Kalyan Parajuli

Kalyan Parajuli

Infosec MS Student @ Carnegie Mellon University

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EDUCATION

Master of Science In Information Security (MSIS) - Carnegie Mellon University
Aug 2021-Dec 2022       [Pittsburgh, PA]

  • Network Forensics: Examining, understanding, exploiting networks and analyzing forensically
  • Applied Information Assurance: Building, exploiting, and hardening vulnerable systems
  • Intro to Information Security: Performing CTFs and cryptographic cracking w/ writeups
  • Intro to Comp. Systems: Performed Reverse Engineering, Buffer Overflow and ROP attacks

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & in Mathematics - Trinity College
Sep 2014-May 2018       [Hartford, CT]
Courses: Computer Security, Networks, Computer Systems, Operating Systems, Parallel Computing, Analysis of Algorithms

EXPERIENCES

Software Engineer - Cigna Inc.
Oct 2019 - July 2021       [Broomfield, CT]

  • Built a Python listener application orchestrating different Cigna processes on RHEL, AIX and Windows machines on demand or on schedules
  • Implemented Vault, Cyrus-SASL and GSSAPI for SSO and authentication with Kafka for inter-process messaging. Deployed using Openshift
  • Managed and enhanced security and speed of deployments and pipelines of various projects with Jenkins, groovy scripts and shell scripts
  • Analyzed source code using Veracode Scan and Bandit scan
  • Managed credentials retrievals and updates with Vault HTTP API
  • Initiated and collaborated on multiple POC projects involving improvement security, design, data presentation and documentations
  • Wrote scripts/applets to automate routine tasks requiring low creative input

Business Intelligence Developer - TicketNetwork Inc.
Sep 2018-Oct 2019       [South Windsor, CT]

  • Provisioned and managed systems and clusters in AWS for highly available web services, databases, storage and backups with Terraform & Kubernetes
  • Issued and supervised user & process access roles and rights with IAM Tool
  • Maintained AWS & on-premise network through VPC, Subnets and NACLs
  • Developed a 4X faster multi-threaded multi-instance cache system than the existing one in TN ticket retrieval application reducing AWS costs by 6%
  • Determined and initiated plans to implement better architecture and algorithm solutions for fast, secure and economic use of infrastructures

Software Engineering Intern - Acuity Brands Inc.
May 2017-Aug 2017       [New Haven, CT]

  • Led the implementation of SHA1 hashes in Acuity Brands applications for NIST Compliance - communicating with development and testing teams
  • Fixed bugs, memory leak and race-condition in networked devices discovery and management software controlling lighting devices in the LAN

Co-founder, Web Developer - Bwingle Web Solutions
Feb 2012-May 2014       [Kathmandu, Nepal]

  • Designed custom websites using Python Django framework & mySQL
  • Built, deployed and maintained tailored WordPress and Drupal websites for small businesses and provided support

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Cyber Forensics and Incidence Response Certification (pursuing) - Carnegie Mellon University
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Feb 2019 - Feb 2021) - Amazon Web Services
  • A100 Certified Full Stack Web Developer - Apprentice 100, IndieSoft Inc.

PROJECTS

Secure Cloud Biometric Authentication

  • Worked on Cloud Authentication with Iris Images on mobile devices protecting from compromise of either the server or the device
  • Blinded bio-feature data with asymmetric keys requiring both server and device com- promise for data compromise; Used C++ & OpenGL

Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm

  • Implemented ECDSA in Java using NIST Recommended Curve P-192 according to the standards in P182-6 published by NIST

Notable Class Projects

  • Wrote custom Dynamic Memory Allocator (malloc) using segregated lists & low overhead
  • Built multi-threaded caching Web Proxy
  • Wrote threaded multi-process shell program with signal handlers, pipes & IO redirections

SKILLS

Languages: Python, C, C++, Bash, Java, C#, JavaScript, Scala, SQL Databases, noSQL Databases
Infrastructures: Docker, Jenkins, Vault, Terraform, Kubernetes, OpenShift

LEADERSHIP ROLES

InfoSec Mentor @ gajabaar.io [2020-Now]
Vice-President @ Trinity International Students House [2017-18]
International Student Representative @ Trinity College Multicultural Affairs Council [2017-18]