Amari Fisher
Newport News
Summary
Motivated cybersecurity student at Old Dominion University, equipped with practical experience in Windows and Linux system security compliance, governance, and network administration.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Systems Group Consultant
Old Dominion University
Newport News
01.2026 - Current
- Completed infrastructure-based projects in Windows server administration, Linux administration, network engineering, and containerization to enhance system performance
- Collaborated with system administrators on windows administration and network engineering tasks to ensure system reliability
- Managing and resolving technical tickets across Windows, Linux, and networking environments
Cyber Risk Management Specialist
COVA CCI
Norfolk
08.2025 - 12.2025
- Executed vulnerability assessments using Tenable Nessus, identifying critical weaknesses for remediation
- Collaborated with cybersecurity risk assessment team to scan and analyze vulnerabilities across city of Suffolk’s endpoints, enhancing overall security posture
- Aligned core cybersecurity principles with city’s ongoing initiatives, ensuring compliance and risk management integration
Intern
Kryptos4
Newport News
06.2025 - 08.2025
- Co-authored research on secure data handling in cross-domain environments, aligning with NIST and DoDI 8540.01 standards
- Automated XML schema validation, metadata sanitization, and label parsing to ensure compliance with policy enforcement
- Developed Python scripts for audit logging, file type verification, and ASTERIX CAT 062 message sanitization to enhance data integrity
- Built software-only CDS framework using Docker on Kali Linux (WSL) to enable secure high-to-low/low-to-high data transfer
Education
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity & IT
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA05-2027
Skills
- Network Security
- Penetration Testing
- Vulnerability assessment
- Traffic Analysis
- Web Application Testing
- Network Scanning
- Directory Enumeration
- Incident Management
- SIEM fundamentals
- Windows Administration
- Windows OS
- Linux OS
- Windows Kernel
- Cisco
- Network Engineering
- System administration
- Technical troubleshooting
- Risk management
Contact Methods
famari262@gmail.com, afish016@odu.edu, (757) 930-9675
Hands On Coursework Experience
- Windows System Management and Security, Configured secure Windows server/client architecture using Active Directory and group policies., Enabled advanced threat analytics and log filtering in enterprise environments., Performed kernel-level monitoring and system event correlation.
- Cybersecurity Fundamentals, Studied the OSI and TCP/IP models, common malware types, and mitigations, Learned cryptographic principles, privilege escalation, and the CIA triad.
- Cybersecurity Programming and Networks, Built Python-based client-server apps using custom encryption and packet analysis, Applied socket programming and used APIs, dictionaries, and logic functions.
Timeline
Systems Group Consultant
Old Dominion University
01.2026 - Current
Cyber Risk Management Specialist
COVA CCI
08.2025 - 12.2025
Intern
Kryptos4
06.2025 - 08.2025
Bachelor of Science - Cybersecurity & IT
Old Dominion University