Sean Sica

Sr. Software Systems Engineer

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About Me

A highly experienced IT professional with 7 years of experience in operations, network engineering, and DevOps as well as 2 years in software engineering, seeking to leverage skills in distributed systems and cloud technology to work on back-end infrastructure at scale. Holds an active Department of Defense (DoD) secret clearance.

Contact Information

  • Location:
    Boston, MA

Skills & Expertise

Proficient

Languages: TypeScript, Python

Frameworks: NestJS, Flask

Platforms: Docker, Ansible

Misc: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, OSPF, EIGRP, MPLS, VXLAN)

Comfortable

Languages: Java

Frameworks: Spring Boot, ExpressJS

Platforms: AWS (API-GW, Lambda, DDB, EC2), Nginx, Jfrog Artifactory, MongoDB, MySQL, Ansible Tower, ActiveMQ

Misc: Protobuf Buffers (gRPC), JMS, Hibernate

Familiar

Frameworks: React.js, NextJS, Angular

Misc: Neural networks/Deep learning fundamentals

Professional Experience

Senior Software Systems Engineer at The MITRE Corporation

Aug 2021–Current
  • Building and maintaining software applications that enable ATT&CK© researchers to store, organize, and publish tens of thousands of cyber threat intelligence nodes in a complex directed acyclic graph, optimizing data management and retrieval for efficient threat analysis and reporting.
  • Modernized a legacy web application utilizing facial recognition and morphing technologies, chartered a comprehensive road map for evolving the application, and implemented a polyrepo architecture with integrated CI/CD, resulting in increased developer efficiency and parallel development capabilities.
  • Designed and implemented the ATT&CK© Workbench TAXII Server, a TAXII 2.1–compliant REST API built with NodeJS and Docker.

Senior Network Engineer at The MITRE Corporation

Nov 2018–Aug 2021
  • Responsible for all network engineering projects, roadmaps, capacity planning, and change execution within the MA-based corporate data center.
  • Reduced technical debt and ticket time to resolution by implementing configuration-as-code and streamlining change management; enabled Operations Team to self-service high-volume changes by implementing an interactive web interface built on ReactJS, Python and Ansible.

Network Engineer at Neoscope

Sep 2017–Nov 2018

Network Engineer at CMIT Boston / Apogee ITS

Feb 2015–Aug 2015

Intern at CMIT Boston / Apogee ITS

Feb 2015–Aug 2015

Technician at UNH InterOperability Laboratory (IOL)

Jun 2014–Aug 2015

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Boston University
Completed in 2021
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • Graduated with a 3.7 GPA.

Associate of Arts, Engineering

Great Bay Community College
Completed in 2014

Certifications

Ekahau Certified Survey Engineer

Ekahau
Completed in 2018

CCNA Wireless

Cisco
Completed in 2018

CCNA Routing & Switching

Cisco
Completed in 2017

Network+

CompTIA
Completed in 2015

Hobbies & Interests

I spend most of my time hanging out with my wife and my crazy golden retriever.

I like to build custom keyboards. I am currently working on a project that involves designing a custom case in CAD for an electro-capacitive (EC) PCB.

Recently I built a bot that monitors Shopify websites and sends notifications to Discord when inventory is re-stocked. The app is fully serverless on AWS (Lambda, DDB, etc.). The bot is actively being used by a community of about 20 people.

I like to read. I am currently reading Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun.

I also like to exercise; particularly running.