Mark Simms

IT Professional

Proficient in Cybersecurity and Cloud Computing, leveraging skills in threat analysis, incident response, and cloud service management to secure and optimize IT infrastructures. Experienced with AWS, Azure, OSINT tools, and cybersecurity frameworks.

Certifications & Education

Projects

• Cloud Resume Challenge: Serverless resume site using Azure Static Web Apps, and Cosmos DB with JavaScript and CSS.
• AI Summarizer App: Next.js web-based application utilizing Azure Cognitive Services and OpenAI. Showcases the application of AI in natural language processing
• Currency Exchange Rate App: Uses the Yahoo Finance API to compare currency rates comparing them against the US Dollar. Grabs the latest US Based Financial News from YahooFinance.

Personal Experience

Junior Security Analyst Simulation (TryHackMe)

• Familiar with MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, and Pyramid of Pain.
• Simulated real-world IR scenarios (detection, triage, escalation).
• Used Yara, OpenCTI, and OSINT tools for threat hunting and intel.
• Analyzed IOCs and adversary behavior using Diamond Model.

Skills

• Cybersecurity: MITRE ATT&CK, Kill Chain, OSINT, IOC Analysis
• Programming: Python, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, PHP, MySQL
• Cloud: Azure, AWS, Firebase, Terraform (IaC)
• Tools: Wireshark, Yara, OpenCTI, PuTTY, VS Code
• Infra & DevOps: Linux, Active Directory, SSL, GitHub Actions