Education
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Expected Graduation in Jun 2026
Bachelor's in Computer Science & Linguistics, Los Angeles, CA
- Relevant Coursework: Data Structures; Algorithms and Complexity; Software Construction; Machine Learning; Computational Linguistics; Functional Programming; Computer Security.
- Awards & Activities: Regents Scholar (top 0.05% of UCLA applicants); ACM Cyber Team; UCLA CTF Team
Experience
Cybersecurity Engineer Intern (Cloud Systems)
Walmart Global Tech, Bentonville, AR
Jun 2024 to Aug 2024
- Implemented Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solutions on Wiz for Walmart’s PCI cloud environment, ensuring continuous compliance & securing billions of dollars in online payment info & consumer data privacy.
- Programmed eight different custom Cloud Configuration Rules using Rego scripting that continuously runs against Walmart’s PCI cloud architecture, which has generated a total of 933 findings & 105 security issues.
- Enhanced cloud security by delivering weekly system compliance reports & automatic issue detection email notification integration system, increasing PCI compliance security stakeholder awareness.
- Developed Proof-of-Concept to automate 24.4% of all PCI requirements using Wiz, saving thousands of dollars of workhours and improving cloud posture by identifying previously undetected misconfigurations.
AI Security Shadow
Walmart Global Tech, Bentonville, AR
Jun 2024 to Aug 2024
- Observed the implementation of machine learning models trained on Windows commands datasets to enhance identification and mitigation of internal organizational threats through User Entity & Behavior Analysis (UEBA).
- Studied the specific roles of machine learning models in embedding, dimensionality reduction, outlier detection, & pattern interpretation within an IAM model production pipeline using DevSecOps principles.
Deep Learning Research Intern
The Mobile and Intelligent Computing Laboratory, San Francisco, CA
Jan 2023 to May 2023
- Established STM32 & ESP32 asynchronous communication by optimizing remote PC-based operations with on-device protocols, boosting transmission efficiency by 30% and eliminated cybersecurity risks.
- Engineered Bluetooth connection between Myo armband and ESP32, implemented UART protocol for data transmissions onto STM32 microcontroller, ensuring a robust data pipeline to finetune on-device CNN models.
Projects
GDPR Compliance Machine Learning
Published Research Paper | UCLA ACM - Cybersecurity Team
- Co-authored a UCLA AI cybersecurity paper utilizing NLP to conduct GDPR compliance assessments on sites.
- Developed a Chrome extension that automates plugin file retrieval and analysis using Selenium and Python.
- Engineered a DistilBERT-based language model to evaluate privacy policies against GDPR standards, fine-tuned with a specialized dataset for 80.1% accuracy.
- Paper published & presented at the 2023 MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference.
URL Threat Analyzer Website + Chrome Extension
AI cybersecurity project
- Led an AI cybersecurity project that tells if an inputted URL is benign or malicious via a website and extension.
- Utilized NLP concepts that assessed URL threat just by parsing the URL without looking at website code.
- Harnessed datasets, Word2Vec, NLTK, and Pandas, culminating in a K-Nearest Neighbors model; Used SDLC & CI/CD guidelines to implement Flask that facilitated real-time URL analysis on our website.
- Model has 96.77% accuracy in predicting URL threat, empowering ≥82 users to have greater web security.
Technical Skills
Languages: Experience in Java, Python, C++, SQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Prolog, Haskell, Rego
Developer Tools: Git, PowerShell, VS Code, Google Colab, Flask, Replit, Pandas, NumPy, Linux, Wireshark, Wiz
Certifications: Google Cybersecurity, AWS Cloud Technical Essentials, Azure Cloud Services, Google Cloud Fundamentals, Google Linux & SQL, Google Network Security