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Nigel Smith — shot on Kodak Ektachrome 100

About Me

Cybersecurity Student · BYU-Idaho

Rexburg, ID ·

I'm Nigel, experienced in both customer service and hands-on IT development. I've worked on deploying production apps in AWS and I have built full-stack web applications maintained with CI/CD pipelines.

I'm looking for a job in a DevOps or cloud role with emphasis on security.

"Integrity is choosing courage over comfort; choosing what is right over what is fun, fast, or easy; and choosing to practice our values rather than simply professing them."

— Brené Brown, 2015

Skills & Expertise

Interpersonal Skills

  • Strong Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Teamwork
  • Proactive

Technical Skills

  • Cloud Infrastructure
  • Networking
  • Cybersecurity
  • Programming

Featured Projects

Education

Brigham Young University–Idaho

B.S. Cybersecurity · EST. 2027

  • • Cloud Infrastructure
  • • Networking
  • • Cybersecurity
  • • Programming

Highlighted Experience

FyberCom

Call Center Technician · Since 2026

Full Coverage Technology

IT Technician · Since 2023

The Home Depot

Service Desk Associate · From 2022 to 2025

Certifications

  • ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
  • *IP* Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Some Early Career Sucesses

I've had the opportunity to work on some projects that I'm proud of.

  • Audited and consolidated AWS RDS infrastructure, reducing monthly cloud expenditure by 14% ($700/mo)
  • Executed seamless zero-downtime migrations of enterprise Google Workspace environments
  • Engineered client-facing web applications from scratch using Next.js, managing DNS and domain controllers.

That's not all I've done, but those are some I'm glad to say I oversaw.

nigel@portfolio ~ ps aux
PIDPROCESSSTATUSMEM
3000next.jsrunning128M
6001byuiin_class2G
3001noderunning96M
4102postgresrunning64M
5120nigelliving_the_dreamnull
7003eslintsleeping48M
8000tailwindrunning32M
$sudo docker run -it nigel/portfolio

Future Roadmap

1

NOW

Cybersecurity Degree

I'm currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity at Brigham Young University - Idaho.

2

NEXT

Work Experience

I'd like to gain more experience in the field of cybersecurity.

FUTURE

Industry Leader

I want to be the top cybersecurity expert in the industry.