Rudy Mendoza

Experience

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  Pacific Radio Electronics

  Aug 2012 - Jun 2016

  Sales Technician
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  United States Air Force

  Feb 2016 - Jul 2020

  Cyber Defense Operator

  - Developed defensive cyber capabilities for U.S Air Force space mission systems. Sustained real-time - monitoring for cyber threat deterrence, remediation and incident response. - Conducted Function Mission Analysis on mission systems to determine their cyber key terrain.- Created baselines for operations and developed remediation tactics; consolidated and revised network topology; improved system alerts by tuning Snort rules.- Monitored Air Force satellite launches, utilizing a Security Information and Event Manager (SIEM) to analyze network and system logs.- Identified threats across multiple mission systems (e.g. spread of malware, denial of service attacks, and zero day exploits). - Recommended improvements in security systems and procedures.- Researched and implemented new computer forensic tools. - Executed preliminary cyber incident response actions.- Mitigated operational and technical impact due to cyber incident. Show less

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  Dark Wolf Solutions

  Jul 2020 - now

  - Successfully conducted multiple scans to enumerate client networks as well as client applications. - Identified vulnerabilities, bugs and unknown information disclosures. - Documented findings into highly informative reports for our clients.

  • Principal Penetration Tester

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Senior Associate Penetration Tester

    Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Penetration Tester

    Jul 2020 - Dec 2021