Summary
Nicholas Walter is a Security Engineer based in Portland, Oregon with nine years of hands-on experience securing hybrid OT/IT environments for small and mid-size organizations. He has led cybersecurity and systems work across industries including superyachts, aviation, and energy services—building policies aligned to NIST and ISO, managing Windows and Linux estates, and operating VMware virtualization and ELK-based SIEM tooling. Known for bridging operational continuity and compliance, he pairs incident response and vulnerability management with practical server and storage administration to minimize downtime. Nicholas often focuses on pragmatic security for rapidly adopted technologies like AI in resource-constrained organizations, turning compliance frameworks into usable controls that teams actually follow.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts - AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies, Associate of Arts - AA, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies at Alan Hancock College