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TD Ameritrade IT audit intern

TD Ameritrade IT audit intern. Ramez Mina. Position definition. Department head  IT audit intern Managers  system analyst and developer to build automated system. Requirements  Unix based system, access to MS SQL server, access to Oracle server, other data resources access.

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TD Ameritrade IT audit intern

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  1. TD AmeritradeIT audit intern Ramez Mina

  2. Position definition • Department head  IT audit intern • Managers  system analyst and developer to build automated system. • Requirements  Unix based system, access to MS SQL server, access to Oracle server, other data resources access. • Permission from dept head  obtained • Permission from IT dept  denied • IT staff??

  3. Configuration of their server • SUSE linux based server • Not connected to internet • Has the basic installation • No compilers of C, C++ or Java • No DBMS server or a web server. • Has Perl package installed, but no extensions or modules. • Not even a VIM editor

  4. Challenges • Spent first 2 weeks trying to install and configure the server using rpm modules. • Dependencies made it really difficult • Had a meeting with one of the system administrators.

  5. Change of plan • Only tool to use was Perl • Instead of the automation system, they had mini non related problems. • Perl was so helpful in solving these problems. • Learned HTML to process some reports of their DBMS. • Learned XML to report some data in a presentable fashion

  6. Examples of Perl scripts • Reading tables from HTML file • Output them in separate files. • Run some math operations on these tables • Make sure they are importable to excel sheet • Process unix-based logs • Cleaning the logs and make them readable • Make sure they are importable to excel sheet • Run some math and statistical operations on the data

  7. Examples of Perl scripts – Con’t • Process mini database from text-based files • A replacement and evolution of a software they already have. • This software had limitations for the functions it provides. • Output the results as text files, or HTML files to be imported by excel. • Reading files with specific hierarchy and convert them to XML.

  8. Requirements, implementation, testing • All the programs had a requirement overview • Prototypes • Implementation using Perl • Testing • On SUSE server • On Windows using cygwin

  9. Other assignments • IT audit assignment • Money laundry online course. • Questionnaire for organizational behavior.

  10. Interview • Department head required me to interview an applicant for a full time position • They changed the position requirements to meet a developer in addition to IT auditor . • They had a hope they would get full privilege for the new staff. • My role was to investigate their development skills, and measure if they would be able to implement the department automation system.

  11. Thank you Questions!

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