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Elizandro
Duran.

Computer Science Senior at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, concentrating in Cybersecurity. I'm looking forward to utilizing my skills in cyber, software, data science, and hardware engineering to build secure systems for real world applications.

Colorado Springs, CO
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U.S. Citizen
Projects

Project experience.

MITRE eCTF logo
Project 01 — 2026

MITRE eCTF 2026

Team of four at UCCS (Team Sunrise) built secure HSM firmware for the TI MSPM0L2228 under the MITRE eCTF adversarial harness. Firmware enforces group based authorization and PIN protected access to IC fabrication files, with dual UART host and peer channels, ChaCha20 Poly1305 AEAD, HKDF and PBKDF2 key derivation, replay protection, and secure zeroization. Reproducible builds use Docker, wolfSSL, and Python driven secret generation, with LaTeX system design covering the attack model and defense in depth.

Embedded Systems Cryptography C Python Docker wolfSSL
View project → eCTF competition → MITRE credential →
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Project 02 — 2025

PortfolAI

Team of four built an AI powered stock analysis platform for watchlists, market fundamentals, and learning with zero financial risk. Full stack Django with REST APIs and session auth, integrated Finnhub, Alpha Vantage, NewsAPI, and OpenAI for live data, AI summaries, portfolio insights, and a context aware chat widget. Production deployment on Render with PostgreSQL (Supabase), Cloudflare CDN, and GitHub Actions CI/CD with pytest and security linting (Bandit, Flake8, Pylint).

Django Python PostgreSQL OpenAI Tailwind CSS CI/CD
View project → PortfolAI site →
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Project 03 — 2025

Digital Fingerprint Analysis Tool.

Built a privacy focused full stack app with React and Flask that analyzes browser fingerprints via FingerprintJS Pro, including smart signals for VPN, Tor, proxies, and bots. Delivers uniqueness scoring, risk assessments, and personalized recommendations with consent flows before any analysis, using Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui in a responsive dark theme. All processing stays in session with zero retention for GDPR and CCPA compliance, deployed on Render.

React Flask Python Tailwind CSS Privacy Render
View on GitLab →
Experience

Work experience.

2026
Northrop Grumman logo

Software Engineering Intern

Northrop Grumman
Defense Aerospace
Current
2026 —
UCCS Dining Services

Student IT Material Manager

UCCS Dining Services
IT Support Hardware
Current
2022 — 2026
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers

Certified Trainer & Customer Specialist

Raising Cane's
Leadership Training
Current
About

"Curious, motivated, and always learning."

I'm a first-generation Computer Science student at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, specializing in Cybersecurity. Through the College of Engineering, I've built a foundation in software engineering and cybersecurity.

What drives me is the problem itself, whether it's hardening an embedded system against replay attacks or setting up an AI-driven pipeline, I enjoy sitting with the hard parts until they eventuallymake sense. I'm equally comfortable debugging cryptographic protocols and working alongside a team to ship a product.

Looking ahead, I want to build my career at the intersection of software engineering and security — contributing to systems where correctness matters. My upcoming internship at Northrop Grumman is the next step in that direction.

Education

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

B.S. Computer Science — Cybersecurity · President's List

Fall 2026
Awards & Coursework
Chancellor's Award Reisher's Scholarship Cybersecurity Scholarship Python Programming C Programming Advanced Software Engineering Cryptography Design & Analysis of Algorithms
Skills

Skills & tools.

Languages

Python Java JavaScript TypeScript C++ C

Systems & Cloud

Linux (Ubuntu) Linux (RedHat) Azure AWS Render Vercel

Web & Frameworks

Django React Flask Tailwind CSS REST APIs

Platform & DevOps

Docker PostgreSQL CI/CD Git Jira

AI & LLM

OpenAI API Claude API RAG NumPy Jupyter

Security & Embedded

Embedded Systems Cryptography SIEM
Contact

Get in touch.

Have a project in mind, want to collaborate, or just want to say hello? For now, the best way to reach me is through the links below.

GitHub ↗ LinkedIn ↗

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