I have a BS in Physics and a little over a year of security software
development. I also have another 6 months or so of regular software
development experience. Do I have a chance of getting a security job or
should I wait tables for a while until the market picks back up? I've been
spinning my wheels for about 4 months now and I would give up if it weren't
for the whole Sept 11th thing. I know there is a pretty significant demand
for security talent, but do I have enough experience (since my degree is
unrelated) to have a decent chance now or should I give the job search a
rest for a while?
Any insight would be appreciated.
Walter Anderson
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EDUCATION B.S., Physics (1999) NCSU - Raleigh, NC
SKILLS
Operating Systems - Linux, various UNIX flavors, Windows NT/2000,
Windows 95/98, Windows 3.1, DOS
Languages - Python, HTML, SQL, C, CFML (Cold Fusion), DTML (Zope), Shell
scripts, Batch files, FORTRAN, Maple V; and a little bit of: Perl,
javascript, Scheme, awk, sed
Software Tools
UNIX/Linux - vi (for Python, perl, shell scripts, etc.), Apache (with
and without Raven SSL), Oracle, mysql
Windows - Pythonwin 1.5.2 - 2.0, Full administrative installs of
Oracle, SQL Server 7.0 and Microsoft Access, Apache, Cold Fusion, Sniffer,
Visual Source Safe
Graphics - Photoshop, Poser, Bryce, 3D Studio Max, Illustrator, Power
Goo, Fireworks, Xara
Technologies - Linux and Windows Programming, Object-Oriented Analysis
and Design, CGI and various other methods for interactive web programming,
database interaction and design, cryptography
EXPERIENCE
Senior Software Systems Engineer (5/00-7/01)
Global Integrity - Reston, Virginia
Extended an existing monitoring system to gather and parse data from a new
IDS type
Designed and implemented data-driven web interfaces to monitoring services
Designed a monitoring, analysis, reporting, and info sharing system for a
new firewall type
Converted a service from CGI using Python, Apache and mysql on Linux to
Cold Fusion using Apache and Access on Windows
Analyzed security requirements and researched 3rd party security tools for
compliance
Many small programming tasks, glue code, shell scripts, automation and such
Webmaster for several months
Reason for leaving - laid off
MS Access Programmer (6/99-10/99)
Vector Technologies - Greensboro, NC
Converted an old database to Access
Developed an application suite for use by one of Vector Technologies' clients
Developed a set of forms and reports to give the user easy access to
specific information
Wrote many macros and some SQL code to put it all together
Reason for leaving - finished project
MS Access Programmer (6/96-8/96)
Allied Signal - Moncure, NC
Consulted with engineers to determine system requirements
Wrote database to replace a custom made database using Microsoft Access
Created user interface to replace and improve the existing reporting interface
Demonstrated systems to all engineers who would be using them
Reason for leaving - summer job only
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