Completed a 4 year Software Engineering Co-op program gaining hands-on experience through industry placements and academic projects
Strengthened problem-solving and analytical skills through co-op roles at Tucows and CIBC, as well as through coursework and personal projects with a focus on Python and Java.
Improved teamwork and developed leadership skills by contributing to collaborative software development projects in both academic and professional settings.
Enhanced verbal and written communication skills while working in cross-functional teams at Tucows and CIBC, including effectively documenting technical processes and communicating with stakeholders.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cybersecurity Developer Analyst
CIBC
05.2024 - Current
Developed parsers to onboard and normalize logs from new technologies, enabling structured ingestion and searchability within the centralized log management platform (Devo).
Created Python-based jobs to forward targeted log sources from Devo to Azure Sentinel, ensuring SOC teams receive the security-relevant data required for threat detection and incident response.
Automated log backup and purge processes for ingestion servers, transferring logs to Azure Blob Storage and reducing disk usage from ~90% to below 50%, significantly improving infrastructure performance.
Collaborated with the SOC team and resolved Devo platform incidents, including issues with log ingestion, forwarding delays, and application-level errors, ensuring reliability and continuity of the end-to-end security log pipeline.
Instructor
Mentor's Academy
04.2019 - Current
Employed effective strategies such as positive reinforcement, targeted repetition, and comprehensive review to facilitate students' mastery of challenging academic material
Collaborated with students in both classroom and home environments, delivering tailored educational support to address their individual learning needs
Cultivated a caring and encouraging learning environment while explaining difficult concepts, fostering an atmosphere where students could see notable improvements in their grades
Observability Engineer
Tucows
08.2022 - 08.2022
Orchestrated the development and seamless migration of an on-prem logging solution using FluentD, ensuring uninterrupted operations and integration.
Guided teams in successful adoption of Grafana, contributing significantly to migration efforts.
Collaborated on Ruby tracing library, enhancing Observability for error detection and produced comprehensive API documentation.
Provided valuable assistance to teams in troubleshooting OpenTelemetry and Observability-related challenges
Demonstrated accountability in weekly on-call rotations, resolving monitoring issues using Datadog.