Moses Parente

Experience

• 

  ISACA

  Mar 2020 - Jun 2021

  - Responsible for assigning various research topics to students, while conducting cyber security research- Moderated multiple research discussion meetings weekly to present new findings to faculty advisors- Led Queens College to placing top 4 in cyber security research case study competitions 2 years straight - Researched and developed outreach strategies for a hypothetical malware attack - Ensured that the hypothetical oil rig had a proper outreach recovery plan in place- Research Case Study places 4th out of 11 competing teams

  • Incident Response Research Team Lead

    Feb 2021 - Jun 2021

  • Outreach Security Response Researcher

    Mar 2020 - Mar 2021
• 

  IQ4

  Aug 2020 - Sept 2020

  Cyber Threat Analyst Intern

  - Collaborated with a team of 4 interns to assess internal threat actors using the NIST framework- Implemented a solution involving implementing internal controls to ensure safety against cyber fraud- Presented our solution to industry professionals resulting in a 100% approval rating from mentors

• 

  IBM

  May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Cybersecurity Engineer Intern

  - Collaborated with 7 interns on developing a product that scanned data sets for vulnerabilities from IBM Watson and other E&TS customers- Managed the design sprint of the products foundation arranging meetings with user personas such as: CISOs, tech leads and management executives and delegating tasks to fellow interns- Assisted in analyzing, scripting and documented various data sets with Python/Pandas & NumPY libraries, and Git- Resulted in analyzing trends and identifying various data gaps and failed health checks which helped identify numerous vulnerabilities in various IBM Watson Health data sets Show less

• 

  Kyndryl

  May 2022 - Aug 2022

  Cloud Engineer Intern

  - Developed Virtual Machines containing CACF Docker containers using Terraform/HCL to safely offload applications and migrate data from IBM cloud to Kyndryl cloud partners (ex Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, etc).- Assisted in developing and implement automation scripts that can be used for 'self-healing' cloud infrastructure (incident remediation, patching, security health checks)- Implemented Hashi-Corp Sentinel to develop "policy as code" to ensure that products and tools developed aligned properly with the appropriate cyber security policies and procedures Show less

• 

  Kyndryl

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Cloud Engineer Intern

  - Collaborated on developing Terraform/HCL scripts provisioning AWS EC2 instances, S3 buckets, API Gateways, Lambda and IAM Policies to host and secure Kyndryl web applications.- Organized presentations on API gateways with different cloud providers and solutions on Kyndryl US Cloud Practice department discussing different types of requests made in API gateway calls resulting in a 100% satisfaction rate amongst company higher-ups- Collaborated in developing a cloud cost provisioning application by deploying Azure App functions with python that imported and deleted CSV functions to an Azure blob storage on a 30 day timer - Resulted in the cloud cost application being able to be constantly updated with new cloud cost information which tracked down thousands of dollars of over provisioned cloud resources. Show less

• 

  Kyndryl

  Nov 2023 - Oct 2024

  Cloud Engineer

  - Collaborated and co- patented the automated integration of cloud environment agnostic "Policy-as-code" security solutions across thrid party and client modules- Engineered “Infrastructure-as-code” workflows with Terraform, Vault, OPA and Github Actions that reduced policy deployment time by 25% for Azure operations- Created and delivered presentations and slide decks, to guide Kyndryl Cloud stakeholders on selecting and implementing the most effective policy-as-code frameworks.- Successfully enhanced compliance and security across client modules on VMware, Azure, and AWS, achieving 100% adherence to industry standards and regulations. Show less

• 

  FedEx Dataworks

  Nov 2024 - now

  Cloud Engineer

  - Provisioned and managed cloud infrastructure using Terraform, enabling faster and more reliable deployment of Azure services.- Primary liaison between internal stakeholders and external software vendors, translating business requirements into technical specifications- Oversaw Azure SQL database troubleshooting, esnuring seamless access across team members and FedEx Stakeholders- Pipeline between FedEx Net and Dataworks resulted in reducing data retrieval time and increasing end-user access efficiency by 40%, resulting in smoother operations across 2+ business units Show less