SKILLS

Technical Skills & Tools

Explore six core technical disciplines supported by engineering projects, implementation evidence, and structured validation.

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Midnight Cyber Tech skills infographic illustrating network engineering, cybersecurity, automation, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and industrial IT/OT capabilities
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Skills & Tools

Core technologies, tools, and engineering capabilities demonstrated across six projects.

01 / NETWORK ENGINEERING

Network Design, Analytics & Troubleshooting

Enterprise routing, switching, packet inspection, network services, performance monitoring, and structured fault isolation.

Core Technologies & Tools: Cisco IOS, ExtremeXOS, Wireshark, TCP/IP, VLANs, IEEE 802.1Q, DNS, DHCP, NAT, ICMP, SNMP, NTP, ping, traceroute, Cisco CLI, PRTG, and SolarWinds.

Cisco IOS ExtremeXOS Wireshark TCP/IP VLANs Routing Switching DNS
Supporting Projects: 01 03 04 06
02 / CYBERSECURITY

Network & Cybersecurity Operations

Secure administrative access, network segmentation, access controls, incident detection, DNS security, authentication, and authorized remediation.

Core Technologies & Tools: Access Control Lists (ACLs), SSH, RSA/SSH Keys, Syslog, Splunk, Windows DNS, Active Directory, AWS IAM, and AWS Security Groups.

ACLs SSH Security RSA Keys Syslog Splunk Active Directory Incident Response Segmentation
Supporting Projects: 01 02 03 04 05 06
03 / PYTHON & AUTOMATION

Python Network Automation

Python scripting, secure device connectivity, automated diagnostics, DNS monitoring, incident response workflows, data processing, and structured reporting.

Core Technologies & Tools: Python, Netmiko, Paramiko, Pandas, Requests, REST APIs, JSON, CSV, PowerShell, Bash, and SMTP.

Python Netmiko Paramiko Pandas REST APIs PowerShell Bash JSON / CSV
Supporting Projects: 01 02 03 04 05
04 / INFRASTRUCTURE & CLOUD

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering

AWS infrastructure provisioning, cloud networking, virtual machine deployment, Linux administration, infrastructure validation, and repeatable cloud connectivity workflows.

Core Technologies & Tools: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, Amazon VPC, AWS Subnets, AWS Route Tables, AWS CLI, Terraform, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Linux CLI.

AWS Amazon EC2 Amazon VPC Terraform Ubuntu RHEL Linux CLI Infrastructure as Code
Supporting Projects: 04 05
05 / DEVOPS & CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

DevOps & Configuration Management

Configuration management, automated playbooks, structured inventories, version control, scheduled automation, configuration backups, repeatable deployments, and technical documentation.

Core Technologies & Tools: Ansible, YAML, Git, GitLab, Visual Studio Code, Markdown, Windows Task Scheduler, and Cron.

Ansible YAML Git GitLab VS Code Cron Playbooks Configuration Backups
Supporting Projects: 02 03 04 05 06
06 / INDUSTRIAL IT/OT SECURITY

Industrial IT/OT Cybersecurity

Manufacturing network segmentation, guest isolation, redundant switching, access-policy enforcement, infrastructure services, resilience testing, and network service verification.

Core Technologies & Tools: Cisco Modeling Labs (CML), Cisco Packet Tracer, Cisco IOS, VLANs, IEEE 802.1Q, ACLs, Rapid PVST+, NAT, DHCP, NTP, and Syslog.

IT/OT Security Cisco CML Network Segmentation ACLs Rapid PVST+ 802.1Q Resilience Testing Syslog / NTP
Supporting Projects: 06