Over the summer of 2023 I had the pleasure of interning at Kyndryl as a Mainframe Architect Intern. Going into this internship, I hoped to learn three main things. Those being a deeper understanding of computer systems and architecture, the architectural mindset, and how I could implement these into my cybersecurity skillset. A good architect needs to have both a deep understanding of computer, network, and storage systems, and the ability to adopt an architectural mindset so they can design fast, efficient, and cost-effective systems. I believe that implementing cybersecurity skills and ideas into an architectural mindset will give me the ability to not only design and implement safe and efficient system architecture, but also give me then a deeper understanding of computer architecture that is needed to secure systems, networks, and storage.  

Linked below is a copy of the paper I wrote going in depth about the internship, the company, and my experience over the summer.