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NIKISHA PATEL

*****@****.*** ************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/nikisha25 +1-551-***-**** Jersey City, NJ EDUCATION

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ Sept’19 to May’21 Masters of Science in Cybersecurity and Privacy

Coursework: Network Protocol Security, Network & Management Systems, Cloud Computing, Cryptography & Security, Security & Privacy in Computer Sys, Counter Hacking Techniques, Data Mining, Computer System Auditing Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology,India Aug’15 to May’19 Bachelors of Technology in Information and Communication Technology Coursework: Data Structure Algorithms, Database Management System, Internet Of Things, Computer Network TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages : C, C++, Java, Python

DB System : MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Protocols : TCP/IP, L2TP, PPTP, IPSEC, IKE, SSL, SSH, UDP, DHCP, DNS, SSL, TLS, OWASP Top 10 Tools & Technologies : AWS, Git, Docker, Vagrant, Wireshark, Metasploit, Nmap, OpenSSL, Setkey, DNSstuff, Nessus, InsightVM, Rapid7

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Blockchain Analyst, Auxesis Group, India May’19 to July’19

• Designed and built a blockchain portal which generated certifications for students in a university.

• Worked on mini projects which deployed private blockchain solutions to industries like Dubai Real-Estate

• Worked on Active Directory(AD), performed different operation on AD and modification on Group Policy Object (GPO)

Blockchain Research and Development Intern, Gujarat Forensic Science University, India Jan’19 to May’19

• Analyzed attacks on Blockchain platform and developed a secured version of Smart Contract

• Had done vulnerability assessment using Nessus, Nmap, Burp Suite Summer Research Intern, DAI-ICT, India May to July’18

• Developed a smart classroom attendance portal for the university. Used the student’s smart phone to mark the attendance within the time slot for which the instructor opens the attendance window Startup Intern and Stakeholder, Swing, India Dec’15 to Nov’16

• Worked on Developing the Backend platform for the system in Java. Fixed the bugs in existing system and implemented the enhancements that significantly improved web functionality and speed

• Designed and developed user-friendly website, including optimization check-out that increased user clicks PROJECTS

Open Source Personal Project June’20 to Aug’20

• Built a CentOS-7 Vagrant Image

• Implemented C++ Wrapper using CMake

Exploit in Windows-XP-SP2 Virtual Machine, NJIT April’20 to May’20

• Exploited a BoF Vulnerability of the ward165 FTP Server in WinXP2 VM using Immunity Debugger in Bt5

• Used Metasploit tools - msfpayload and msfencode to create payload which spawned the shell to connect WinXp2 to Bt5

Wine Quality Prediction ML Model, NJIT Feb’20 to May’20

• Developed a Spark application that used MLlib to train the model in parallel on 4 EC2 instances for wine quality prediction

• Built a Docker container app which could be deployed across many different environments Cube Solver, DAIICT March’18 to April’18

• Implemented an application to take images of six sides of Rubik’s cube as input and output minimum steps to solve it

• Used OpenCV to detect colors of cube’s sides and Thistlethwaite algorithm to solve for any given input Farm Management System,DAI-ICT Jan’18 to April’18

• Designed reliable and efficient databases system and made modifications according to the requirements

• Developed Java application, and Performed required testing using SQL statements to solve database malfunctions, and usage issues

Bus Transport System,DAI-ICT Sep’17 to Nov’17

• Designed the ER diagram and translated the model to Relational schema for managing bus system

• Implemented complicated Triggers in order to restrict the false entries and stored procedures for reusability of queries in PostgreSQL

CERTIFICATIONS

• Cybersecurity and IOT ; FinTech : Foundations, Payments, and Regulations (Coursera)

• Blockchain for business 2019; Ethical Hacking from Scratch; The Complete Cybersecurity Course: Network Security (Udemy)

• CEH Training (In Progress), AWS Certified Associate Architecture (In Progress) HACKATHONS

• DTCC CTF 2020, Black Wings Hackathon 2021, Pearl Hack 2021

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