Grant Perales

Background

About Grant Perales

Work Experience Cyber Security Engineer May 2020 – Current CACI Refined a prototype file management web app with a primary focus on database design and UI development in Flask and HTML Prototype was successful and received funding to be turned into an enterprise system Created an enterprise file management web app with a primary focus on system design, UI design, API design and development, database design, and backend development in Django and React Lead for design and development of an ETL pipeline with a focus on system design and requirements gathering Teachers Assistant Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 James Madison University TA for an introductory python, machine learning, data mining and Arc GIS courses. Internships CACI May 2019 – May 2020 Built training network CTFs, creating virtual networks for them to traverse. Primarily focused on network design, open source research, implementing the routers in the network and connecting VMs to the network. TerraGo Technology/Surfwatch Labs May 2018 – August 2018 Tasked to merge the functionalities of the recently merged TerraGo geospatial and Surfwatch cybersecurity functionalities. Developed a program using Java that takes user info to connect to a TerraGo database, gather and store select information and write it to JSON files for Elasticsearch API to use for deep-web scans. Education James Madison University GPA: 3.49 Graduation: May 2020 Major: B.S. Intelligence Analysis Minor: Computer Sciences Skills Programming Languages: Python, Java, React JS Software and Frameworks: Debian/Centos Linux, Git, Flask, Django, Pytest, Postgres Technical Skills: Diagramming and designing networks, database design, wireframing UI, understanding networks and network traversal, creating and designing APIs, navigating through linux