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implement mitigations in accordance with the needs and priorities of
the business.
}
\item {
Advise the Software Engineering department on security requirements and best
practices as part of the company's digital health initiative and expansion into
cloud service offerings. Educate employees at all levels on security
best practices and help foster a collaboratively vigilant security culture.
}
% \item {
% Advise the Software Engineering department on security requirements and best
% practices as part of the company's digital health initiative and expansion into
% cloud service offerings. Educate employees at all levels on security
% best practices and help foster a collaboratively vigilant security culture.
% }
\item {
Provide daily support for the entire organization across four timezones.
Support Windows, MacOS, and Linux workstations, enterprise resource
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the needs of the Network Operations team and handle a thirty-fold workload
increase.
}
% \item {
% Provided 24/7 support for the NMS to ensure uninterrupted access
% to alerts, data, and performance reports for the Tier 2 Support team and
% executive leadership.
% }
% \item {
% Designed and deployed a testbed management network using off-the-shelf
% routing equipment and Ansible that connected engineering systems at all
% eleven corporate offices across the country.
% }
\item {
Provided 24/7 support for the NMS to ensure uninterrupted access
to alerts, data, and performance reports for the Tier 2 Support team and
executive leadership.
}
\item {
Designed and deployed a testbed management network using off-the-shelf
routing equipment and Ansible that connected engineering systems at all
eleven corporate offices across the country.
}
\item {
Helped lead a team developing Ansible automation for managing and
securing hundreds of physical engineering systems across four departments.
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from the graphics design team, provide feedback and iteration on asset
requests, and serve as the internal source of truth for finalized assets.
}
\item {
Designed the final deployment infrastructure using Windows Server 2012,
IIS 8.5, and MySQL Server, then communicated these requirements to the
IT department for implementation.
}
% \item {
% Designed the final deployment infrastructure using Windows Server 2012,
% IIS 8.5, and MySQL Server, then communicated these requirements to the
% IT department for implementation.
% }
\end{cvitems}
}

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\begin{cvskills}
\cvskill{Interpersonal}{
Cross-team communication,
interdisciplinary communication,
specification design and evaulation,
problem analysis,
incident triage,
technical writing and documentation,
security threat modeling
}

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%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% LETTER INFORMATION
% All of the below lines must be filled out
%-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% The company being applied to
\recipient
{}
{Freedom of the Press Foundation\\49 Flatbush Avenue \#1017\\Brooklyn, NY 11217\\U.S.A.}
% The date on the letter, default is the date of compilation
\letterdate{\today}
% How the letter is opened
\letteropening{To the Infrastructure Team,}
\letterbody{
My name is Ethan Paul and I am interested in working in a position on the Infrastructure
Team at the Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF). In my eleven years of professional
experience I have worked in a wide variety of positions including as a Tier I support
technician for a legacy institution that supported thousands of clients, a systems
architect and administrator for an internet service provider, and a single-member IT team
for a small startup company. Throughout my career what I have enjoyed most from my work
are the opportunities to meet people, understand their technical challenges, and work to
build and deliver solutions that help them to be more successful in their jobs. While I
enjoy solving technical problems, it is the relationship between technology and people
that has always been of greatest interest to me.
\\\\
Projects like SecureDrop and the Press Freedom Tracker exist at this intersection where
technology and people collide. This intersection- ideally beneficial but too often
confounding or exploitative- is already quite difficult to navigate for many people and, as
technology continues to evolve, will only demand ever higher amounts of technical knowledge
to properly manage. This makes the work of specialist groups all the more important:
organizations like the FPF provide the essential service of helping people better
participate in our continually digitizing world by making technology and technical resources
more accessible and navigable. The FPF and similar organizations also stand in stark
contrast to companies that ostensibly provide the same service, but only for their own
benefit rather than that of their clients, customers, and community. The commitment to
providing enhanced access to technological resources for the principal benefit of its
clients and community is what appeals most to me about joining the team at FPF.
\\\\
One of the most interesting and fulfilling projects I have had the opportunity to work on
during my time in the technology sector was the implementation and support of a network
monitoring system for my company's wireless network infrastructure. This project allowed me
to work with and learn from experts in different fields as I coordinated the system's design
across several engineering departments while continually working with the Network Operations
teams to understand how they needed the system to function in daily use. While the technical
work for the project was interesting, by far the most engaging part of the process was
understanding the needs and limitations of the people using the system so that I could work
to improve its utility. This exposure to other teams and specialties helped me to develop a
better understanding of the business, build a plethora of diverse relationships, and gave me
more opportunities to expand my technical knowledge than I ever would have found working
alone.
\\\\
After eight years in the technology sector I am fortunate enough to have the flexibility to
shift my career path away from technology for technology's sake and towards technology for
the sake of people. Working in an environment where I can make contributions to complex
technical systems, learn from experts in a diverse set of fields, and have the
confidence that my work helps to fight inequality and improve free access to information is
a dream opportunity. I have admired the FPF's work from afar for long enough that the
prospect of working with the FPF feels almost surreal. And yet the Infrastructure Team
combines two elements that are very important to me: improving people's relationship with
their technology and promoting digital freedom for people everywhere. For all these reasons
I hope you will consider me for a position and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
}

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% \photo[rectangle,edge,right]{./examples/profile}
\name{Ethan}{Paul}
\position{
Systems Administrator
System Administrator
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Information Technology \& Security
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