Daniel Wright

Research and Development engineer specialising in national security and technology innovation for His Majesty’s Government (HMG). With a proven track record of adapting quickly to new technologies and delivering solutions tailored to best meet the customer need, I am now seeking a full-time software engineering role in the Cardiff area.

Research and Capability Development - Feb 2024 to present

• Using static and dynamic reverse engineering techniques, I carried out research into a priority application that had been highlighted by an internal customer – a breakthrough in this research resulted in me being awarded with a financial bonus.
• Used my business analysis skills to foster and manage the customer relationship, working with them to build a solution to meet their unique requirements.
• Key technologies: Python, Assembly, Kubernetes, Git, Wireshark, BurpSuite.

• Designed and developed a solution to remove a large blind spot in the team’s approach to cyber risk and integrated this new mechanism in several key pieces of software.
• Developed a dashboard highlighting specific threats and set up alerting based on the threat level detected, and in doing so heavily reduced false positive fatigue.
• Key technologies: Python, Go, Splunk.

• Designed and implemented a full-stack web solution that enabled end-users to carry out a previously complex and time-consuming process in a quick and efficient manner.
• Key technologies and skills: C#, HTML, JavaScript

• Used Big Data Analysis to design a radical new system that will supersede the team’s current capability development methodology.
• This will reduce costs for the team, massively reduce lead time for the development of new software, as well as lowering the amount of maintenance and risk required for current capabilities.
• Key technologies: Python, Pandas, Apache Spark, Kubernetes

• Used Pandas to shape, analyse and model network data.
• My work led to new discoveries about the data source that brought about a new development effort.
• Key technologies: Python, Pandas.

• First class Cyber Security BSc from Edinburgh Napier University.
• GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) certification (2020).
• A*/A*/A*/A in computer science, physics, maths and further maths respectively.