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Peter Browning

e-Portfolio and Resume

About Me

I am a dedicated cybersecurity professional with expertise in red teaming, penetration testing, and security engineering. I thrive in complex security environments, continuously refining my skills to stay ahead of emerging threats.

Education

  • B.S Cyber Operations, 2023
    Augusta University
  • Cyber Defender Certificate, 2023
    Augusta University

Experience

Infosec Engineer at Articulate Global

Dec 2022 - Present

  • Orchestrate and execute a company-wide realistic phishing excercise
  • Serve as the on-call security DFIR engineer to address the security concerns of SEV1 events
  • Automate asset scanning for vulnerabilities, secrets
  • Use modern tools like CrowdStrike Falcon and Splunk to monitor the overall security posture of the company
  • Perform regular application security assessments to ascertain the security of new services, including manual and automated scanning and exploitation
  • Establish mature IAM security posture across multiple accounts and hundreds of separate services
  • Deploy services in AWS EKS using mature homegrown CI/CD pipelines
  • Assist in the creation of secure IaC using modern security methodologies and tools including zero trust architecture, Terraform and AWS EKS

Cybersecurity Engineer at Scientific Research Corporation

Jun 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Create, deploy, and test a cyber range used by the DoD for testing and R&D
  • Automate creation and setup of networks using Ansible-based DoD N/CRAF framework
  • Design, plan, and create practical and realistic red team training lab for prospective OSCP applicants, serving as a capstone for our red team training course
  • Modify, optimize, and add to the N/CRAF framework to assist in the automation of range environments
  • Perform red team adversarial simulation for the Army Cyber Protection Brigade
  • Automate and design modular C2 infrastructure network for quick plug-and-play when performing red team operations

Undergraduate Research Assistant at Augusta University

Jan 2022 - Aug 2023

  • Create a functional implementation of a reversible process algebra compiler and parsing application from scratch
  • Understand theoretical computation and representation using discrete math and various theories
  • Develop typesetting skills using LaTeX to write and publish articles in scientific academia journals
  • Present the future impact and significance of reversibility in cybersecurity to broad audiences
  • Practice presentation and public speaking skills at various symposiums and conferences

Software Developer at Georgia Cyber Range

Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  • Enhance and optimize features and algorithms in old software
  • Collaborate with others in a team environment to procure quality software
  • Utilize and update outdated opensource projects
  • Understand openstack infrastructure for cyber range virtualization environments

IT Specialist at Augusta University

Sept 2019 - Jan 2021

  • Resolved problems with faculty equipment, machines, and computers
  • Used remote control software to remotely resolve software issues
  • Disassembled, replaced, and repaired damaged or defective computer parts
  • Managed the quoting, ordering, and retrieval of new equipment