Cybersecurity Engineer
Ezekiel Whatley
B.S. Cybersecurity Engineering / University of Delaware / Class of 2027
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2Tools shipped
3Federal Partnered
100%Trojan detection
15Languages
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About
who you are hiringRising senior in Cybersecurity Engineering at the University of Delaware with minors in Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering. I build backend systems in regulated fintech and break hardware in federal research labs.
This summer I shipped event-driven services in C# on AWS inside a PCI-DSS environment at Continental Finance, and I currently lead three concurrent federal projects at GEOINT-ISAC alongside CISA, SpaceX, and Alias Cybersecurity. Before that I authored the first general SKGLock+ implementation under a NASA research grant.
Same instinct, pointed in two directions: build it, then figure out how it breaks.
LocationCamden, DE
UniversityUDEL / 2027
MajorCybersecurity Eng.
MinorsCompE / EE
HonorsDean's List
Open toSWE / Security
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Experience
most recent firstSoftware Development Intern
JUN – AUG 2026
Continental Finance Company / Wilmington, DE
- Built and deployed two internal engineering tools to production on a cross-functional team: an automated build and release tracking pipeline, and a customer management system for sending emails and letters to clients.
- Shipped a redesigned customer-facing web application now live in production, owning backend development end to end.
- Developed event-driven backend services in C# on AWS using Lambda, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, EventBridge, and Kinesis, with CloudWatch for monitoring, Secrets Manager for credentials, and Systems Manager for configuration.
- Built and tested REST API endpoints using Swagger UI, managed SQL Server databases through SSMS, and contributed React components on the frontend.
- Operated in an Agile SDLC inside a PCI-DSS regulated environment using Azure DevOps for sprint planning, ticket tracking, standups, code review, and UAT.
Cybersecurity and AI Intern
MAY 2026 – PRESENT
Geospatial Intelligence ISAC (IACI) / Remote
- Selected for the Summer 2026 cohort supporting critical infrastructure protection alongside federal partners including CISA, FEMA, NASA, and DOD.
- Team Lead on three concurrent projects with CISA, SpaceX, and Alias Cybersecurity: red team offensive analysis and attack-chain modeling, satellite sensor and EMP hardware security research, and telecommunications interdependency risk mapping.
- Build Python tooling to automate threat analysis and present findings to program leadership on weekly cycles.
Systems Engineering Intern
JAN – APR 2026
Cislune (Delaware Space Grant) / Remote
- Contributed to the NASA LunaRecycle Challenge Phase 2 and built traceable documentation linking measurements to model inputs and verification notes for audit readiness.
Lead Researcher
MAY 2025 – APR 2026
NASA Research Internship (Delaware Space Grant) / Newark, DE
- Engineered original logic-locking tools and a reproducible SAT/SLE attack pipeline in Python and TCL for systematic hardware security evaluation.
- Authored the first general SKGLock+ implementation and co-developed Trojan detection methods achieving 100 percent detection across 11 benchmark circuits.
- Prepared and submitted a research manuscript to ISCAS for peer review.
Undergraduate Researcher
NOV 2024 – MAY 2025
Logic Locking Modules Research / Newark, DE
- Collaborated with Dr. Satwik to integrate Logic Locking Modules with OpenAI frameworks.
- Developed hardware designs secured against AI-driven intrusions on IoT systems using SystemVerilog and Python.
Lead Designer
MAY 2023 – PRESENT
UD Parking Services Website Project / Newark, DE
- Led redesign of a high-traffic university website to full ADA accessibility compliance using HTML, PHP, CSS, Git, and Docker, passing a formal accessibility audit.
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Activities
Blue Hens CTF
Team Member
2023 – PRESENT
Compete weekly in reverse engineering, web exploitation, cryptography, and penetration testing challenges.
NSBE
General Member
2023 – PRESENT
Professional development and industry networking with companies including Deloitte, JP Morgan, and Exelon.
NAACP
Community Chair
2024 – 2025
Planned and organized community outreach events with schools across Delaware.
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Contact
open to SWE and security rolesEmail
zekebold@udel.edu
Phone
302-505-6822
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/ezekielwhatley
Based in
Camden, Delaware