Jacob GonzalesThe Flapper portfolio website
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Security, systems, and support work presented through one professional site.

This portfolio highlights The Flapper as a flagship cybersecurity project while also showcasing hands-on experience in server administration, IT help desk support, mini server rack projects, and security-focused lab work.

4+distinct portfolio sections
Sec+CompTIA Security+ certified
IT + Securitysupport, infrastructure, and defense focus

Overview

This website is designed as a portfolio deliverable with multiple sections that present projects, experience, certifications, and skills for academic and professional audiences. It balances informative writing, persuasive framing, and visual organization so the work is easy to understand and professionally appropriate.

Audience

Recruiters, instructors, hiring managers, and technical reviewers who need to quickly understand systems work, security knowledge, and communication ability.

Purpose

Showcase technical depth through projects like The Flapper while connecting that work to real support, administration, and infrastructure experience.

Context

Built as a professional digital presentation that can support a portfolio review, class submission, interview conversation, or project walkthrough.

Projects

The projects section centers on applied security and infrastructure work, with The Flapper presented as the main case study and related lab experience included to show breadth.

Flagship project

The Flapper

A desktop security hardening application that combines a React front end, Node/Express backend, and PowerShell automation to audit exposed services, visualize system configuration, and apply workstation mitigations.

React Node/Express PowerShell Security hardening
AuditInventory and attack-surface visibility
AutomationMitigation execution and logging
EducationIn-app explanation of defenses
PackagingWindows executable deployment

Experience

This section translates technical background into resume-friendly experience statements and demonstrates the ability to present work clearly for different audiences.

Server administration

Operations and infrastructure support

Experience in server administration with exposure to system setup, maintenance, troubleshooting, and infrastructure-focused tasks.

IT help desk

User support and problem solving

Background in IT help desk work, supporting users, resolving technical issues, and communicating solutions clearly in support environments.

Security-focused labs

Applied technical learning

Hands-on work includes infrastructure labs, compliance-oriented environments, virtualization interests, and practical security experimentation.

Skills & certification

The skills section combines software, systems, and security strengths with a formal credential to reinforce credibility.

  • Server administration and systems troubleshooting.
  • IT help desk support and user-facing technical communication.
  • Infrastructure projects involving mini server racks.
  • Cybersecurity lab work using penetration testing and network security tools.
  • Virtualization and cluster-oriented interests, including Proxmox and Kubernetes-related work.
  • Security and compliance learning tied to CMMC, NIST 800-53, and related frameworks.

Resume-ready bullets

These bullets are tailored for software support, systems administration, and entry-level cybersecurity roles.

Designed and built The Flapper, a security hardening application that visualizes Windows attack surface data, exposed services, mitigation status, and hardening activity through a React-based interface.
Developed a Node/Express backend that coordinates PowerShell automation to inventory systems, support audit and enforcement workflows, and return structured data to the user interface.
Applied server administration and IT help desk experience to infrastructure troubleshooting, system support, and clear user-focused technical communication.
Worked on infrastructure projects involving mini server racks and related lab environments to strengthen practical systems and networking skills.
Hold CompTIA Security+ certification and have built security-focused experience through CMMC, infrastructure, and defensive tooling projects.