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ferrindsouza/README.md

Hi there, I'm Ferrin Dsouza πŸ‘‹

I'm an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and a Cloud & DevOps enthusiast passionate about automation, AWS and scripting.

  • πŸŽ“ MSc Cybersecurity from Robert Gordon University, Scotland & B.E Software Engineering from Visveswaraya Technological University
  • πŸ₯‡ Certified by Amazon Web Services as a AWS Cloud Practioner.
  • 🌱 I’m complementing my learning by studying scripting in Python in order to learn automation in AWS.
  • πŸ€” I’m looking for employment as a Cloud Engineer as well as suggestions on how I can traverse the Cloud.
  • πŸ“« How to reach me: Linkedin is your best chance my handle is ferrindsouza

πŸ“¦ Projects

πŸ§ͺ Major Projects (MSc + Cloud Based)

πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Cloud Resume Challenge
A comprehensive application of various Cloud application within the AWS Cloud to create an online resume for the role of Cloud Engineer

πŸ›‘οΈ SYN Flood Attack Detection & Mitigation
A MSc network security project to detect and mitigate SYN flood attacks using packet analysis and ML.

🌐 Serverless Disaster Recover Solution
This project demonstrates a manual, serverless approach to building a disaster recovery (DR) solution on AWS. It replicates key resources from a primary region to a secondary one, providing a 'pilot light' architecture to ensure business continuity with minimal cost.

Note: More projects to be added here soon

πŸ“‚ Mini Projects:

πŸ€– AWS Automation with Shell Scripting
Shell scripts to learn how to automate AWS EC2 instance creation, volume attachment, and status monitoring.

🐳 A simple exercise to demonstrate the application of containerization on AWS
A simple exercise to demonstrate deploying an NGINX containerized app on an AWS EC2 instance.

πŸ’» AWS PartyRock Task Scheduler
An AI-generated app that helps users manage and prioritize tasks using a productivity matrix.

πŸ—οΈ AWS Terraform Project Intro
Deployed a scalable WordPress app using Terraform on AWS. Automated resource provisioning including EC2, VPC, IAM roles, and S3 using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.

πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Azure Web App Intro
This is my very first Node.js app, deployed on Azure App Service using the Azure CLI. It’s a simple app that shows a welcome message and about me section styled with CSS.

πŸ™ Git Practice on Mini Finance App
An academic exercise as part of Pravin Mishra's DevOps Course where I followed industry-standard Git workflows and collaborate just like real developers do. At the end of this project, I submitted a Pull Request (PR) to the CloudAdvisory GitHub repository (Pravin Mishra's company), which was reviewed by the team.

☁️ AWS CDK Practice with CloudFormation
Followed an AWS Guided Tutorial to create and deploy a simple application on AWS using the AWS CDK. The application consists of an AWS Lambda function that returns a Hello World! message when invoked. The function will be invoked through a Lambda function URL that serves as a dedicated HTTP(S) endpoint for your Lambda function. Using the CDK CLI to then build the app and synthesize an AWS CloudFormation template and deploy and provision the resources

Note: More projects to be added here soon

πŸ“‚ Academic / Archived Engineering Projects:

Here are some of my earlier projects from my engineering days that I only recently dug from the cold depths of my GDrive:

  • πŸ”¬ Virtual Haptic Rehab Study
    Conducted a seminar that explored the feasibility of virtual haptic feedback in rehabilitation environments.

  • πŸ’Š Pharmacy Management System
    A desktop application to manage medicine inventory, billing, and sales records for pharmacies.

  • πŸ“š Library Management System
    An admin-controlled book inventory and user portal built with a database-backed interface using Django and PostgreSql.

  • 🧠 Restaurant Review Sentiment Analysis
    An NLP project that classifies restaurant reviews as positive or negative using multiple models.

  • πŸ›‘οΈ Anti-Burglar Security System
    An Arduino-based security project using ultrasonic sensors and password authentication.

πŸ’» Technical Skills and Accomplishments:

πŸ‘©β€πŸ’» Technical Skills:

AWS PowerShell Python Bash Script Windows Terminal Apache Jenkins AmazonDynamoDB GitHub Actions GitHub MySQL Kubernetes Docker

πŸ… Badges

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner AWS Educate Networking AWS Educate Getting Started with Compute Google AI Essentials by Coursera IBM SkillsBuild Artifical Intelligence Fundamentals Google Cybersecurity Certificate V2 by Coursera MTA-Introduction to Programming Using Python by Microsoft AWS General Immersion Day Participant AWS Edge Services Immersion Day Participant Amazon Q Developer Immersion Day Participant


πŸ› οΈ Currently Working On

  • Deepening knowledge in DevOps tools like Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • Documenting my cloud learning journey via GitHub and blogs.

πŸ”— Connect with Me:

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  1. SYN_Flood_Detection SYN_Flood_Detection Public

    Experiments with various ML including anomaly Detection Algorithms to detect SYN Flood Attack

    Jupyter Notebook

  2. Shell-Scripting-for-AWS Shell-Scripting-for-AWS Public

    Shell

  3. nginx-web-app nginx-web-app Public

    Shell

  4. ferrindsouza ferrindsouza Public

    repository that I'm using to add a README.md to my GitHub profile

  5. terraform_basics terraform_basics Public

    A repo where I'll be practicing my terraform concepts to aid in a project

    HCL

  6. PartyRock_TaskScheduler PartyRock_TaskScheduler Public

    Highland Time Harmony is a Catholic productivity planner designed to help users organize their day effectively. By leveraging Amazon PartyRock.