Pedro Chaparro  EDUCATION

Sep. 2020 - Bachelor Degree  Lisbon, Portugal

Cyber Security Enthusiast
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Computer Science Student
Present Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) - University of Lisbon
Computer Science and Engineering | LEIC-A
Portugal’s top engineering school
• Top 5% of students from 2020/2021 class (∼180 students)
• Granted an Academic Merit Diploma for the 2020/2021 aca-
demic year due to excellent performance.
Current Average Grade: 17.5v/20v

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dez. 2021 - System Administrator & Research Investigator Lisbon
Present Dept. of Computer Networking (NRC), IST
I develop new services and methods to manage IST’s network for
improved availability and performance.
I Install, maintain and administer network equipment, namely
 About me switches, routers, services with various OSes based in Linux.
I like programming and I am really in- Sep. 2020 - High School Math Tutor
terested in the Cyber Security field Present Remote
- I have been a finalist in two Na- I’ve been teaching eight high school students. This allowed me to
develop my communication and collaboration skills.
tional events that led me to European
events in Prague, Czech Republic ,
and in Vienna, Austria .
 PROGRAMMING & TECH STACK
I like to learn new things and I love Python: Advanced. 4 projects, scripting and Cyber Security.
Programming
helping others! C: Advanced. Used in 4 projects.
Languages
Java: Intermediate. Used in 3 projects.
 Contacts React & Javascript: Intermediate. Creation of my website.
 Lisbon, Portugal PgSQL: Intermediate. 1 project and Cyber Security contexts.
 pedro@chaparro.pt Frameworks Flask: Intermediate. 1 project, NRC and Cyber Security contexts.
Bootstrap: Intermediate. 2 projects.
 pedro.chaparro@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Tailwind & ThreeJS: Intermediate. Creation of my website.
 Linkedin: pedro-chaparro
 Github: @pedroChaps  HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
 Website: chaparro.me 2022 CSCPT 22 & ECSC 22: Finalist of CSCPT 22 and participation in ECSC
22 held in Vienna, Austria, as part of team Portugal.
 Languages 2021 CSCPT 21 & ECSC 21: Finalist of Cyber Security Challenge Portugal
Portuguese: Native Language (CSCPT) 21 and participation in European Cyber Security Challenge
English: C1 Advanced (ECSC) 21 held in Prague, Czech Republic, as part of team Portu-
gal. The team achieved a record-breaking 7th-place finish and I was
 Handy Tools awarded a Certificate of Appreciation.

• Git, GitHub & GitLab  2017 Municipality award: Award given by the municipality of residence.
• Linux (Ubuntu, Debian)  2013 - 2020 High School certificates: Multiple Merit and Excellence awards.
• Markdown 
• Gimp & Premiere Pro CC 
• Alcatel & Juniper’s Switches   VOLUNTEERING & COMMUNITY WORK
• Cisco’s APs 
• Fitness Progress guide: Wrote a journal showing my progress since the start.
• Website creation guide: Wrote a guide that explains the creation of my website.
 Soft Skills and Strengths • Resumos LEIC: Wrote the class notes of the ”Computer Networking” course in
the class notes’ Community website of my BSc.
Adaptability Autonomy Creativity • Hacking Guide: Currently writing a hacking guide, that summarizes everything
Good Communication Leadership I’ve learned so far, which I intend to share when it is finalized.

Love Learning New Things Patience

⋆ EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Planning and Organization
• Gym: I attend a local gym since June of 2019, after losing 99 lbs in the span of
Team Working fifteen months, by sheer will and in a totally independent way.
• Security Team @ Técnico (STT): I am a member of the Cyber Security team of
IST, STT, since the beginning of the course. The team plays Capture The Flag
(CTF) events together and does weekly meetings.
• CTFs & Hacking Platforms: I play CTF events and study in many hacking plat-
forms, such as Portswigger Academy (Completed 234 labs), CryptoHack (7th
cv.chaparro.me place of the Portuguese Leaderboard), HackTheBox and TryHackMe.