Rihards Ozols
Carlow,Ireland
Summary
Currently a 4th Year Cybercrime & IT Security Student at South East Technological University Hands-on experience in platform engineering, cloud security, and threat analysis and penetration testing that I gained during an internship with a global financial services company. Strong technical foundation in networking and malware analysis, with a strong interest in both Blue and Red team roles. Actively seeking an opportunity for an entry level position for early June 2026.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Role: Consultant
Company: WITHEASE
2024.01 - Current
- Resolve irate customer queries and issues through emails and phone calls.
- Assign cleaners to clients according to their location and specific cleaning needs.
- Recruit new cleaners by conducting interviews and evaluating their suitability for the role.
- Have maintained 1st on rankings for 66% of total incentives over 9 month period.
- Have contributed to company's growth during this calendar year through consistent hard work, self-initiative and drive to excel within the organization.
- Facility management company based in London.
Role: Platform Engineer Intern
Company: SunLife Assurance Company of Canada
2025.01 - 2025.08
- Helped implement controls to mitigate DDoS, bot traffic, WAF exploits, and perimeter attacks.
- Designed and refined content caching strategies using Akamai, considering geolocation, regional regulations, and user behaviour.
- Participated in vulnerability management and traffic analysis using Rapid7 InsightVM, CrowdStrike, Darktrace, Netskope, and Burp Suite.
- Completed internal training in Vulnerability Management, Risk Management, API Security, Firewall Operations, and Traffic Analysis.
- Conducted multiple research initiatives, including project presented to VPs and AVPs on 'Leveraging AI to Automate and Enhance Security Risk Assessments Across Technology Domains.'
- Worked within security platform engineering team supporting a global financial organisation.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Cybercrime and IT Security
South East Technological University
Carlow 2022.09 - 2026.06
Skills
- Python
- PHP
- Cisco packet tracer
- CrowdStrike
- Netskope
- Rapid7
- Akamai
- JIRA
- DarkTrace
- QRadar
- ZAP
- Burpsuite
FINAL YEAR PROJECT
Title: Analysing Global Cyber Threat Trends Using Distributed Honeynets
Tools: T-Pot, ElasticSearch, Kibana, CyberChef,
Overview: Designed and deployed a distributed honeynet architecture across multiple cloud providers and geographic regions. Analysed global attack trends to assess whether attack frequency, type, and persistence vary by region and cloud platform. Processed and visualised attack data using the Elastic Stack to identify threat patterns. Documented whole processes and evaluated finding.
Documents can be found on LinkedIn Profile via GitHub Link
Timeline
Role: Platform Engineer Intern
Company: SunLife Assurance Company of Canada
2025.01 - 2025.08
Role: Consultant
Company: WITHEASE
2024.01 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Cybercrime and IT Security
South East Technological University
2022.09 - 2026.06