Jacob Smythe · Security + Infrastructure

Experience

Technical experience and skills

Education, work experience, technical skills, and selected projects.

Education

Towson University

B.S. Information Technology, Network Security Track (in progress)

08/2024 – 12/2026

GPA: 3.53

Cecil College

A.A. General Studies

01/2020 – 09/2023

GPA: 3.47

Work Experience

Test Proctor

Towson University

09/2024 – Present

Enforced strict compliance policies and maintained the security of confidential examination environments, documenting incidents per state and university protocols.

Stock Clerk

State Line Liquors · Elkton, MD

01/2022 – 09/2024

Acted as frontline technical support by troubleshooting point-of-sale (POS), lottery, and mobile endpoint systems to maintain operational continuity.

Customer Service

Acme Markets · Newark, DE

05/2020 – 01/2022

Processed regulated financial transactions and escalated recurring checkout system issues to vendor support.

Technical Skills

Systems & Infrastructure

  • Linux
  • Proxmox
  • Docker
  • Nginx
  • Cloudflare
  • Tailscale
  • CI/CD

Programming

  • Python
  • Java
  • JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Rust basics
  • Bash

Security & Forensics

  • Network security
  • IAM concepts
  • digital evidence integrity
  • forensic workflows
  • vulnerability assessment concepts

Cloud & Web

  • Vercel
  • DigitalOcean
  • GitHub Actions
  • Cloudflare DNS/Tunnels
  • Astro
  • React

Certificates

Selected Achievements

TraceLodger

Local-first forensic review platform that reconstructs AI-artifact timelines with clear evidence boundaries.

City Pulse

Debugged and hardened dockerized traffic-vision pipeline from fragile prototype into repeatable local stack.