Contact Information
ethan@esmithy.net
Cedar City, UT

Technical Work Experience

Information Security Analyst, Southern Utah University (Apr 2018 - present) Currently working for SUU in the InfoSec department, completing projects like:

• Evaluating security tools for use in our environment.
• Analyzing logs from campus networks and labs, looking for malicious activity.
• Writing custom tools to fulfill specific needs for the department.
• Writing tools to automate work, and decrease the workload on our team.
• Maintaining and using past projects.

Contractor, ProdataKey (Jun 2014 - Aug 2014) Worked as a contractor for a security start-up called ProdataKey. Helped build a relay server for controlling remote security systems using Node.js.

Other Work Experience

• Sweets Baker Great Harvest Bread Co (Apr 2016- Aug 2017) - Helped make and knead dough, baked bread, prepared cafe food, provided front-counter customer service.
  
• Kitchen Supervisor Trafalga Fun Center (Feb 2015- Sept 2015) - Oversaw food production area employees, helped prepare food, and assisted guests.
  
• Crew Trainer McDonalds (Mar 2013 - Dec 2014) - Served Customers, took orders, operated cash registers and prepared food.
  

Education

Southern Utah University (Aug 2017 - Apr 2022) Degree program: B.S. Computer Science

• SUU Cyber Defense Competition Club Vice President (2018-2020) President (2020-2021)
• Competition team member NIATEC Invitational Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
• Competition team member Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
• Attended SaintCon Security Conference (2018, 2019, 2022)

Brigham Young University - Idaho (Sep 2015 - May 2016) Degree program: A.S. Computer Information Technology

Special Skills and Technologies

• Proficient with Python, Java, VMware VMs, Docker containers, Linux/Unix, and Flask
• Experienced with Javascript, PHP, Node.js, Bash, The Elastic Stack, uWSGI, NGINX, Django, and Apache
• Familiar with C/C++, HTML, CSS, YAML, SQL, Redis
• Studied and implemented various algorithms and data structures.
• Fast learner, able to pick up and use new tools/techs quickly and easily

Personal Projects

• Light controller server: Custom Python(Flask) web application to control light. (that's this site)
• Alexa skill: Amazon Alexa skill to work with Light Control server, for voice activation.
• Wordle solver: Python application tries to guess a 5 letter word in 6 guesses.
• D&D spell slot tracker: Django web app to track spell slot usage in TTRPGs
• Discord Music Bot: Node.js bot that uses the discord API to play music in a group call.