Dequontay Stodghill
Covington,GA
Summary
Adaptable Engineer known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Proficient in threat modeling, secure coding practices, and vulnerability assessment to ensure robust application security architecture. Contributed to significant reduction in security breaches through strategic vulnerability assessments and proactive risk management strategies. Skilled in communication, problem-solving, and collaboration, enabling successful engagement with cross-functional teams to implement best security practices and mitigate risks. A solid foundation in design methodologies and core programming languages like Java and Python makes me capable of building projects from the ground up.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Application Security Engineer
ProComm AQS
Atlanta, GA
02.2024 - Current
- Maintaining the security posture for AT&T through manual firewall audits and collaboration with relevant application owners to verify and clean up unused policies. Actively monitoring security logs for breaches or exploits via a log collection tool of over 1000 firewalls.
- Utilizing Algosec Firewall Analyzer to do an in-depth breakdown of firewall usage and policy details in to improve network performance and extend firewall lifespan
- Peer reviewing call flow diagrams and change-request documents to validate necessary modifications to the network.
- Implementing software tools to assist in threat detection, prevention and analysis.
- Engaging in continuous networking learning to stay updated with new technologies and programming techniques.
Quantum Developer Intern
IBM
Atlanta, GA
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Managed deployment of Javascript and Typescript code using Loopback.io to ensure stability of IBM Quantum cloud services.
- Assisted in debugging and investigating open issues relating to new features exposed in existing APIs, and improved queries against a MongoDB database to speed up the requests.
- Experimented with Qiskit software in order to gain understanding of quantum circuitry and algorithms
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA12-2022
Skills
- Identity and Access Management
- Data protection
- Data Analysis
- Threat modeling
- Network security
- SIEM
- Compliance management
- Dashboard Creation
- Javascript
- Python
Affiliations
THE AWARE BRAND - Brand Ambassador & Creative Director
August 2024 – Current
- Leading content creation and promoting self-awareness, self-healing, and community building through event organizing and workshops.
GEORGIA TECH SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS- Communications Committee
August 2019 – December 2020
- Worked with team of 5 on marketing, website designing and social media for the chapter of 100+ members.
Timeline
Application Security Engineer
ProComm AQS
02.2024 - Current
Quantum Developer Intern
IBM
05.2021 - 08.2021
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
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