Engineering student at INP ENSEEIHT, apprentice in networks and cybersecurity
I keep networks running and find out when someone is trying to break in. From SOC alert triage to Proxmox clusters, I like work where a script or a well-read log saves real time.
I bring both sides of a network: I build the infrastructure, and I've sat in a SOC watching what attacks on it look like.
First year of the Computer Science & Telecom engineering degree at N7, alternating between school and company as an apprentice.
Cisco CCNA: Switching, Routing and Wireless Essentials. Cisco Ethical Hacker. TOEIC 845.
Defensive security: detection engineering, SOC and secure network architecture.
C
Python
Bash
HTML
CSS
Linux
Proxmox
VMware
Docker
Windows ServerMy studies and my work experience, most recent first.
Three-year engineering programme alternating between school and company.
Cybersecurity track. Projects: multi-site MPLS network with IPsec VPN and IPv6, VoIP infrastructure for a healthcare practice, secured information system.
Programming in C and Python. Moved to a more hands-on networks and security path after the first year.
Mathematics and Economics & Social Sciences, with the Advanced Mathematics option.
Three years alternating between the engineering school and the company.
Each project follows the same frame: the context, what I did, the tools, and what came out of it.
View the code on Gitea (opens in a new tab)
Experimental implementation of layer 2 and layer 3 communication protocols between M5Stack nodes, with the mechanisms that make a link reliable: error-detecting and error-correcting codes, watchdogs, acknowledgements and packet-loss handling.
View the code on Gitea (opens in a new tab)
Processing chain that reconstructs the image of an LCD screen from its electromagnetic radiation, a side-channel eavesdropping attack.
Visit the project site (sae512.nelson-thomas.fr, opens in a new tab)MPLS backbone with IPsec VPN and IPv6 between sites, simulated in GNS3.
Full ToIP infrastructure for a paramedical practice, running on a type 1 hypervisor.
Small network secured with VLAN segmentation, VRF and firewalling.
I'm aiming for defensive security: detection engineering, SOC work and secure network architecture. Here is where to find my CV and follow my path.
Education, internships, certifications and skills on one page, in English or in French.
CV in English (PDF)CV in French (PDF)My up-to-date profile, experience and recommendations.
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Seventeen weeks abroad during my final year. Three destinations I am considering, and why each one fits.
Home of the NATO cyber defence centre and one of Europe's most digitised states.
Large cybersecurity sector, French and English working environment.
European base for many cloud providers, full English immersion to push past B2.
I run web services and a private cloud on my own NAS and a friend's, and handle their security and administration. Everything is deployed as containers with Docker Compose. Gitea and BentoPDF are public: click to try them.
Hack The Box Academy, TryHackMe and Root-Me: learning how attackers think so I defend better.
Nature, wildlife and landmarks, including drone shots.
Following world affairs, which often explains the threats a SOC ends up seeing.
Volunteering and awareness actions, with a goal of forty hours over my engineering degree.
An interactive play about sexual and gender-based violence. The audience takes part in the story, which opens a discussion on how to recognise this violence, react as a witness and support the people affected.
A group walk through the streets of Toulouse to collect litter and keep it out of drains and green spaces.
An apprenticeship question, a project, or just a chat about security? Use the form and I'll reply within a few days. My code is on my Gitea.
