Sebastian
Velazquez

Selected for the DoD Test Resource Management Center Internship (TRMCi) program. Will support mission-critical test and evaluation (T&E) environments at the 96th Test Wing, Eglin AFB through cybersecurity and systems engineering activities aligned with DoD risk management frameworks. Focused on system documentation, security control assessment, and architecture analysis supporting T&E infrastructure.

Spearhead ISO 27001 and CMMC Level 2 audit readiness across 10+ business units, gathering 150+ control artifacts and improving compliance alignment with ISO, CMMC, and NIST frameworks. Design and deliver remediation reporting in Rapid7 InsightVM/CloudSec, enabling stakeholders to prioritize 50+ high-risk vulnerabilities and improving closure tracking accuracy by 30%. Lead CyberArk EPM/PAM cleanup across 2,000+ application events, assigning policies to support enterprise-wide removal of local privileged users. Improve IAM (Okta), EPM/PAM (CyberArk), and Cloud Security (Cloudflare WAF/CDN) platforms by authoring SOPs, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leading feature testing to strengthen production security controls.

Migrated SQL Server 2012 instances to 2022 via PowerShell automation, authoring KB documentation adopted by the FSU ITS team and establishing a deployment-as-code pipeline across ~10 College of Medicine production servers. Engineered a PowerShell orchestration script to sequentially deploy Dynatrace, CrowdStrike, ThreatLocker, and Location Mapping on new Azure VMs, reducing baseline build time to ~30 minutes with zero manual intervention.

Built a virtualized enterprise security lab using pfSense and Security Onion to simulate attacks and monitor network traffic, improving malware detection accuracy by 80% and response speed by 95% through Splunk correlation. Conducted penetration testing with Kali Linux, Nmap, Nessus, and Metasploit to identify vulnerabilities and propose mitigations aligned with NIST and OWASP standards.

GPA: 3.74 · President's List · Dean's List. Focus on cybersecurity and computer science. Relevant coursework: Computer Security, Data Structures and Algorithms, Operating Systems, Network Security, Computer Organization, Software Engineering.

Dual associate degrees. Built virtualized security labs, conducted penetration testing, and completed Network Security Internship. Foundation in networking and security operations.

Completed general education and CS foundation coursework. Focus on programming fundamentals, data structures, and mathematics.

Co-founded FSU's ColorStack chapter, grew membership to 50+ students in the first semester. Manage chapter finances, submit SGA funding requests, and lead a seven-member executive board to deliver professional development and mentorship events for underrepresented students in tech.

Placed 5th among undergraduate competitors in FSU's CS department CTF, applying skills in web exploitation, digital forensics, cryptography, binary exploitation, and reverse engineering under timed challenge conditions.