Software & System Engineers

1. Software & System Engineers Timothy Ferro

2. Why Am I Here • IST and SRA are cutting edge • Advocate for IST/SRA • Talk about my job experiences • Give advice to undergrads

3. About Me • Applied Information Sciences, Inc. • Software Engineer (Government Contractor) • FBI, DoD, DISA • IST/PSU Alumnus ’04 • Microsoft .Net Developer • SharePoint Server, Microsoft Virtual Earth • Security/Information Assurance Specialist • Oracle Database Administrator

4. Work Experience • Getting into Ft. Detrick • DoD Computer Security • NSA and S.T.I.Gs

5. Current Work • Fortune 500 Companies • Government Agency • Microsoft Virtual Earth • Security Permissions • C# & AJAX

6. Microsoft Virtual Earth

7. IST & SRA • Cutting Edge • DC Beltway, Northern Virginia, Baltimore • Other security jobs • Open Source Software

8. Security • VMware Server • Linux • Fedora, Red Hat • Apache Server • IDS, IPS • Smoothwall, Snort

9. Internships • Government Agencies • DoD, DISA, DHS • Government Contractors • Security Clearance

10. Top 5 • Things you’ll wish you’d known • Things they won’t tell you • Classes to take

11. Things You’ll Wish You’d Known • Adaptability is the #1 skill • The interview is crucial to getting the job • Cutting edge technology skills get the job over experience • Don’t move home after graduation • Linux and Open Source are important

12. Things They Won’t Tell You • Who you know will get the job over what you know • Doing drugs will cost you over $100,000 by the time you’re 30 • You need to be involved in the process to get the right internship or job • 3.0 is the benchmark GPA • Nittany Notes are invaluable

13. Classes To Take • SOC 5 with Professor Clemente • RLST 3 with Professor Prebish • Any class with Professor Santoro • Human Computer Interaction with Professor Hoadley • Something online only like LARCH or EMECH

14. Questions?