Resume Last Updated 12-21-2025
Security Status: HSPD-12 / Public Trust Eligible (Investigation in Progress / Letter of Advisory Granted)
Hiring Eligibility: Schedule A (5 CFR 213.3102(u)) – Non-Competitive Hiring Eligible
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Dual Master's level Cybersecurity and Software Engineering
professional with over 20 years of experience in high-stakes
industrial systems and federal IT infrastructure. Expert in
Security Architecture, Zero Trust frameworks, and virtualized
system design. Specializing in bridging the gap between legacy
industrial environments and modern, secure software ecosystems.
Proven track record of managing complex logical systems where
system integrity and uptime are mission-critical.
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Education
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Certifications
- Ethical Hacking (CEH): Expires Dec 2026
- Network+: Expires Jan 2028
- Security+:(In Progress)(Expected January)
- AWS Cloud Practioner: Expires Jun 2028
- WGU Certificate: Front End Developer
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Professional Experience
Amalgamated Sugar Company — Nampa, Idaho
(Oct 2002 - Sep 2024) Control Room / Assistant Chemist
- Critical Infrastructure Management: Managed the monitoring of 200+ SCADA/ICS logical system screens, ensuring 24/7 operational continuity of complex industrial control systems.
- Logic-Based Troubleshooting: Diagnosed and resolved systemic failures in high-pressure environments, maintaining system integrity through rigorous data analysis and technical precision
- Regulatory Compliance: Conducted high-precision auditing and laboratory testing to ensure system outputs met federal and state safety regulations.
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TECHNICAL PROJECTS & LAB RESEARCH
- Enterprise-Scale Virtualization Lab (In Development)
- Designing a high-performance 128GB RAM virtualization environment to simulate complex federal "Zero Trust" network architectures.
- Utilizing the lab for auditing Active Directory vulnerabilities, testing secure code deployments, and practicing network segmentation within isolated virtual subnets.
- Secure Portfolio Architecture (jonfenn.com)
- Infrastructure: Architected and deployed a professional web presence using Nginx as a secure reverse proxy and Certbot for automated SSL/TLS certificate management.
- Security Control: Configured automated HTTPS enforcement and encryption headers to ensure 100% encrypted traffic and protection against man-in-the-middle attacks.
- Management: Implements version-controlled documentation management to demonstrate technical transparency and system organization.
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