Hello everyone :) My name is Jacob, and I am currently a Security Engineer at ReliaQuest. Some of the activities that I perform in my current role are Incident Response, Threat Hunting, Detection Engineering, and Research. I also perform SIEM-specific engineering for customers, ensuring that environments are logging and are sending the logs for detections and health updates.
Additionally, I enjoy researching new red team tactics and exploring whether we can develop detections for them.
Here’s an overview of my experience and research:
- Experience
- Security Engineer, at ReliaQuest (June 2025 - Present)
- Security Analyst Intern, at The University of Texas System (August 2024 - December 2024
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Cybersecurity, The University of Texas at San Antonio (August 2023 - August 2025
- Research
- Certifications
- Hack The Box - Certified Bug Bounty Hunter (CBBH)
- Hack The Box - Certified Defensive Security Analyst (CDSA)
- CompTIA CyberSecurity Analyst (CySA+)
- CompTIA Security+