NICHOLAS A. SOUTHERN
LOC: GREATER_ORLANDO_FL
STATUS: AVAILABLE_REMOTE
| ROLE: | AI Cybersecurity Specialist |
| AFFILIATION: | Invisible Technologies (Contract) |
| EXPERIENCE: | 6+ Years |
| CLEARANCE: | Active TS/SCI |
| EDUCATION: | B.S. Cyber — WGU (Dec 2026) |
| ORIGIN: | USAF — Ramstein AB |
| TARGETING: | SOC / GRC / ISSM / Cyber Analyst (Remote) |
| NEXT CERT: | CISSP (in progress) |
// MISSION BRIEF
Operational Cybersecurity Analyst with 6+ years across 24/7 Network Operations Centers, incident response, and classified DoD environments. I’ve spent my career on the watch floor — tuning SIEMs, hunting threats, hardening endpoints, and shepherding RMF packages through accreditation. I’m now focused on remote SOC Analyst, GRC Analyst, and Cybersecurity Analyst roles where deep operational reps and a TS/SCI clearance carry real weight.
// THE FOUNDATION: USAF — RAMSTEIN AB
My discipline wasn’t learned in a classroom; it was forged in the United States Air Force at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. As a NOC Engineer / Systems Administrator, I ran 24/7/365 network defense operations across classified DoD networks, handled Tier 1/Tier 2 triage and incident response, and hardened 241 systems inside a 24-hour sprint to mitigate emergent compliance directives — zero rework on follow-up audit. Rotational shifts, holiday duty, and high-tempo mission support are not a learning curve for me — they are the baseline.
// CURRENT ENGAGEMENT
I’m currently a remote AI Cybersecurity Specialist with Invisible Technologies, red-teaming Large Language Models against prompt injection, adversarial manipulation, and data-leakage vectors. Before that, I was Senior Multi-Functional Security Analyst at Lockheed Martin, engineering Splunk dashboards, enforcing NIST 800-171 across RHEL and Windows estates, and serving as primary incident handler for system deviations.
// OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES
// CERTIFICATIONS & CREDENTIALS
// OPERATING DIRECTIVES
- >> ZERO TRUST PROTOCOL: Trust nothing. Verify everything. This applies to network packets, vendor promises, identity claims, and the LLM telling you it’s safe.
- >> SIGNAL OVER NOISE: Compliance artifacts and alert volume are not security. Every control I touch must map to a measurable reduction in real adversary capability.
- >> MOMENTUM IS DEFENSE: A static posture is a degrading posture. If detections, dashboards, and runbooks aren’t getting sharper week over week, the threat is.
- >> TRANSLATE OR LOSE: Technical risk that leadership can’t act on may as well not exist. My job is to compress complexity into decisions.
// AVAILABILITY
Open to remote SOC Analyst, GRC Analyst, and Cybersecurity Analyst roles. Comfortable with rotational shifts, on-call, and federal/regulated environments. TS/SCI active. Located in Greater Orlando, FL.