Glen Chua

Senior Engineer

Profile

A highly effective team player with over 5 years of project management experience, currently pursuing a Masters in Cybersecurity. Experienced in managing complex projects with strong communication and problem-solving skills. Passionate about Cybersecurity and looking to transition into the industry. Known for being adaptable and possessing the ability to thrive in highly-dynamic environments.

Work Experience

Land Transport Authority

https://www.lta.gov.sg

May 2019 - Present

Senior Engineer

Rolling Stock and Depot Engineering

Management of Thomson-East Coast line and Jurong Regional Line:

  • Assisted in planning and managing the risks and cash flows of the various contracts as well as issuing instructions and assessing various variations/ payments/claims.
  • Coordinated between project teams, contractors, designers, stakeholders, and the Railway Operator to ensure seamless project execution
  • Participated in quality assurance checks in South Korea to verify compliance with train manufacturing standards.
  • Contributed to the Tender Evaluation Team for the division’s manpower insourcing procurement.

Cross-regional line engineering Team:

  • Developed technical specifications of the project and explored new engineering initiatives and improvements.
  • Design review of technical documents such as Cybersecurity design, Cybersecurity plan, Cybersecurity risk management and Train bornecommunications.
  • Liaising with the Cybersecurity department in risk compliance and governance, providing technical advice to the project and ensuring that the contractors meet the contractual obligations.

Singapore Technologies Electronics

https://www.stengg.com/

Sept. 2016 - Apr. 2019

Systems Engineer

  • Responsible for the system design and engineering of the radio system in the railway environment which includes design implementation, factory acceptance test and site testing and commissioning
  • Key person for all issues pertaining to the system
  • Designing, reviewing of technical drawings
  • Liaising/procurement of equipment from various suppliers
  • Network and firewall configuration of Radio System
  • Coordination with various key holders to ensure that the project runs smoothly

Personal Projects

Cloud Resume Challenge - AWS

Designed and deployed a serverless, full stack resume website on AWS, implementing:

  • Frontend: HTML/CSS hosted on S3 with CloudFront for CDN
  • Backend: Serverless API using AWS Lambda (Python) and API Gateway.
  • Database: Visitor counter stored in DynamoDB.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Automated deployments with Terraform.
  • CI/CD: Integrated GitHub Actions for backend and frontend updates.
  • Security: Implemented DNSSEC and HTTPS enforcement.
  • Serverless functions

    API creation with serverless functions that display movies information – AWS

  • Developed a serverless movie information API using cloud infrastructure, demonstrating proficiency in full-stack development and cloud technologies
  • Implemented multiple API endpoints to retrieve movie data, including functions to list all movies, filter movies by release year.
  • Utilized NoSQL database and cloud storage for data management, and applied version control with Git
  • Skills

    Programming Languages

    • Python
    • Terraform

    Tools & Frameworks

    • Kali Linux
    • Metasploit
    • Burp Suite
    • SciKit-Learn
    • Microsoft Office
    • AWS
    • Git
    • Github Actions

    Education

    Singapore University of Technology and Design

    Masters of Science in Security by Design

    2023 - Current

    Expected End date: September 2025

    Notable projects

    • SSLGrader tool using Python: Implemented a tool for evaluating the security of websites based on their SSL/TLS configurations.
    • Security Onion SIEM deployment: Created a virtual home lab environment with attacker, victim and SIEM to analyze network traffic for suspicious activities. Implemented new Suricata rules for complex attacks such as data obfuscation.

    Key Coursework

    • Secure Software Engineering
    • Security tools lab
    • Software Engineering
    • Systems Security

    Nanyang Technological University

    Bachelor's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering

    2012 - 2016

    Notable projects

    • Implemented a face recognition software to evaluate the effectiveness of it using the ViolaJones object detection framework for face detection and Principal component analysis for face recognition

    Certifications

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