Global Network Exploitation & Vulnerability Analyst
Fort Meade, Md
- Toured in eight offices within NSA (6-9 months each) as part of a structured development program, Computer Network Operations Development Program (CNODP), including defensive tours in the NSA/CSS Threat Operations Center (NTOC) and offensive tours in Tailored Access Operations (TAO), as a Global Network Exploitation and Vulnerability Analyst (GNEVA), followed by a permanent assignment in San Antonio- Provided NSA with new exploitation capabilities and defensive mitigations by analyzing (both white/black box approaches) computer systems, source code, network systems, computer protocols to exploit and/or protect by designing, demonstrating, and implementing exploitation techniques and/or mitigations- Performed assessments against various COTS software, hardware and web services and produced/delivered executive summaries and detailed reports to customers which were used to protect systems throughout the DoD and .gov- Created computer algorithms, protocols and software prototypes in response to customer requests and collaborative requirements review meetings which gave NSA six new capabilities, four of which eventually became corporatized- Served as lead developer and DBA for a new corporate SIGINT tool where my individual contribution was 16,175 lines of PHP/HTML/JavaScript/CSS, 575 CSS, 2,049 JavaScript, 686 of Perl, 7,804 of Python, 6,954 of MySQL, all code reviewed by colleagues that provided a capability which was utilized throughout the Intelligence Community- Accolades: 2 Performance Bonuses, Discovery Award, Individual Cost Savings/Productivity Award, Special Achievement Award