About me
Working at SBB CFF FFS as Application Security Engineer, focusing on Web Application Firewalls.
Education
M.Sc. Cybersecurity
Sep. 2021 ‑ Apr. 2024
ETHZ (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) ‑ EPFL
• Security focused lectures on software, network, and systems. Minor in Data Management Systems.
B.Sc. Computer Science and Engineering
Sep. 2017 ‑ Jul. 2021
EPFL (Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
• Notable Courses: Computer security, Computer networks, Software engineering, System oriented programming, Operating systems
Experience
Application Security Engineer
Aug. 2024 ‑ Pres.
SBB CFF FFS
• Developing and maintaining cloud deployments (Cloudflare, AWS, Azure etc.).
• Advising internal partners on network and security solutions, with a focus on Web Application Firewalls.
Working Student, IoT & Cloud
Oct. 2022 ‑ Sep. 2023
Siemens Smart Infrastructure
• Managed the security of cloud deployments at the Pre‑development Team.
• Developed a Building Automation Tool prototype, involving graph database, backend, REST, and frontend work.
• Experience with AWS, network infrastructure, server and certificate management, containerized deployments.
Research
Master's Thesis
ETHZ
Sep. 2023 ‑ Apr. 2024
Unleashing the Full Amplification Potential of DNSSEC
• Analysis of DNSSEC vulnerabilities interacting with application‑layer DoS attacks.
• Creating a testbed to evaluate the DoS risk of major open source DNS resolvers.
Master Semester Project
ETHZ
Sep. 2022 ‑ Mar. 2023
Using UWB Ranging to Secure Contactless Payments
• Proposal to enhance tokenisation payment protocol with UWB secure ranging to prevent relay attacks.
Bachelor Semester Project
EPFL
Feb. 2021 ‑ Jul. 2021
TestGen API Collection and Extraction
• API extraction of Debian libraries leveraging source files, to be used in TestGen project in HexHive Lab, EPFL.
Projects
Developer/Member
Feb. 2021 ‑ Jun. 2021
Blindly App
• Wrote a fully functional Android app in Kotlin in a team of 6 students for Software Development Project Course at EPFL.
Developer
Feb. 2021 ‑ Pres.
AEDAG Alumni Association Website
• Built and still maintaining the website for Galatasaray High School Alumni Association in Switzerland.
Developer/Member
Sep. 2020 ‑ Dec. 2020
Amy Language Compiler
• Implementing a Scala‑like compiler in Computer Language Processing course at EPFL.
Skills
Programming: Python, C/C++, Java, Scala, Kotlin, HTML, CSS, Typescript, SQL, LaTeX, Version Control Systems
Languages: English & French (Advanced) , German (Upper-Intermediate), Turkish (Native)