# James Ray **Worcester, Mass 01609 [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) [LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-ray-61098a187/)** ## Professional Experience: [**Joint Acquisition Task Force (JATF)**](https://www.socom.mil/st/Pages/JATF.aspx) **Tampa, FL Rapid Prototyping Mechanical Engineer/Lab Manager May 2025-July 2025** - Provided Tier 2 and Tier 3 support for Ubiquity Enterprise network. Setup ISP fail-over to maintain network up-time - Design, prototype and test unmanned robotics systems for use by Special Operations Forces in contested environments. - Lead and manage the Rapid Prototyping Lab consisting of 3 distinct lab spaces. - Educate and lead Special Operations Forces teams to test and evaluate new prototypes. - Improved fabrication capabilities with new 3D printing engineering plastics to improve part strength by 2x, as well as operating and maintaining our 1.2 KW fiber laser for metal work. - Acquire and maintain inventory for 3D printers, fasteners, flat stock and more in an environment with rapidly changing needs. - Instituted safety protocols for class 4 lasers, reactive batteries, fine dust, toxic fumes, and electrical hazards; resulting in zero safety incidents. [**ThreatLocker**](https://www.threatlocker.com/) **Orlando, FL Cybersecurity Analyst Jan 2025-April 2025** - Analyzed endpoint security logs from SIEM software and triaged cybersecurity incidents - Performed root-cause analysis of application behavior, and clearly documented findings while working with customers through to resolution. [**DigitalCM LLC**](https://www.digitalcm.com/) **Tampa, FL Cybersecurity Analyst June 2023-August 2024** - Research, develop and lead classes to professional audiences on; network infrastructure, proper network configuration, as well as common vulnerabilities and how to exploit them - Develop and demonstrate live demos of malware in isolated, virtualized testing environments. From these demos, I would teach about what Indicators of Compromise (IOC’s) we can gather from observing malware operate, and what we can do to prevent it in the real world - Provided Tier 2 and Tier 3 support as a Cisco Meraki and Proxmox administrator to improve network speed, reliability, and security. - Worked with a variety of tools including; bettercap, kismet, docker, virtualbox, the kali linux suite of tools and more. [**USF Institute of Applied Engineering (USF IAE)**](https://www.usf.edu/engineering/iae/) **Tampa, FL Research Support Intern May 2022–Dec. 2022** - Assisted in maintaining 3D printers and lab management duties at the JATF. - Pursued Wi-Fi WPA2 pen-testing projects. [**University of South Florida Oceanography Department**](https://www.usf.edu/marine-science/research/chemical-oceanography.aspx) **St. Petersburg, FL Research Support Intern Jan. 2019-May 2019** - Developed Key Performance Indicators for testing and evaluating pH and salinity sensors for monitoring effects of climate change in the Tampa Bay ## Education and credentials: [**University of South Florida**](https://www.usf.edu/)_**,**_ _BS,_ _Business Analytics_ **Tampa, FL** [**Florida Polytechnic University**](https://floridapoly.edu/)**,** _AS_ **Lakeland, FL** ## Extracurriculars: **[Member of Whitehatters Computer Security Club](https://wcsc.notion.site/homepage) at USF** - The Whitehatters is a student run cybersecurity club where more experienced students teach about cybersecurity concepts - In this club I practiced Blue Team skills: - SIEM log reading and investigation - The [Mitre Att&Ck](https://attack.mitre.org/) framework to understand the attack workflow from the defender side - Virtualization in Virtualbox to run Kali safely, as well as running vulnerable VM's from [VulnHub](https://www.vulnhub.com/) to attack - Practiced hands on Red Team skills: - Scanning and enumerating with Nmap - Fuzzing and directory busting with Dirbuster - Exploitation with reverse shells - Pass the hash to exploit Windows AD **Lead of Manufacturing section of** [**Purple Fire Robotics**](https://www.youtube.com/@purplefirerobotics) **at Florida Polytechnic University** - Spearheaded a new section of the combat robotics team to help mechanical engineering students advance manufacturing skills and improve robot designs. - Teaching students with a hands-on approach how to manufacture what they have designed, out of various materials including metal, plastic, and wood. **Electrical Lead for** [**Team 79 Krunch Robotics**](https://www.team79krunch.com/) **at East Lake High School** - Competing in FIRST Robotics Competition, we designed, prototyped, and built a functional competition robot in 6 weeks weighing in at 120 pounds. - As leader of the electrical team we designed and built a functioning electrical system that was easy to access and repair during competition. **Volunteer for** [**The Lioness Instincts**](https://www.thelionessinstincts.com/) **Women’s Self Defense** - Participating as a volunteer to create and present at digital privacy workshops to teach women how to protect their digital footprint. ## Skills: - Linux proficiency in server administration and virtualization. Specifically in Debian, Fedora and Windows Server 2019 - [[Microsoft Active Directory Lab|Microsoft Active Directory]] experience - Computer network design, troubleshooting, and network security. In depth knowledge of the OSI model as well as protocols including TCP/IP, HTTPS and SSL certificate management. - Proficiency with Virtualbox, Docker, [[Home Lab-Technical Details#Server OS|Proxmox]], KVM, [[Home Lab-Technical Details#Network Diagram|VLAN’s]] and more. - Over 3 years of experience in college and workplace training in cybersecurity and computer networking as well as server administration. - Own and operate a homelab running Proxmox Virtual Environment, with TrueNAS for automatic backups, VLAN segmentation for security, and Tailscale Mesh Wireguard VPN to share resources with friends and family. - Wireless and wired penetration testing and security hardening against network based attacks - Teaching with a focus on hands-on education - Organizing/Documenting work clearly. Proficient in markdown based documentation.