Cooper Hoy

> whoami

IT Infrastructure Engineer building hyper-converged environments from the ground up. Currently studying Cyber Security Engineering at Iowa State University while engineering production infrastructure at Cambridge Investments & Research. From VMware clusters to Active Directory hardening — I build the systems that keep the lights on.

◆ Ames, Iowa | ◆ Iowa State University '27

99.9%

UPTIME

HCI

TEAM

3+

YRS EXP

> cat skills.conf

PROGRAMMING & TOOLS

◆Python

◆Java

◆PowerShell

◆Git / LangChain

SYSTEMS & SECURITY

◆Windows Server

◆Linux

◆VMware / Hyper-V

◆Active Directory

◆Cryptography / GPO

◆Exchange

INFRASTRUCTURE

◆Virtualization

◆Datacenter Ops

◆Network Config

◆Scripting / Automation

> history --career

2024 — 2026

IT Infrastructure Engineer

Cambridge Investments & Research • Fairfield, IA

Hyper Converged Infrastructure team. Deployed Windows Server 2025 in VMware for AD & file services. Built isolated AD sandbox for product testing. Developed hardening GPOs for new security baselines. Managed Exchange with 99.9% uptime.

2023 — PRESENT

Senior Technical Support Analyst

Iowa State University • Ames, IA

Transitioned helpdesk to new tools, cutting ticket resolution time. Built knowledge base articles improving first-call resolution. Mentored new hires, reducing onboarding time.

> ls ~/projects

W@v3 Encryption

wav3.fit • 2025

Data stealth & encryption engine that embeds secured data into .wav audio files using Scrypt key derivation. Tamper detection auto-deletes files after unauthorized salt modification.

Python Scrypt Steganography

HelpLLama

2025

Locally hosted Python chatbot that parses internal docs & ticket history to deliver context-aware support answers. Structured parsing for .docx, .pdf, and .txt.

Python LangChain LLM

Enterprise Lab

Iowa State University

Deployed full enterprise environment — LDAP, DNS, domain, web, mail, and security servers. Built for hardening exercises and offensive testing.

LDAP DNS Security

> cat /etc/education

ISU

B.S. Cyber Security Engineering

Iowa State University • 2023 — 2027 (est.)

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

DSA

Data Structures & Algorithms

EMB

Embedded Systems

SEC

Intro to Cybersecurity

> ping cooper

✉cjhoy@iastate.edu 📞319-240-3504 🔗LinkedIn

64 bytes from cooper: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.042ms

Ames, Iowa • Iowa State University

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