Security+ Python Developer • Seeking SOC Analyst Roles • Former Music Manager
- CompTIA Security+ (October 2025)
- TryHackMe Pre-Security (March 2025)
- PCEP - Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer (July 2023)
- Writing Sigma detection rules for production SIEM
- Studying TryHackMe SOC Level 1 path
- Expanding threat detection coverage
Production SOC with active threat detection:
- 10 Sigma detection rules catching real attacks (SSH brute force, port scans, credential stuffing)
- ~2M security events processed with 95% noise reduction
- Custom Python CLI for detection rule deployment
- MITRE ATT&CK mapped alerting via Kibana Detection Engine
- 5 dashboards with real-time security monitoring
Skills demonstrated: Detection engineering, SIEM operations, Python automation, log analysis, threat detection
Production-grade Python systems demonstrating reliability engineering patterns:
- 1+ years zero-error runtime processing 20,000+ transactions
- Multi-layer validation system (100% catch rate for data quality issues)
- Worker thread patterns for responsive GUI
- Context manager pattern for transaction safety
Skills demonstrated: Python OOP, SQLAlchemy, multi-threading, data validation, production reliability
- OS: Linux • Mac • Windows
- Languages: Python • SQL • Bash • HTML
- Security: ELK Stack • Sigma Rules • MITRE ATT&CK • Detection Engineering • Log Analysis
- Data: SQLAlchemy • pandas • SQLite • xlwings • pyinstaller
- Tools: PyQt5 • Git • Chezmoi
- Email: josh@joshtalley.com
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/josh-talley
- Location: Huntsville, AL