About Me

Welcome! I’m a cybersecurity and IT professional documenting projects, random technical side-quests, and the occasional hard-won lesson. By day, I’m a Site Reliability Engineer at Microsoft — keeping the proverbial lights on, tackling large-scale problems, and doing my part to reduce Ibuprofen consumption during on-call shifts.

Why a Blog?

I have a habit of embarking on semi-random side-quests — picking up new technologies, diving into unfamiliar domains, or just building solutions to problems that bug me. Along the way I’ve learned a lot and made plenty of mistakes. I finally decided it was time to write some of it down.

Even if nobody reads this, at least I’ll have a record of my own growth. And if you do learn something here — awesome. At the very least, I hope you learn what not to do.

Experience

Site Reliability Engineer — Microsoft (2025–Present)
Technical Officer — US Department of Defense (2023–2025)
Test Operations Engineer — Huntington Ingalls (2020–2023)

Education/Credentials

Masters in Cybersecurity & Information Assurance – Western Governor’s University
Masters in Industrial & Systems Engineering – Auburn University
Bachelor’s in Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences – University of Michigan
CISM, CISSP, CGRC, AWS-SAA, SecurityX(CASP), CySA+, PenTest+, Security+, PJPT

Get in Touch

Questions, comments, or just want to say hello? Reach me at tyler@tylerswink.me.