Austin King

About Austin King

I\'m an IT professional, student, and builder — constantly stacking skills, certifications, and real-world experience to engineer the future of technology.I currently work as an IT Support Analyst at Hogan Services on rotating 12-hour night shifts, hold a CompTIA Security+ certification, and I\'m actively pursuing Network+ and CySA+. I\'m completing my Associate\'s in Information Technology at Ranken Technical College and transferring to Western Governors University this year to pursue my Bachelor\'s and Master\'s degrees in IT.My hands-on experience spans Active Directory, PowerShell, network configuration, VLANs, Splunk, and Hyper-V virtualization. I have also built through 3 years as an IT Technician at Bill\'s Missouri Bulls, aswell as going to Ranken, and a personal homelab where I simulate enterprise environments using pfSense, Windows Server 2022, network segmentation, and SIEM deployments.What drives me is simple: I want to understand how systems are built, learn how they break, and master how to secure them. Every certification, every lab, every night shift is a step toward that.Based in the St. Louis area. Disciplined, detail-oriented, and focused on one thing: building the past, present, and future of technology

Experience

1. Information Technology Support Analyst

   Hogan Transportation Companies

   Mar 2026 — Present · St Louis, MO, US

   Provide 12-hour night shift IT support across enterprise infrastructure for a national transportation companyAssist cybersecurity and networking teams with security monitoring, network troubleshooting, and incident responseManage Active Directory, user provisioning, and access control in a Windows environmentSupport and maintain enterprise systems including ticketing, endpoint management, and remote access toolsGained hands-on exposure to SIEM tools, network segmentation, and vulnerability management processes

Education

• Western Governors University

  Bachelors Degree , Cybersecurity and Information Assurance

• Ranken Technical College

  Associate's degree, Information Technology

• Western Governors University

  Masters, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance