Keith Tirpak
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Apple
Vulnerability Engineer
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA), collaboratively working with an Adjunct Professor & other TAs to deliver undergraduate level Information Technology (IT) & Cybersecurity curriculum (COMPSCI 857) incl. but not limited to :
IT Systems Engineering :
- IT Fundamentals
- System Administration (Windows & Unix/Linux)
- Database Administration (SQL)
- Virtualization (Local & Cloud)
- Comp. Sci. - Automation (PowerShell, Bash, Python)
- Web Technologies (IIS)
- Network Engineering
- Infrastructure Engineering (High Availability -> the A in CIA matters!)
- Site Reliability Engineering / DevOps Principles (Config. Mgmt, Vagrant, Chef, Puppet, Ansible)
Offensive Cybersecurity :
- Ethical Hacking / Penetration Testing (Kali Linux, Metasploit, Hashcat, Burp Suite, OWASP, Nessus)
- Cyber Threat Intelligence (Maltego, Shodan, Google Dorks, Open Source Intelligence)
- Social Engineering (Social Engineer’s Toolkit)
Defensive Cybersecurity :
- Endpoint Hardening (Windows & Unix/Linux)
- Database Security (SQL Injections)
- Cyber Risk Management
- Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC)
- Security Operations & Analytics
- Threat & Vulnerability Assessments & Management
- Insider Threat
- User & Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)
- Digital Forensics / Incident Response (DFIR)
- Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- Cloud Security (Azure)
- Cryptography
- Network Security (Packet Analysis, Wireshark, Secure Network Design & Architecture)
• Facilitated laboratory & experiential learning sessions, including functional ownership of maintaining multiple git (GitHub & GitLab) repositories
• Lectured, acting in the capacity of Adjunct Professor, in the absence of the regular Adjunct Professor
• Mentored students 1 : 1 & in small groups.
• Prepared students to pass industry certifications including but not limited to : CompTIA’s Security+, Network+, Linux+, Server+, & Cloud+ as well as EC-Council’s Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
2022 :
University of California, Berkeley
Instructional Faculty (Teaching Assistant), Information & Cybersecurity Engineering
* Systems Engineer in a Professional Services firm responsible for providing a vast range of technological & cybersecurity services to the clients of a boutique Technical Consulting & Professional Services entity.
* One of a select few go-to resources for Offensive Security Engineering engagements, responsible for identifying security vulnerabilities & working with cross-functional partners in Dark Unicorn's Defensive Security team as well as client internal personnel to remediate as efficiently as possible.
* Hired on by a former professor from previous academic experience at UC Berkeley
2022 :
Dark Unicorn Group
Associate, Technical Consulting & Professional Services
2022 :
HackerOne
Security Researcher
2022 :
TryHackMe
Offensive Security Engineer (Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, & Red Team)
About
I am someone who was always tinkering with technology, who grew up to be an IT professional & is now making a pivot into the Cybersecurity industry. I love technology as it’s been a huge part of my life
I Went to UC Berkeley to study Cybersecurity but opted to pursue the route that would propel toward an industry career as soon as possible, while planning to pursue a BS in Cybersecurity in the near future. Soaked in an incredible wealth of Information & Cybersecurity Engineering knowledge, built out a network of technology professionals & a nascent but growing reputation for reliability, grit, & work ethic.
Started off a technology career how many IT folks do, fixing phones & computers for the general consumer population before upgrading to business-level technical support. While at UC Berkeley, scored an internship with Opstical, a fast but lean company of engineering professionals across a diverse range of industry verticals, beginning to add value from Day 1 as a respectable, trustworthy Cybersecurity Engineering Partner for Software Engineers.
Post-graduation, was extended an offer to continue on with Opstical, eventually taking on a Senior Offensive Security Engineer role within the startup. With the kind of youthful abundant energy that's helped propel this career so far, also began working with a former professor in her elite Professional Services & Technical Consulting firm as a Systems Engineer (highly-interdisciplinary engineer / jack of all trades, slowly becoming also a master of some).
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