Xander Cook
Cyber Security Analyst
Queanbeyan
Summary
While relatively new to cyber security field I feel my background in IT of over 20 years and an ability to constantly new skills give some benefits as an applicant. Also, during my time out of work studying I with the consultation of other industry professionals formulated some plans to increase skills levels and productivity in the IT workplace. At a high level, this involved incorporating training and quick assessment of comprehension into agile technical team workflows. It could hopefully reduce bug count and reduce cost blowouts throughout medium to long-term enterprise IT projects. It would also hopefully leave time for workplace-centric innovative ideas to be tested.
I am also Comptia CySA+ (Cyber Security Analyst) certified in addition to AWS architect and Java Programmer certifications.
In summation I think I have something uniquely positive and new to offer a workplace. I thank you for consideration for this role.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Study and Freelance work around Cyber Security activities
8 2023
- After studying RMIT for an MBA I then pivoted into cyber security study and then work
- I automated Website vulnerability scanning using Python and ZAP Proxy
- I set up OpenVAS in Docker and WSL
- I also gained valuable experience in Maltego and penetration testing in the Metasploit framework
- I also took the time to educate myself on Security Onion and procedures and policies around Incident Response
- My education via RMIT MBA program included evaluations around essay and more importantly, report writing styles and format which related directly to incident response reporting and planning
- I also spent time investigating Steganography detection and discovered some useful tools and scripts.
Landgate (State Titles Office)
01.2018 - 11.2021
- Working on the transformation of existing legacy titles and surveying system into a system named NLR that is running on Wildfly and tomcat servers coupled with PostgreSQL with Angular front end hosted on EC2 containers on AWS
- I was also tasked with being the sole developer on the legacy Delphi system named SmartPlan that was being slowly replaced but also introducing new functionality in parts that were too difficult to replace in a timeframe that would meet legislative requirements.Documentation was scant as was support for the 2007 version of Delphi that had no budget for an upgrade
- Legacy system was a desktop application that backed by an Oracle database
- There is also Deplhi execdtuables and DLL’s hosted on windows VMs to allow integration from Smartplan to NLR
- Hosted services on windows VMs
Neotek - Contractor
05.2016 - 12.2017
- Developed and maintained web apps in .net, using custom JS framework driven primarily from XSLT files
- Framework was created 14 years ago before more modern web development frameworks were available
- In addition to that I developed responsive web applications in AngularJS combined with Apache Solr, Tomcat, Java 8 Spring,Hibernate and MySql
- Also involved front end development for a company called Neotek
- Involved MVVM development in Angular and Javascript/JQuery where required to integrated witch existing architecture
- I also created various webservices using JAX-WS
- Have 2 personal test-bed applications that demonstrate technologies used
- I can redeploy these test-beds to AWS for public viewing.
Travelex – Sydney HQ
08.2014 - 02.2015
- Working for Travelex in a Programmer Analyst role reporting to management
- Work involved extending Extract, Transform Load system that takes input from a variety of sources and posts the information into SAP using JCO connector
- The role also involved integration of existing systems, refactoring existing code for optimal performance and maintainability
- I also have overseen and took leadership over a transition from Java 5 to Java 6 that affected more than 2 dozen separate systems of the organisation.
UNSW
07.2013 - 08.2014
- Working on a system to store digital content collections with associated metadata using JSF, spring, MySQL and JBoss
- Have been building JSF applications running within JBoss 6.1 for storing digital content and their associated metadata into a digital content repository and MySQL database
- Have also been creating web services to communicate between other Australian Universities and associated Tertiary bodies
- Also have create point to point messaging for exchange of research data information between various facilities within UNSW
- I have also have to work in a SOA environment and have experience using Oracle Service Bus in addition to creating web services
Filosoph-e
05.2012 - 07.2013
- Based at the Department of Defence I developed a web interface for single and bulk loading of scanned documents into Objective 7 document management system
- Also maintaining and extending web interface for a personnel document information management system that also loads documents into an Objective 7
- Part of a small development team I have had to take varied tasks
- They include performance tuning app servers and configuring single sign-on with Kerberos and Active Directory
- I have had to build a web application that interfaces with an Objective Document management system
- Technologies involved Servlets, JSF 2.0(with Primefaces, Myfaces, Richfaces and Icefaces, tomahawk) JPA, EJB 3.0.
UXC
09.2011 - 04.2012
- Took part in Sharepoint and C# development work for the Murray Darling Basin Authority
- This project involved migration of data from HP Trim into Sharepoint
- I also took part in significant business analysis work as part of this project and believe this aided in my approach to software development and gave me a better understanding of project management responsibilities and challenges.
Department of Transport WA
04.2006 - 08.2011
- Worked as an onsite consultant at the Department of Transport of Western Australia
- Work involved implementing a web based solution utilising the Wicket framework and other java based technologies as well reengineering and new implementation of a more efficient transaction framework
- Also involved maintaining and integrating current TRELIS inspections framework into the new web-based system which has been Technologies involved are J2EE, wicket and oracle, Junit (for unit testing implemented code)
- My work involved web wicket with the Wicket framework employing Ajax, Javascript and JQuery to perform client side functions and service
- These applications would utilise a custom persistency Repository framework to interact with an Oracle Database
- I was also largely involved in creating web services using Metro API for web services.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce (IT) -
Curtin University
Graduate Certificate in Business Administration - undefined
RMIT (including Agile management)
CompTIA Certified Cyber Security Analyst - undefined
Skills
Oracle
PostgresSQL
MySQL
SQL Server
JUnit
Jenkins
EMMA
Protractorjs
Cucumber
JBoss
WebLogic
PostgreSQL
Tomcat
Python
Javascript
JQuery
PHP
Perl
Angular 16
GitHub
JIRA
Clearcase
SVN
CVS
Redmine
Wikitrac
Certification
CompTIA CySA+ (Cyber Security Analyst) certified
Currently Located
Canberra, Australia
Personal Information
Citizenship: Australian
Timeline
Landgate (State Titles Office)
01.2018 - 11.2021
Neotek - Contractor
05.2016 - 12.2017
Travelex – Sydney HQ
08.2014 - 02.2015
UNSW
07.2013 - 08.2014
Filosoph-e
05.2012 - 07.2013
UXC
09.2011 - 04.2012
Department of Transport WA
04.2006 - 08.2011
Study and Freelance work around Cyber Security activities
8 2023
Bachelor of Commerce (IT) -
Curtin University
Graduate Certificate in Business Administration - undefined
RMIT (including Agile management)