Nathan Rushing
Gainesville,GA
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Floor Security / Staff
The Castle Ybor
04.2025 - 10.2025
- Assisted in daily operations, ensuring smooth service delivery and customer satisfaction.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of work areas, adhering to health and safety standards.
Moving Helper (Independent Business)
U-haul
02.2022 - 11.2022
- Established and managed contractor listing on the U-Haul Moving platform, including pricing, scheduling, and service offers.
- Led a crew on residential and commercial moves, ensuring efficient operations, safety and customer satisfaction.
- Coordinated logistics for various moving jobs, including route planning and scheduling to meet customer deadlines.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity
The University of Tampa
Tampa, FL08.2025
Skills
- Report Writing & Technical Documentation
- Splunk ELK Stack
- Active Directory Configuration, Enumeration Attacks
- Log Analysis & Incident Response
- Amazon AWS
- Burp Suite ZAP
- Windows & Linux Administration
- Python, Bash, Powershell
- Network Traffic Analysis
- VMware
- Customer Service & Communication
- Problem-Solving & Root Cause Analysis
Certification
- CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) - Certified
- TCM Security Practical Junior Penetration Tester (PJPT) - In Progress (Expected January 2026)
- ISC2 Candidate
Personal Cybersecurity Projects / Additional Learning
- Pi-hole Ad Blocker Deployment - Configured and deployed a Raspberry Pi as a Pi-hole server to block unwanted ads and enhance network security. Monitored Network Traffic for malicious domains and optimized DNS resolution.
- Capture The Flag Challenges - Active participant in numerous CTF events on both the national and local scale, including the NCAE Cyber Games, National Cyber League (Ranked 89.5th Percentile), Trace Labs Search Party CTF, iCTF 2024, and SpartansCTF.
- CyberLaunch 2025 Volunteer - Cyber Florida at USF - Supported a statewide cybersecurity event with over 1,000 student competitors participating in a Capture the Flag (CTF) challenge organized by EC-Council. Provided hands-on technical assistance, including troubleshooting Kali Linux VMs, network connectivity issues, and tool setup.
- Try Hack Me Cybersecurity Training - Ranked in the top 5% of all TryHackMe users through the completion of 50+ hands-on labs and attack simulations, focusing on Linux security, incident response, SIEM/Splunk, network hardening, and GRC fundamentals. Gained experience analyzing logs, investigating threats, and applying frameworks like MITRE ATT&CK and the Cyber Kill Chain.
- BSIDES 2025 Tampa + Atlanta Conference Attendee
Timeline
Floor Security / Staff
The Castle Ybor
04.2025 - 10.2025
Moving Helper (Independent Business)
U-haul
02.2022 - 11.2022
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity
The University of Tampa