Chace McLaughlin
Experience

Portfolio

Work Experience

Cybersecurity Specialist/ Training Coordinator

Full-time
RJ NetworksRemote
  • Monitor SIEM dashboards and investigate security alerts across a 500-node enterprise environment
  • Conduct quarterly vulnerability assessments using Nessus and Qualys, reducing critical findings by 40%
  • Develop and maintain incident response playbooks for ransomware, phishing, and insider threat scenarios
  • Collaborate with DevOps to integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps)

Director of Information Technology

Full-time
RJ TelecommunicationsDetroit, MI
  • Performed black-box and grey-box penetration tests on web applications, APIs, and internal networks
  • Identified and documented 30+ critical vulnerabilities across 8 client engagements
  • Delivered executive and technical remediation reports with proof-of-concept exploits
  • Conducted social engineering assessments including phishing simulations and vishing campaigns

A/V Overseer/Project Task Coordinator

Volunteer
Detroit, MI
  • Assisted in firewall rule reviews and network segmentation projects
  • Supported the SOC team with log analysis and alert triage using Splunk
  • Participated in tabletop incident response exercises and documented findings

Education

B.S. Computer Science

Oakland UniversityEast Lansing, MI
Concentration in Cybersecurity

A.S. Computer Science

Oakland Community CollegeRoyal Oak, MI
Concentration in Software Engineering

Certifications

AZ-900Microsoft
2024Active
Certified Cloud Tech ProfessionalAcronis
2023Active
AZ-104Microsoft
2026Renewing
Databricks FundamentalsDatabricks
2026Active

Skills

Offensive
Penetration TestingExploit DevelopmentRed TeamingOSINTSocial Engineering
Defensive
Incident ResponseThreat HuntingSIEMVulnerability ManagementIDS/IPS
Tools
Kali LinuxMetasploitBurp SuiteWiresharkNmapSplunkNessus
Languages
PythonBashPowerShellSQLJava Script