CAREER SUMMARY: An effective problem solver who is motivated by collaboration, innovation, and teamwork. Recent graduate of a 24 week intensive cybersecurity boot camp from George Washington University. Obtained Security + certification in January 2021, and AWS CCP certification in December 2020
EDUCATION
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Washington D.C. Certificate in Cybersecurity Graduation: January 2020
An intensive 24-week long boot camp dedicated to hands-on training in networking, systems, web technologies, databases, and defensive and offensive cybersecurity
Skills learned consist of Wireshark, Kali Linux, Metasploit, SIEM, and training towards CISSP
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY Richmond, VA Bachelors of Science, Mechanical Engineering; Minors: Mathematics, Business Graduation: 2016
Course of study includes: Risk and Insurance, Applied Statistics, Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Numerical Methods, Marketing Principles, Business Information Systems
Activities/Organizations: Toastmasters, Multivariate Calculus Tutor, Founding member of Pi Kappa Phi at VCU, Secretary/Treasurer of Nepalese Student Association (NSA), Toastmasters
EXPERIENCE
P2S Inc. Long Beach, CA
Plumbing/Mechanical Design Engineer October 2019 – May 2020
Collaborate with engineers and required personnel to evaluate production and feasibility; Coordinated all facets of production, material selection, and implementation of proper protocols
Prince William County Government Woodbridge, VA
Construction Plans Examiner – Lead Engineer October 2018 – October 2019
Generate reports on design indicating which sections failed to meet requirements, and successfully communicate and summarize those technical details to project managers, contractors and other non-technical roles
Solved duplicate review issues in legacy process and collaborated in redesigning the plan intake process which increased efficiency in county’s review time by 30%
CERTIFICATIONS .
CompTIA Security+
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CCP)
PROJECTS .
Assessment, Analysis, and Hardening of a Vulnerable System: Collaborated in team to investigate VM; Discovered three major vulnerabilities (weak SSH login passwords allowing access to server, improper configuration of port 80/HTTP, and Default Wordpress root user login information); Exploited the vulnerable web server by attacking machine and accessing company’s confidential data; Provided patch management recommendations for each vulnerability that was exploited
SKILLS/TOOLS .
Linux, Wireshark, Splunk, Powershell, Ubuntu, Nmap, Active Directory GPO, PCAP Analysis, Kali, VMware, ELK, Digital Forensics, Autopsy, Microsoft Office, Azure
Strong judgement and human relation skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to analyze and interpret data
Creative problem solving and effective decision making in “gray area” situations