JUDSEN BARNES

SECRET CLEARANCE | SECURITY+ CERTIFIED

Defense-grade cybersecurity operator with 6 years USAF experience securing mission-critical infrastructure. Specialized in vulnerability management, incident response, and infrastructure automation. Currently protecting 20,000+ endpoints while advancing capabilities through continuous learning and homelab experimentation.

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RECENT OPERATIONS

System Administrator 2024 - Present
U.S. Air Force • Nellis AFB, NV
  • Deploying and maintaining production servers across classified and unclassified networks
  • Managing Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy for 5,000+ users
Cyber Readiness Technician 2024 - Present
U.S. Air Force • Nellis AFB, NV
  • Enterprise vulnerability management across 20,000+ endpoints
  • Automated security workflows reducing manual effort by 40hrs/month
Help Desk Technician 2022 - 2024
U.S. Air Force • Nellis AFB, NV
  • Incident response for 30+ classified data spillage events
  • Endpoint security & access control management

TECH STACK

Security
ACAS/Nessus STIG Viewer SolarWinds
Systems
RHEL Windows Server Ubuntu
Automation
PowerShell Ansible Python
Virtualization
Proxmox VMware Kubernetes

OPERATIONAL HISTORY

System Administrator
U.S. Air Force • Nellis AFB, NV
2024 - Present
HIGH IMPACT
  • Deploying and maintaining Windows and Linux servers across classified and unclassified networks
  • Managing Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy for 18,000+ users
  • Performing server patching, backup management, and disaster recovery operations
Cyber Readiness Technician
U.S. Air Force • Nellis AFB, NV
2024 - Present
HIGH IMPACT
  • Enterprise vulnerability management across 20,000+ endpoints
  • Automated security workflows reducing manual effort by 40hrs/month
  • Maintained 95% vulnerability closure rate within SLA
Help Desk Technician
U.S. Air Force • Nellis AFB, NV
2022 - 2024
MEDIUM IMPACT
  • Incident response for 30+ classified data spillage events
  • Endpoint security & access control management
  • Security event escalation and documentation
Radio Frequency Technician
U.S. Air Force • Nellis AFB & Hill AFB
2019 - 2022
MEDIUM IMPACT
  • Maintained encrypted LMR & SATCOM systems
  • Led vehicle radio modernization project
  • Component-level diagnostics on secure communications

CYBERSECURITY

Vulnerability Management 95%
ACAS/Nessus, SCAP
Incident Response 90%
SolarWinds, SIEM
STIG Compliance 92%
STIG Viewer, RMF
Security Monitoring 88%
Log Analysis, Threat Detection
System Hardening 93%
DoD Standards, CIS Benchmarks
Network Security 85%
Firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN, Network Segmentation

SYSTEMS & AUTOMATION

Infrastructure Automation 85%
Ansible, PowerShell
Container Orchestration 80%
Kubernetes, Docker
Virtualization 90%
Proxmox, VMware
Server & Directory Administration 90%
Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, GPO
Linux Administration 88%
RHEL, Ubuntu
Backup & Disaster Recovery 85%
Veeam, Snapshots, RAID

CREDENTIALS & CLEARANCE

CompTIA Security+
2024
ACTIVE
Secret Clearance
Active
ACTIVE
CompTIA CySA+
2025
IN PROGRESS
CompTIA SecurityX
2025
IN PROGRESS

CURRENT PROJECTS

CertForge
Full-Stack Certification Prep Platform • Solo Developer
Active
LIVE
  • Full-stack web app for CompTIA cert prep (Security+, Network+, CySA+) with 900+ flashcards, realistic practice exams, and interactive labs
  • Go backend with SQLite, JWT authentication, TOTP 2FA, and a REST API powering a JSON-driven content system
  • Free and open to anyone — actively maintained with new certifications and features in development
Go · SQLite · JWT/TOTP Auth · Vanilla JS SPA · HTML5 · CSS3 · REST API · JSON Content System
PhantomEdge
Edge Gateway Management Panel • Solo Developer
Active
~88%
  • A single-binary web panel that manages how traffic reaches homelab services — controlling reverse proxy routes, port forwards, and WireGuard tunnels from one interface
  • Real-time WebSocket monitoring of system stats, network throughput, and tunnel health with live gauges and auto-scaling charts
  • OIDC/Authentik SSO integration, role-based access control, audit logging, and startup reconciliation — all built from scratch with zero third-party dependencies
Go · SQLite · Caddy API · nftables · WireGuard · WebSocket · OIDC · Vanilla JS SPA · go:embed