Mohammad Islam '17 (M.S.)
Grad Degree:
Computer Science M.S.
Outcome Opportunity:
Graduate/Professional School, I got a job!
Position:
Big Data Engineer
Company/Organization:
IRS (Internal Revenue Service)
School:
Johns Hopkins University, Cyber Security
Briefly describe your role and how you learned about the opportunity.
"I am working to provide operational support to the development team which is currently working on setting up a 30 nodes cluster. I am mostly responsible for implementation and support of the Enterprise Hadoop environment. I basically do designing, capacity arrangement, cluster set up, performance fine-tuning, monitoring, structure planning, scaling and administration. I got to know about this job from an agency. Then, I applied and after having several interviews with them, I secured the position."
How did your SJU education impact your ability to land this position?
"I have learned many valuable materials from the courses I have taken at SJU, especially, Big Data and Web intelligence. That was the best course in my entire graduate program at SJU. I learned about SQL and NoSQL databases like MongoDB, Cassandra, Hbase, MySQL and Oracle. In addition, I learned about cloud computing using the Google cloud platform, which subsequently led me to learn about AWS. And most importantly, I have learned about Hadoop which has turned into my career."
Did you participate in any experiential learning activities while at SJU?
"I have participated in 5 competitions outside school where I used my skills and creativity to create new projects. I went to colleges like Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, Drexel University, University of Maryland and participated in EvoHacks in Philadelphia, where I teamed up with other people and made unique Mobile apps and other software. I have also done an internship online where I got a chance to emphasize on my big data skills more."
What will you do next?
"I was accepted into Johns Hopkins University graduate program in Cybersecurity. I will be attending and completing my second graduate degree there."