Attended 400+ hour Cybersecurity Professional Penetration Tester bootcamp that provided lectures, research exercises, and laboratory simulations that prepared students for the CompTIA Server+, Linux+, Cloud+, Network+, Security+, and Pentest+ certifications• Led 5-person team that performed a 72-hour penetration test for a company in a simulated environment • During exercise, we performed a network vulnerability assessment, exploited those findings to establish a foothold and then pivoted to the internal network and gained root access on numerous nodes • Compiled, authored, and presented findings and remediation recommendations in after-action report at conclusion of engagement --garnered 2nd highest score in program history• Designed, implemented, and hardened a FortiGate firewall in a virtual environment that facilitated the segmentation of WAN, LAN, DMZ and guest networks• Analyzed Wireshark packet captures to troubleshoot, identify, and correct network misconfigurations