
Contributions:2 pushes in 2 months
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