Brendan McEvilly
Entry-Level IT / Linux Systems / Cybersecurity
Computer Information Systems graduate with a concentration in cybersecurity and internship experience in Harvard University IT. I am eager to keep learning and growing, with a strong interest in Linux, virtualization and self-hosting. I am seeking an entry-level IT role focused on Linux, cloud or security.
01About
A little about me and how I got here.
Most of what I know comes from my internships and from running my own systems at home: Linux, virtualization, Docker, networking and security tools. Along the way I have set up email, cloud storage, messaging and AI services, which taught me a lot about DNS and mail authentication (DKIM, DMARC, SPF).
I enjoy automating security hardening and recording how I did it. The Lab section below is an index of the demos, scripts and write-ups I have put together, if you would like to see how I work.
- B.S., Computer Information Systems, concentration in Cybersecurity
Fitchburg State University · May 2026 - Associate’s degree, Information Technology Cybersecurity (Honors)
Middlesex Community College · May 2024 - Udemy courses: Kali Linux, Cybersecurity, Endpoint Protection, Network Security, Hackers Exposed
02Skills
Tools and technologies I have worked with.
03Experience
Four internships across Harvard University IT, Harvard Law School IT and Harvard Information Security.
04Projects
Personal projects and experiments. Where a demo, script or report exists, it links to the file in my cloud.
05Lab
Video walkthroughs, scripts, archives and images, read live from my cloud share. Videos stream on demand; nothing is downloaded until you press play or download.
06Attribution & notes
Being clear about what is mine:
- I have contributed to and made suggestions on some of the projects referenced here, but I am not the author or maintainer of any of them.
openscap-script.shwas not written by me; it is the script used in my OpenSCAP walkthrough.- Many of the scripts in
tools.tar.zstwere made with AI and come with very specific instructions. I do not claim them as hand-written. - The handle “jon” has a story behind it. I am happy to explain if you ask.
Referenced resources: penguins-eggs (building my distros) · unattend-generator (autounattend.xml) · OpenSCAP · Linux From Scratch · VeraCrypt hidden OS guide
07Contact
I am seeking an entry-level IT role focused on Linux, cloud or security.