Akin Wilks


Location

Chicago, IL
Woodbridge, VA
Education
    University of Maryland-Global Campus
    January 2020 - November 2023
    degree
    Bachelor's
    majors
    Computer Networking and Telecommunications
    Cyber Security Systems
Work Experience
    John Deere
    Cloud Control Intern
    Chicago, IL, United States, 60642
    November 2022 - present
    company
    John Deere
    title
    Cloud Control Intern
    overview
    • Gained Experience working with cloud technologies like Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure • Paired with Security Engineers throughout the internship to learn and contribute as a team member within the Cloud Controls teams. • Learned industry practice of Agile and DevOps culture. • Learned industry software and intrastructure engineering topics, including automation and cloud computing. • Script with common tools such as Python. • Identify security risks and investigating, deploying, and supporting new tools and procedures to minimize that risk and monitor the quality of processes and actively look for ways to improve the process. • Executing Identity and Access Management strategic initiatives.
    United States Coast Guard
    Operations specialist
    Morgan City, LA, United States, 70380
    October 2018 - present
Skills
Technical skills
python