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SAMUEL MERREN

SAMUEL MERREN

Chelsea Heights,Australia

Summary

Bachelor of Computer Science, Advanced Computer Science Major currently working at IPSec Pty Ltd. I am a passionate Penetration Tester, with over 2 years experience in multiple avenues, including Internal, External and Web Application testing. I'm also a hobbyist Programmer with 12 years experience in languages such as C++, C, Python, Java/JavaScript and others.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Security Consultant

IPSec Pty Ltd
05.2022 - Current

Recently, I have worked as a Cyber Security Consultant Performing a wide array of jobs in the realm of Penetration Testing:


  • Liaising with Clients to determine how testing should be conducted within their environment
  • Performing multiple Penetration tests including External, Internal, Web Application Testing and Security Configuration Reviews
  • Writing detailed technical reports for the Clients to help harden their security capabilities
  • Performing Purple Team exercises with the goal of tuning and enhancing the clients detection and response capabilities.
  • Working on backend systems for automation and Red Teaming efforts

Teacher

Champions Academy
04.2019 - 04.2022
  • Taught kids Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths through classrooms of 8
  • Taught thoughtful and carefully planned classes with the goal of having students feel refreshed and renewed
  • Expressed high level ideas in straight-forward and easy to understand ways
  • Liaised with parents in order to help suit their child's needs, and help distinguish what they would like to get out of the academy
  • Developed curriculum to help all teachers in the school put their points across during class in a stimulating way
  • Remained proactive and constantly took initiative to achieve desired outcomes
  • Managed classroom behavior effectively by establishing clear expectations, modeling appropriate conduct, and consistently enforcing established rules and consequences.

QA Tester

Big Ant Studios
01.2019 - 03.2019
  • Games Development as a QA Tester for a 2 Month Summer Internship
  • Tested the games being developed with the task of searching and then reproducing errors within said games
  • Provided feedback on various elements of the game
  • This included feedback on whether or not a certain implementation of Game-play felt too easy, too hard, or just too unnatural
  • Wrote Bug Reports to the developers and liaised with them in order to fix errors and bugs within the games
  • This would include: User Experience, User Interaction, and Game-play

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science - Advanced Computer Science Major

Monash University
09.2024

Skills

  • Python Programming
  • JavaScript Programming
  • Cyber Security
  • Penetration Testing: Internal, External, Web Application, Security Configuration Reviews
  • Vulnerability Assessment

References

Will supply references upon request

Extracurricular Activities

  • Penetration Testing Practice with a focus on Offsec Proving Grounds.

Certification

Burp Suite Certified Practitioner

Timeline

Security Consultant

IPSec Pty Ltd
05.2022 - Current

Teacher

Champions Academy
04.2019 - 04.2022

QA Tester

Big Ant Studios
01.2019 - 03.2019

Bachelor of Computer Science - Advanced Computer Science Major

Monash University
SAMUEL MERREN