Resume

[tcepsa]

Since my obligation to the government is coming to a close, I hope to explore some of the other options out there in the tech/programming field. However, I've only ever done academic resumes before, and so I'd appreciate feedback/constructive criticism ^_^


Tcepsa
Street and Apt, Alexandria, VA 22303
Phone: My phone number
E-mail: tcepsa@myemailaddress.com
EXPERIENCE:
Information Technology Security Specialist August 2003-Present
Current Place of Employment, Location, State

• Work collaboratively to develop applications to automate certification and accreditation (C&A) processes through the integration of several Microsoft Office components and an independent vendor solution


• Provide instruction, training, and support for the Department on custom C&A applications


• Liaison between My Division and Big Agency for C&A oversight


• Provide support for enterprise-wide distribution of vulnerability scanner


• Engineer custom vulnerability scan scripts


• Develop scripts to collect and consolidate software resources of machines scanned


• Develop and implement methodology to consolidate and analyze scan results


• Facilitate presentation of monthly IT Security Council meeting

Office Automation Clerk May 2002-August 2002
Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville & Silver Spring, MD

• Analyzed and gave recommendations on accurate placement and implementation for an intrusion detection system


• Performed and evaluated vulnerability scans on computer systems


• Performed password audits to ensure user compliance to policy

Tutor January 2000-May 2001
Iowa State University Ames, IA

• Tutored students in a variety of mathematic and programming courses including Calculus I and II, Programming and Problem Solving, and Introduction to C++

SKILLS:
Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, Visual Basic for Applications, Assembly, JScript
Applications: GDB, Access, Word, Excel, Outlook, Foundstone Vulnerability Scanner
Operating Systems: Linux, Windows 98/NT/2000/XP
Leadership experience and application

Education: Iowa State University Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, May 2003

Thanks for your help!

Comments

Looks good....

[elkor.livejournal.com]

I'm going to assume the extra line breaks are put in by formatting.

What kind of vulnerability scanner? Network? OS? Gas leak from steam pipes? Ninja intrusion?

I don't see anything wrong with the resume, and it should be good to go as-is. Here are just some styling suggestions.

Consider breaking the first "Work collaboratively" into two sections. One about integrating with Office and an outside vendor, and another about automating accreditation.

Consider putting your Skills at the top. Depends on which is more important for your reader to know, what you can do, or what you have done?

Your college should be on the line below EDUCATION (note caps), to fit the formatting of the rest of the resume.

Do you have any accreditations or certifications? Those can go either under Education or as a seperate category.

From a personal standpoint, I like a resume to tell me something about the person. To give me some talking points to act as a starting point for discussing technical applications.
Do you have any related memberships? (Programmers association, etc)
How about somewhat related activities that you can talk about? (Big Brother/Big Sister, Member of a community organization, )
Achievements? (presented at a conference, shareware applications, etc)