Hydroficient Externship via ExternI build projects, learn new tools, and shape my skills while deciding where to take my career next.
A selection of small projects and practical work that demonstrate the skills I am developing and the problems I like to solve.
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Hydroficient · ✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
Build, hack, and defend real IoT infrastructure, then hand your security playbook to an actual company. You’ll launch realistic cyberattacks, from spoofing and replay attacks to unauthorized shutoffs, and implement defenses like TLS and mTLS.
I build projects, learn new tools, and shape my skills while deciding where to take my career next.
I am Nathan Ramos. I have some work experience and I am exploring the next steps in my career, building skills and projects as I prepare for professional opportunities.
Externships
Hydroficient IoT Cyber Defense Externship
In progress
Experience
Order Selector
mclane company , houston, texas · February 2025 - Present
Order Selector
Gordon food & service , houston , TX · January 2024 - February 2025
logistics
Office Depot, Houston , TX · May 2023 - February 2024
stocker/merchandiser
Sams club , houston , TX · May 2021 - June 2022
Education
heights high school, houston, TX
High School Diploma · Class of June 2021
Skills
✅ Verified by Extern · ⏱️ In progress
Build, hack, and defend real IoT infrastructure, then hand your security playbook to an actual company. You’ll launch realistic cyberattacks, from spoofing and replay attacks to unauthorized shutoffs, and implement defenses like TLS and mTLS.
The externship worked with a simulated smart-marina IoT deployment to explore attack surfaces and implement defensive controls. The work mapped device interactions, network flows, and authentication boundaries, then exercised attacks such as spoofing and replay to observe system behavior. Deliverables included attack logs, a threat catalog, and implemented mitigations like TLS/mTLS where the
I examined the smart-marina system to build a technical baseline that supported subsequent threat analysis and attack simulations.
