About Me

Hi! I’m Jesse, also known as chillbruh online. I’m a junior studying Information Technology and the system administrator for the NJIT Information and Cybersecurity Club. I’m passionate about cybersecurity, system administration, and server administration. I strongly believe in improving digital privacy and security for businesses and individuals, open-source technology, and self-hosting services.

I currently work at the New Jersey Institute of Technology as a student SOC analyst. Using Splunk and Splunk SOAR, I monitor security alerts, investigate suspicious activity, and escalate potential threats to NJIT’s systems and networks.

Education

I study at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, and I hold an associate degree in Computer Science from Middlesex College. I also hold the CompTIA A+ certification and the TekStream Associate Security Analyst Certified Bronze - Level 1 certification.

I am currently pursuing the CompTIA CySA+ and potentially Blue Team Level 1.

I have experience with Bash and PowerShell for scripting and am currently focused on learning Terraform and Ansible. I’m also interested in learning a low-level language such as Rust, C, or x64 assembly.

CompTIA A+	TekStream Security Analyst Bronze

Interests

Cybersecurity
- Malware Analysis
- Reverse Engineering
- Open-Source Intelligence
- Digital Forensics
- Digital Privacy
- Threat Intelligence
- Incident Response
Servers
- Self-Hosting
- Hardening & Security
- Storage & File Systems
System Administration
- Linux
- Windows

Projects

I currently operate my own home lab, running Alpine Linux on a Raspberry Pi 4 with external hard drives for network-attached storage. I self-host a variety of internal services, such as Joplin Server for note-taking, MIND for reminders pushed through Gotify, and Audiobookshelf for my local audiobook server.

I plan to upgrade my home lab to use an HP ProDesk as a server, replacing the Raspberry Pi 4. This new system includes two additional SSDs and an NVIDIA T400 4GB GPU and will be upgraded with a 2.5GbE or 10GbE card. I refer to this project as home lab version 3, or v3 for short.

Home lab v3 will utilize Proxmox VE to virtualize individual servers I can work with. These might include the main Ubuntu Server instance for my current services, a game server I can switch on to play with friends, or a VM for networking and system administration practice. I will also use a virtual machine for static binary and malware analysis, with a separate system and VM for dynamic analysis.

The third version of my home lab will also use an external reverse proxy. I intend to set up a VPN tunnel between my VPS and my home server so I can reduce the number of open ports on my home router. I’m also doing this to avoid exposing my home IP address when connecting my domain to my media services.

My network is also due for improvements, as I plan to introduce a 10GbE switch and potentially an OPNsense router.

Contact Info

jesse@chillbruh.rocks

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