IT & Infrastructure Engineer · U.S. Navy Veteran · Building with AI 📍 Boise, Idaho · 🟢 Open to IT, infrastructure, and AI-focused roles — remote or Boise
I build the thing, break it, and document what I learn. IT and infrastructure professional with a B.S. in Information Systems Technology and peer-reviewed security research, working across Linux · Rust · TypeScript · Python · PowerShell · Proxmox/LXC · CVE analysis · End-to-end encryption · CI/CD.
- Working — IT Specialist (End User Support) at the Department of Veterans Affairs, automating away the repetitive parts.
- Building — MoodHaven, a privacy-first, end-to-end-encrypted journaling app (Rust + Tauri), and Palisade, attack-surface monitoring for self-hosted and AI infra.
- Researching — authoring CVE detection modules for the Metasploit Framework (Rapid7); three merged upstream, more under maintainer review.
- Learning — Rust, Tauri, and where AI genuinely earns its place in a product — by shipping, not waiting to feel "expert enough."
| Role | Org | When |
|---|---|---|
| IT Specialist (End User Support) | Department of Veterans Affairs | 2023 – Present |
| I.T. Infrastructure Analyst | Your Health Idaho | 2020 – 2023 |
| Remote Engineer | IntegriNet Global Solutions | 2017 – 2019 |
| Engineman (EN3), Petty Officer 3rd Class | United States Navy | 2009 – 2013 |
- Palisade — attack-surface monitoring for self-hosted & AI infra. Go agent + FastAPI control plane, Ed25519-signed detection catalog, LLM-drafted detections.
Go · FastAPI · React · Postgres - MoodHaven Journal — cross-platform, zero-knowledge E2E-encrypted journal with a Wear OS companion.
Rust · Tauri - Metasploit detection modules — auxiliary CVE scanners merged into the framework (CVE-2025-25205, CVE-2025-29927, CVE-2026-42208).
Ruby - Moon Lander Enhanced — browser game exploring AI-driven mechanics.
TypeScript · PixiJS
📄 Peer-reviewed in IJACSA · 🎓 CompTIA A+ / Network+ / Security+