Nicholas Jones
Network Security Manager at U.S. Department of Education
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNicholas Jones is a network security manager and hands-on practitioner with six years of diverse experience across federal and private sectors, currently securing networks at the U.S. Department of Education while leading information security at T-Rex Solutions. He holds an MS in Cybersecurity and an MS in Information Security Engineering, and carries a breadth of certifications (CISSP, OSCP, GCIH, AWS Security and more) that span red teaming, threat hunting, and cloud security. Nicholas blends offensive skills from Synack Red Team participation and penetration testing with practical cloud and data engineering experience at Palantir, giving him a rare ability to bridge attacker mindsets and production system needs. He’s delivered SIEM deployments, MITRE ATT&CK integrations, ISO 27001 readiness, and automated security workflows—often building the tooling and playbooks himself. Based in Washington, DC, he describes himself wryly as a “Good Hacker, Bad Developer,” signaling a security-first, pragmatic approach to protecting complex environments.
5 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Cyber & Information Security, Bachelor of Science - BS, Cyber & Information Security at Capitol Technology UniversityMaster of Science - MS, Information Security Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Information Security Engineering at SANS Technology InstituteElectrical and Electronics Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Sussex Technical High SchoolMaster of Science - MS, Cybersecurity, Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity at Wilmington University
English
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Github Skills (52)
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
NicPWNs/random-unicode-emoji-rs
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:3 releases, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
NicPWNs/MEGABOT
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
Another Discord bot for learning and fun. Using pycord to practice CI/CD with GitHub actions and EC2. 🤖
Contributions:39 releases, 406 commits, 269 PRs in 1 month
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