Al Nowshin Rahman

Fourth-year Bachelor of Information Technology student majoring in Networking & IT Security.

Aspiring

Cybersecurity professional with a strong foundation in network defense, threat assessment, and cloud security. Eager to apply technical skills in risk mitigation and incident response within a fast-paced internship environment.

IoT Cybersecurity Defense Extern - Hydroficient - Toronto, ON (Remote)

(2026-03 - 2026-05)

Securing IoT infrastructure and data pipelines for Hydroficient's smart water management platform across an 8-week intensive externship

• Conducting security testing, including spoofing and replay attack simulations
• Implementing TLS/mTLS to secure MQTT-based IoT communication
• Developing a Python-based solution to detect suspicious device behaviour

AI & Python Extern - Outamation - Texas, United States (Remote)

(2025-05 - 2025-08)

• Built Python pipelines to extract structured data from unstructured mortgage documents, handling large-scale PDFs and scanned images
• Applied OCR techniques using Tesseract, PaddleOCR, and OpenCV to preprocess and read documents accurately
• Developed RAG workflows with vector databases for intelligent document search
• Tested and evaluated open-source AI models (e.g., LLaMA, Mistral) for performance on real-world document tasks

Retail Sales Associate - Forever 21 - Oshawa, ON

(2025-10 - 2025-11)

• Assisted customers with product selection and general inquiries in a fast-paced retail environment
• Maintained store organization, restocking, and visual presentation standards
• Supported daily store operations as part of a team

Communication and Sales Associate - Telus - Scarborough, ON

(2021-04 - 2021-05)

• Gained in-depth knowledge of Telus products and services through comprehensive training
• Promoted products to customers by effectively communicating features and benefits
• Conducted outreach to potential customers, scheduled appointments, and provided post-purchase support

Bachelor of Information Technology - Networking & IT Security - Ontario Tech University (2023-09 - 2027-04)