About Me

For more than 25 years, my work has focused on hardening defenses, optimizing architecture, and engineering environments designed to withstand persistent actors and supply-chain vulnerabilities.

In September of 2020, I became the founder of a 501(c)3 nonprofit business called NoShitSecurity, where I designed the Jurassic Jungle® Information Security Internship program, establishing several enterprise partnerships to help train and certify the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

Beyond the technology sector, my analytical approach and steadfast resilience were heavily tested through an intense personal chapter involving housing instability and navigating the legal system.

As a self-represented (pro se) litigant, I managed a rigorous legal defense from Municipal up to the Supreme Court of Texas in the matter of Shane Lilly v. The State of Texas, fighting to both protect the life and rehabilitation of my dog, Major, and to close legal loopholes in Texas Health & Safety Code.

Contact Details

Shane Lilly
PO Box [by request only]
Austin, TX 78720 US
(XXX) XXX-XXXX
contact@shanelilly.com

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Education

Western Governors University

B.S. Cybersecurity Information Assurance• March 2026

I attended the BSCSIA program at WGU for approximately 3 terms (80cu), where I gained "exemplary" scores for nearly every exam, but due to a conflict of interest, I have chosen to pursue a more reputable cybersecurity program at SANS Institute of Technology.

Work

Kyndryl

Associate Director, Security Architecture • December 2021 - Jan 2024

Built the architectural design review process, defined workflows and approval criteria, and led the company-wide design review meetings for the Dept of the CISO, enabling Kyndryl to migrate 700+ apps from IBM to Azure in a single fiscal year. Designated as owner of the Azure product and resident of the hiring team, developed the technical interview process and training materials, performed interviews, recommended and trained new candidates.

NoShitSecurity

Founder• September 2020 - now

Over a span of five years, I designed cybersecurity challenges and coursework to integrate proven business concepts, hosted Azure Cloud security engineering training and certification bootcamps, produced live capture-the-flag tournaments with tangible real-life rewards, and crafted cryptographic materials, techniques, and original concepts that covered the full spectrum of team colors and functions by hand without the help of AI.

Noodle.ai

Security Consultant (Sr Security Engineer) • May 2020 - November 2020

Chosen by the CISO to lead design and architecture of the Noodle Analytics Azure tenant and SOAR systems, where I built everything from the ground up in a greenfield initiative; trained the security engineering teams and established a robust, resilient, automated business offering, leading to project integration. Pioneered the CrowdStrike Falcon product on Azure and wrote fixes that were integrated into CrowdStrike's cloud deployment scripts.

Safebit Solutions Inc

IT Technician • September 2018 - February 2020

Became on-site lead for their biggest client and helped manage their Azure cloud migration. Healed several pain points and optimized systems by writing tools and scripts to streamline or automate processes. Managed datacenter colos, trained new hires, and ultimately developed and deployed the internal SOC platform before leaving to join Noodle in 2020.