Principal Financial Group – Cyber Security Intern May 2023-August 2024

  • Developed automation in Jenkins to remediate hundreds of secrets for SOC and other compliance purposes.
  • Communicated with senior leadership to develop a framework around secret usage in code.
  • Wrote automation scripts that reduced security audit speed from hours to minutes.

Collins Aerospace – Application Security Engineer May 2022-August 2022

  • Developed a Splunk dashboard to view application attack trends more easily across tens to hundreds of thousands of incidents per day.
  • Produced infrastructure automation for f5 using ansible and Azure DevOps (ADO) to reduce ticket time by 90%.
  • Supported the team with firewall and network modifications where needed.

Myriad Advisor Solutions – IT Intern December 2020–August 2021

  • Developed a web app using a front-end template and a custom express back-end to increase Myriad’s value add.
  • Helped set up Meraki servers, switches, VPNs, and Wireless access points while working within clients’ needs.
  • Used Powershell, Bash, and Deluge (Zoho) for automation within the company to expedite workflow.
  • Troubleshot a variety of technical problems from clients at a tier 3 level.
  • Managed applications and computers through Azure’s cloud services to consolidate layer 4-7 security across employee systems.
  • Monitored security resources across several networks and companies.
  • Worked with upper management to organize security protocols and standards across the organization.

Goodwill of Central Iowa – Full Stack Developer September 2019-July 2020

  • Created an application using a WASP server stack that was used to reduce paper waste and make important information more accessible for tracking and use.
  • Languages used include: HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, Node.JS(express).