Alexander Rodriguez-Vargas

Alexander Rodriguez-Vargas has a diverse work experience spanning different industries and roles. Alexander is currently working as a Network Detection Engineer at Gigamon since August 2021. Prior to this, they worked at Security National Financial Corporation from October 2018 to July 2021, where they held the positions of IT Security Manager/Engineer and IT Security Analyst/Engineer.

From January 2017 to November 2017, Alexander worked as a SIEM Content Developer at ReliaQuest. Alexander was also employed at Southern Utah University, starting from August 2015 to December 2016, where they worked as an Information Security Analyst, primarily focused on deploying an elastic search cluster for log monitoring and alerting, creating custom log parsers, and investigating suspicious events.

Before entering the field of information security, they gained experience in property management as a Property Manager from November 2014 to October 2016. Additionally, they worked as a Computer Technician at Mountain West Computers from January 2014 to December 2015, where they performed tasks such as data recovery, virus removal, system maintenance, and customer training on technology use and business applications.

Alexander's earlier experiences include internships at Boeing, where they worked in the role of Information Security Intern in 2015 and 2014, and at Inertial Sense as a Software Development Intern in 2013. Alexander also worked as a Software Development Intern at Air Force Research Laboratory in 2009, where they developed a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver to enhance database connectivity and response times.

Overall, Alexander Rodriguez-Vargas has a comprehensive background in information security, software development, property management, and computer technology.

Alexander Rodriguez-Vargas has a diverse education history in the field of cybersecurity. In 2015, they obtained the CompTIA A+ certification from CompTIA. In the following year, they received training in Offensive Security, focusing on OSCP Training.

In 2017, Alexander attended a Security Bootcamp at Infosec Institute. During this time, they also obtained the CSA+ certification from CompTIA. From 2015 to 2018, they participated in the US Cyber Challenge during the summers.

Alexander further advanced their knowledge and skills by attending various programs at the SANS Technology Institute. In 2018, they pursued a degree in GNFA (GIAC Network Forensic Analyst) from SANS Technology Institute in the field of FOR572: Advanced Network Forensics: Threat Hunting, Analysis, and Incident Response. Additionally, in 2019, they obtained the GPYC (GIAC Python Coder) certification in FOR573: Automating Information Security with Python.

In 2020, Alexander focused on Elasticsearch Engineer training, completing the Elastic Training program for Elasticsearch Engineer 1 & 2. Furthermore, they pursued a degree in GREM (GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware) in FOR610: Reverse Engineering Malware from SANS Technology Institute.

As of January 2021, Alexander has obtained the GREM certification from the SANS Technology Institute.