Brief Bio:

Founder | Cybersecurity Engineer | Critical Infrastructure Security

Kevin Rodriguez is a cybersecurity professional with many years of experience securing enterprise and critical infrastructure environments. His work spans vulnerability management, SOC operations, threat analysis, and system hardening across large-scale operational networks supporting hundreds of users and mission-critical systems.

Currently serving as a Cybersecurity Engineer within the energy sector, Kevin plays a key role in protecting critical infrastructure systems. He leads tool implementations, security projects, and advanced incident investigations while serving as an escalation point for high-severity security events. On a daily basis, he monitors and analyzes over 150 security alerts across SIEM, IDS/IPS, and EDR platforms, identifying and investigating potential threats while improving response efficiency.

He has directed monthly vulnerability assessments identifying critical and high-severity findings, enforced SLA-driven remediation strategies, and collaborated cross-functionally to reduce incident resolution times by over 40%. His automation work using Python and Bash has improved operational efficiency and security workflow performance by approximately 30%.

Prior to his work in critical infrastructure, Kevin managed and secured enterprise IT environments consisting of 60+ Windows/Linux servers and over 300 users, achieving 99.98% uptime while leading virtualization, Active Directory, Office 365, and disaster recovery initiatives. He has supported more than 20 organizations simultaneously, implementing scalable, secure infrastructure and business continuity solutions.

Core Expertise

• Critical Infrastructure Security (Energy Sector)

• SOC Tier 2 Operations & Incident Response

• Vulnerability Management & SLA Enforcement

• SIEM, EDR, IDS/IPS Monitoring & Threat Hunting

• NIST & ISO-aligned Security Controls

• Infrastructure Design & Hardening

• Python & Bash Automation

• Executive-Level Risk Translation

Kevin holds an active Secret Security Clearance and serves as a Sergeant in the United States Army National Guard. His military leadership experience reinforces his discipline, decision-making under pressure, and operational accountability.

He holds multiple industry certifications including CompTIA Network+, Security+, CySA+, Pentest+, CASP+, (ISC)² SSCP, and (ISC)² CISSP. He earned an BS in Cybersecurity & Counterterrorism.