~/packetpursuit $ cat about.md
I'm Jacob Wills — a combat veteran with three tours of duty, a former Tucson Police Department officer and Field Training Officer, and now a cybersecurity student and researcher at Pima Community College. My career has always centered on one thing: protecting people and critical systems under pressure.
After years of service in both military and law enforcement, I transitioned into cybersecurity — bringing with me the discipline, situational awareness, and threat assessment skills that only come from operating in high-stakes environments. I approach digital threats with the same methodical intensity I brought to every mission.
Currently, I lead honeynet research capturing live malware (including a Rondodox/Mirai variant and Kinsing crypto miner), perform binary analysis with Ghidra, and build threat intelligence pipelines using ELK, MISP, and OpenCTI. I maintain a home lab running Dell PowerEdge servers, pfSense firewalls, and a full security monitoring stack. I'm a badged volunteer at the National Cyber Workforce Framework (NCWF) AZ03 cyber range, contributing to CTF events and defensive exercises.
I'm currently a leading candidate for a SOC Analyst position at TEP/UNS Energy, where I'll bring my unique combination of combat-tested leadership and technical cybersecurity skills to protect critical energy infrastructure.