Curriculum Vitae
Rodrigo Rodrigues Major
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Rodrigo Rodrigues Major
Citation names
- Major, Rodrigo
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 0413-7AA1-C738
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Upper intermediate (B2) |
| German | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2021/09 - 2024/06
Ongoing
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MSc. in Computer Science and Engineering (Mestrado)
Major in Cybersecurity
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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2022/04 - 2022/09
Attended
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MSc. in Computer Science and Engineering (Master)
Major in Cybersecurity
Universität Passau, Germany
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2018/09 - 2021/07
Concluded
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BSc. in Computer Science and Engineering (Ensino secundário)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/02 - Current | Researcher (Research) | INOV – Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal |
| 2021/07 - 2022/03 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/09 - 2023/01 | IT Security Manager | payever, Germany |
| 2021/09 - 2022/05 | Developer | Formaspot, Portugal |
| 2021/06 - 2021/06 | Game Developer Intern | Nerd Monkeys, Portugal |
| 2021/02 - 2021/06 | Networking & Security Intern | NOS SGPS, Portugal |
Outputs
Publications
| Newspaper article |
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Activities
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/02 - Current | - Research on gamification and MOOCs for my master’s thesis - Researching on gamification frameworks to improve overall MOOC’s success. | |
| 2022/09 - 2023/01 | - Overseeing information security, cybersecurity and IT risk management. - Vulnerability Assessment and Management with OWASP ZAP, Nessus and Qualys. - SIEM on Elastic Cloud, deploying Elastic Beats and configuring alert rules. - Performed Security Awareness Training with a presentation paired with a phishing attack using Gophish. | |
| 2022/06 - 2022/06 | Developed a game in Unreal Engine 4 using their blueprints software. | |
| 2021/09 - 2022/05 | - Developed an online courses and career management platform. | |
| 2021/07 - 2022/03 | - Researching and developing new methodologies to optimize the management of network infrastructures - Automating network and security provisioning and management in Python | |
| 2021/02 - 2021/06 | - Setting up, developing and maintaining computer networks. - Working with Checkpoint, PaloAlto, PulseSecure, F5 and Cisco Switching. |