1 / 14

Software & System Engineers

Software & System Engineers. Timothy Ferro. Why Am I Here. IST and SRA are cutting edge Advocate for IST/SRA Talk about my job experiences Give advice to undergrads. About Me. Applied Information Sciences, Inc. Software Engineer (Government Contractor) FBI, DoD, DISA IST/PSU Alumnus ’04

lundy
Télécharger la présentation

Software & System Engineers

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Software & System Engineers Timothy Ferro

  2. Why Am I Here • IST and SRA are cutting edge • Advocate for IST/SRA • Talk about my job experiences • Give advice to undergrads

  3. About Me • Applied Information Sciences, Inc. • Software Engineer (Government Contractor) • FBI, DoD, DISA • IST/PSU Alumnus ’04 • Microsoft .Net Developer • SharePoint Server, Microsoft Virtual Earth • Security/Information Assurance Specialist • Oracle Database Administrator

  4. Work Experience • Getting into Ft. Detrick • DoD Computer Security • NSA and S.T.I.Gs

  5. Current Work • Fortune 500 Companies • Government Agency • Microsoft Virtual Earth • Security Permissions • C# & AJAX

  6. Microsoft Virtual Earth

  7. IST & SRA • Cutting Edge • DC Beltway, Northern Virginia, Baltimore • Other security jobs • Open Source Software

  8. Security • VMware Server • Linux • Fedora, Red Hat • Apache Server • IDS, IPS • Smoothwall, Snort

  9. Internships • Government Agencies • DoD, DISA, DHS • Government Contractors • Security Clearance

  10. Top 5 • Things you’ll wish you’d known • Things they won’t tell you • Classes to take

  11. Things You’ll Wish You’d Known • Adaptability is the #1 skill • The interview is crucial to getting the job • Cutting edge technology skills get the job over experience • Don’t move home after graduation • Linux and Open Source are important

  12. Things They Won’t Tell You • Who you know will get the job over what you know • Doing drugs will cost you over $100,000 by the time you’re 30 • You need to be involved in the process to get the right internship or job • 3.0 is the benchmark GPA • Nittany Notes are invaluable

  13. Classes To Take • SOC 5 with Professor Clemente • RLST 3 with Professor Prebish • Any class with Professor Santoro • Human Computer Interaction with Professor Hoadley • Something online only like LARCH or EMECH

  14. Questions?

More Related