Austen Reece
Emerging Threats Analyst / Detection Engineer at Trinity Cyber
Emerging Threats Analyst with two years of hands-on experience in malware reverse engineering, active threat research, and production detection engineering. Experienced in dissecting novel adversary tradecraft, writing resilient signatures, and building high-fidelity detection logic. Regularly places near the top nationally in collegiate cyber defense and CTF competitions, and spends spare time on radio and hardware hacking projects.
Security+ Network+ BAS, Cybersecurity 2nd — SECCDC 2023 3rd — NCAE Cyber Games 2022 96th percentile — NCL Spring 2023 95th percentile — NCL Fall 2022 BSides Tampa Uber Badge 2026
Experience
Emerging Threats Analyst (Detection Engineer) JUN 2024 — PRESENT
Trinity Cyber · Washington, DC
- Discover and research emerging threats before they hit mainstream advisories, translating findings into actionable detection logic.
- Author layered, multi-stage detections covering malware and exploit activity across network traffic.
- Serve as regex subject-matter expert, building precise URI- and JavaScript-based detections used in production.
- Reverse engineer and deobfuscate malware samples to extract behavioral indicators for detection coverage.
- Run Quick Reaction Force (QRF) engagements — turning around robust protections for clients under active threat within tight timelines.
Skills & Tools
Detection Engineering
YARASnortSuricataSigmaKQL
Regex Engineering
PCRE / PCRE2HyperscanPattern Efficiency
SIEM / Detection Platforms
ElasticKibanaEQL
Malware Analysis
IDA ProGhidraStaticDynamicSysinternalsPEStudio
Scripting
JavaScriptPythonBashshPowerShell
Networking / Traffic Analysis
WiresharktcpdumpBurp Suite
Threat Intel & Frameworks
MITRE ATT&CKCyber Kill Chain
Hardware & RF Research
SDRUART Debugging
Certifications & Education
Certifications
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA Network+
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science, Cybersecurity
Projects
crawler.0xconfused.com
Single-domain crawler built for security auditing and enumeration — walks a target domain to surface structure, endpoints, and attack surface for review.
github.com/0xConfused
Personal lab and tooling repository — detection scripts, hardware/radio hacking experiments, and CTF writeups.
By The Numbers
2+ yrs
Detection Engineering
Top 5%
National Cyber League (x2)
Podium
SECCDC & NCAE Cyber Games
UBER Badge
Tampa BSides
1st place in badge challenge 2026
1st place in badge challenge 2026