From 680d864aa9f250318499f9679dcfad8a0edb5f2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ethan Paul Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 10:35:24 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update resume and add cover letter for FPF contractor inquiry --- content/experience.tex | 42 ++++++++++---------- content/skills.tex | 5 +-- letters/freedom_of_the_press_2.tex | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ resume.tex | 2 +- 4 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) create mode 100644 letters/freedom_of_the_press_2.tex diff --git a/content/experience.tex b/content/experience.tex index d7bbd4d..851f65b 100644 --- a/content/experience.tex +++ b/content/experience.tex @@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ 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 @@ -73,16 +73,16 @@ 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. @@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ 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} } diff --git a/content/skills.tex b/content/skills.tex index e57be16..c916688 100644 --- a/content/skills.tex +++ b/content/skills.tex @@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ %------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \begin{cvskills} \cvskill{Interpersonal}{ - Cross-team communication, + interdisciplinary communication, specification design and evaulation, - problem analysis, - incident triage, + technical writing and documentation, security threat modeling } diff --git a/letters/freedom_of_the_press_2.tex b/letters/freedom_of_the_press_2.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3a3bb06 --- /dev/null +++ b/letters/freedom_of_the_press_2.tex @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +%------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +% 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. +} diff --git a/resume.tex b/resume.tex index 98dc6f8..17e7dae 100644 --- a/resume.tex +++ b/resume.tex @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ % \photo[rectangle,edge,right]{./examples/profile} \name{Ethan}{Paul} \position{ - Systems Administrator + System Administrator {\enskip\cdotp\enskip} Information Technology \& Security {\enskip\cdotp\enskip}