Koen Symalla
Summary
Cybersecurity Professional with 3+ years of experience in Software Engineering and Penetration Testing. Proven expertise in Vulnerability Management and Ethical Hacking, with active participation in CTF events and Bug Bounty programs. Strong skills in application development and security assessments, delivering effective solutions to enhance system security.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Penetration Tester
Accenture
01.2022 - 08.2025
- Azure-Based Identity and Access Control for Industrial Client
- Developed PowerShell scripts for automation, streamlining administrative tasks such as group policies, role assignments, and access reviews.
- Ensured compliance with security protocols and best practices by conducting rigorous system audits and addressing vulnerabilities.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate Azure identity services with third-party applications, enhancing interoperability and scalability.
- Conducted penetration tests on web applications to identify vulnerabilities.
- Collaborated with development teams to remediate identified security issues.
- Utilized various tools for network scanning and vulnerability assessment tasks.
- Educated staff on best practices for maintaining information security protocols.
- Conducted manual and automated vulnerability assessments using industry standard tools such as Nessus, Metasploit, Nmap, Burp Suite.
- Wrote custom scripts to automate tasks related to finding new vulnerabilities and enhanced toolkits and processes.
- Developed tools and resources to augment and improve testing process and configured existing tools and resources to perform more securely.
- Executed social engineering assessments to evaluate human factors in security.
Education
Full Stack coding boot camp -
Coding Dojo
09.2021
Skills
- Automation
- Reconnaissance
- Web/API Penetration Testing
- Active Directory Penetration Testing
- OWASP Top 10
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Azure identity management
- Network Penetration Testing
- Python
- Bash
- JavaScript
- SQL
- Scoring System (CVSS)
- Burp Suite
- SQL Map
- SIEM
- Nmap
- Metasploit
- Kali Linux
- Phishing
- Hash Cat
- John
- Azure
- BloodHound
- Cobalt Strike
Certification
- EJPT (INE), 2024
- OSCP (OffSec), In Progress
Timeline
Penetration Tester
Accenture
01.2022 - 08.2025
Full Stack coding boot camp -
Coding Dojo
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