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Anthonymcqueen21/README.md

Anthony Perez | SOC Analyst Candidate -> Finish Line "Principal Security Architect"

Current Focus: Blue Team Operations

  • 🔥 389-day TryHackMe streak | Top 1% | 235 rooms completed
  • 📜 SEC0 & SEC1 Certified | SAL1 In Progress (87%)
  • 🎯 6 years offensive security research → Blue Team transition
  • 📍 Bakersfield, CA | Remote SOC roles only

Technical Skills

  • SIEM: Splunk, ELK Stack, log analysis
  • Threat Detection: MITRE ATT&CK, IOC analysis, alert triage
  • Networking: TCP/IP, Wireshark, network traffic analysis
  • Tools: Nmap, Burp Suite, OSINT frameworks, Python scripting

Certification Roadmap (2 Down, 5 To Go)

✅ Phase 1: Foundations (COMPLETE)

Certification Focus Status Date
SEC0 - Pre Security IT Fundamentals ✅ Complete March 2026
SEC1 - Cyber Security 101 Security Basics ✅ Complete August 21, 2026

🔄 Phase 2: Blue Team Specialization (IN PROGRESS)

Certification Focus Status Target
SAL1 - Security Analyst Level 1 SOC Tier 1 🔄 87% Complete September 2026
SAL2 - Security Analyst Level 2 SOC Tier 2 📋 Post-Hire December or January 2027

📋 Phase 3: Industry Validation (POST-HIRE)

Certification Purpose Target
CompTIA Security+ Government Compliance 2026-2027
CompTIA CySA+ Tier 2 Advancement 2027

📋 Phase 4: Specialization & Mastery

Certification Focus Target
PT1 - Junior Penetration Tester Red Team Skills 2027-2028
AI1 - AI Security Level 1 Emerging AI Security 2027

Career Progression

Current Goal: Complete SAL1, secure remote SOC Tier 1 role by January 2027.

Long-term Vision: Bullet-proof resume with 7 certifications ensuring never more than 2-3 months between jobs become a principal security architect.

Background

Former independent security researcher transitioning to defensive operations. Attacker mindset + Blue Team training + Continuous certification = unique SOC perspective.

Currently seeking: Remote SOC Tier 1 roles

Verification

📧 anthonymcqueen29@gmail.com

Last Updated: August 2026 | 2 Certifications Down, 5 To Go

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  1. Anthonymcqueen21 Anthonymcqueen21 Public

    SOC Analyst Candidate | Blue Team Focus | 365-Day THM Streak

  2. SOC-Simulator SOC-Simulator Public

    Real-world SOC investigations and incident response writeups from TryHackMe's SOC Simulator. Easy to Hard challenges i will upload once completed to prove my SOC abilities one challenge at a time t…

  3. Professional-Cybersecurity-Certifications Professional-Cybersecurity-Certifications Public

    This will showcase all the certifications i earn on THM, and CompTiA.

  4. TryHackMe-365-Day-Streak TryHackMe-365-Day-Streak Public

    Continuous Learning/Training documentation - TryHackMe platform

  5. TryHackMe-Challenges TryHackMe-Challenges Public

    To reinforce my learning and training by doing live simulated challenges.

  6. THM-Badge-Showcase THM-Badge-Showcase Public

    This will display all the badges i have earned so far throughout THMs platform.