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Blacksburg, Va, Us

- Write software for embedded Linux devices (BeagleBone) in Rust- Maintain and update Linux build for said embedded devices (BitBake/yocto)- Develop provisioning process for devices that configures software at manufacture time- Troubleshoot/diagnose software issues on said devices and occasionally in the cloud (AWS)

Princeton, New Jersey, United States

- Created system for mass compilation of common software dependencies (e.g. OpenSSL, glibc) to collect data from GCC and import into Ghidra- Developed various one-off scripts in Python, Bash, Go- Contributed to "Linux at Siemens", improving ability for employees to use Linux natively at Siemens- Attended conferences and trainings (DEFCON, Black Hat, SANS FOR610) to improve skills and stay current in the field

Herndon, Va

- Provided technical support for popular DevOps-related AWS services (CloudFormation, Beanstalk, ECS, EKS)- Used knowledge of Linux, networking, and DevOps to dive deep on customer issues to replicate problems and determine solutions and workarounds- Reported bugs with detailed replication steps and descriptions to internal teams to be patched out

Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

- Added container vulnerability scanning to an existing GitLab CI pipeline with Clair- Worked on Python script to automatically audit Windows-based permissions on network shares via Linux by using Samba tools- Assisted support technicians with outstanding tickets and provisioning of new hardware and software

Blacksburg, Va

- Created and maintained infrastructure for use in development of a fork of Drupal, a popular content management system (CMS)- Provisioned a FreeIPA server, GitLab server, and integrated LDAP login for GitLab via the FreeIPA server- Added support for running said CMS from within Docker- Used GitLab CI to create an automatic unit testing process for each new commit to main repository- Wrote custom PHP modules for the CMS that use GitLab API to pull new releases and versions onto main website

Princeton, Nj

- Wrote a Python script to perform automatic quality management via simulating HTTP traffic and parsing spreadsheets- Developed a security-focused custom CI pipeline that functioned similarly to the GitLab Auto DevOps suite, but achieved a similar result through the use of free and open-source tools- Researched, tested, and wrote documentation on existing DevOps software, tools, and utilities, discovering which ones would and would not work well for the company's usage- Assisted other interns and coworkers with general Linux, programming, DevOps knowledge and know-how

Remote

- Used primarily Python 2 and 3 and popular libraries such as pandas, boto3, requests- Created web APIs and modified existing ones to add necessary features and functionality- Set up a logging stack with Grafana, Riemann, and InfluxDB; added logging support to existing software- Modified custom SDK that turned data from various sources into custom Python data structures- Handled and parsed data from and to multiple formats (AWS s3 buckets, Postgres)- Used Ansible to provision software and custom configurations to Linux servers

Blacksburg, Va

- Engaged with and assisted students in performing common computer tasks (e.g. software and OS installation)- Solved students' errors in Windows, macOS, and Linux- Set up Ubuntu server for network booting

Bachelor'S Degree (Partial), Computational Modeling And Data Analytics

Activities and Societies: WUVT IT Director (2018 - 2020), Virginia Tech Linux and Unix Users Group (VTLUUG) Member

Associate Of Science - As, Science