32.64°N · 117.08°W · Chula Vista, CADefending enterprise networks, building the tooling to run them.
// 15 yrs · panorama & check point MDM · agentic automation
Fifteen years inside the firewall estates of global manufacturers, a hyperscale social platform, and a pediatric hospital, with deep Palo Alto Panorama and Check Point Multi-Domain practice, and equally a builder shipping production Rust, TypeScript, and Go platforms that turn firewall operations into automated, self-service workflows.
Network security engineer with fifteen years spent inside the firewall estates of global manufacturers, a hyperscale social platform, and a pediatric hospital, with deep Palo Alto Panorama and Check Point Multi-Domain practice across thousands of HA-configured devices, layered over Cisco Catalyst, Nexus, Meraki, ISE, and Aruba.
Eight roles across six organizations over fifteen years, progressing from helpdesk and field operations into senior network security engineering and platform development.
Two ways to read this chapter: the disciplines Aaron operates across, and the concrete toolchain behind them.
A 90+ mastery B 80–89 advanced C working proficiency
Product development under Mythos Systems that grew in generations: focused operational tools, vendor-specific platforms, cross-vendor control planes, and now governed intelligent systems. Below are the platforms in flight, the shipped desktop applications built in Rust and SvelteKit, and the lineage that produced them.
Governed agentic engineering platform
The flagship Mythos Systems platform: a natural-language environment for software, network, and security engineering where human intent becomes typed, reviewable plans. Models and agents interpret and propose; deterministic tools execute approved actions under policy, simulation, validation, and immutable evidence.
Rust · Tokio · Tauri 2 · Svelte 5 · Python · MCP · Tree-sitter · Monaco · OpenTelemetry
Model-independent agent engineering environment
A standalone, Windows-first agent engineering environment where no model, IDE, or provider is ever authoritative. The Rust daemon sydonicd is the sole owner of durable state transitions: a deterministic agent kernel, missions and work orders, multi-provider model routing, governed memory, capability grants and budgets, out-of-process execution, and replay-safe evidence. CLI, TUI, IDE, SDK, and PANTHEON attach as equal protocol clients.
Rust 2024 · Tokio · SQLite WAL · Protobuf · gRPC · Job Objects · content-addressed artifacts · OpenTelemetry
Network automation, reconciliation & assurance
A NetBox-centered platform for telecom, fiber, and enterprise networks where intended state, observed state, and business context are continuously reconciled. Admission control, blast-radius scoring, maintenance windows, digital-twin simulation, canary execution, postchecks, rollback, and immutable evidence gate every change.
Rust · Axum · Nornir · Batfish · containerlab · NATS JetStream · PostgreSQL · ClickHouse · GitOps · Tauri 2
Privacy-first browser & secure web workspace
A Rust-first desktop browser built as a secure operating environment for modern web work: identity profiles and durable workspaces, privacy enforcement by default, a native VPN and credential vault, signed capability modules, and integrated AI assistance through Ask Callisto.
Rust · Tauri 2 · SvelteKit · wgpu · Vello · WireGuard · signed modules · native messaging · PQ research
Applied AI research, benchmarking & assurance
The program that defines how Mythos Systems selects, evaluates, secures, governs, and validates AI systems: agentic runtimes, model lifecycle governance, evaluation harnesses, adversarial testing, context engineering, memory, tool authorization, and local-first inference. Model output is treated as a proposal, never authoritative state.
Python evaluation harnesses · Rust/TS reference systems · MCP · retrieval & vector systems · benchmark suites · signed evidence
Palo Alto Command & Control Platform
Native desktop application built for network engineers and security operations teams managing enterprise Palo Alto Networks firewall infrastructure at scale. Built with Tauri 2 (Rust backend + SvelteKit 5 frontend), it ships as a lightweight, browser-free binary for Windows and macOS. The platform consolidates what would typically require dozens of separate tools into a single unified interface.
Cisco Catalyst Intelligence Platform
Windows desktop application built with Tauri (Rust backend) and SvelteKit/Svelte 5 (frontend) designed for network engineers managing large-scale Cisco Catalyst switching infrastructure. Connects to Cisco Catalyst Center via REST API and to individual network devices via SSH and serial console.
Wireless Analysis & Security Auditing Platform
Cross-platform desktop wireless network analysis and security auditing platform. Built with Tauri 2 (Rust backend) and SvelteKit (frontend), it provides a comprehensive suite of tools for Wi-Fi infrastructure management, from network scanning and RF analysis to security auditing and compliance reporting.
Repetitive manual troubleshooting becomes structured, concurrent analysis.
Single tools mature into full operational surfaces per vendor.
Vendor silos collapse into shared identity, normalized state, unified workflows.
Intelligence enters, but only inside deterministic architecture and human control.
Open to senior network security, DevOps, and cleared roles, remote or in the San Diego area. The full résumé, references, and cover letter are available below.
