Rita L
Security Engineer at The New York Times
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRita L is a Security Engineer in New York with eight years of hands-on experience blending application security, DevSecOps, and software development. She has advanced AWS and web-application testing credentials (GIAC GWAPT, Security+, CySA+, AWS certs) and a practical toolset that spans Linux, Python, Bash, Docker, GitHub Actions and full‑stack JavaScript. Her career includes multiple security roles at The New York Times and application security work at WeightWatchers, where she partnered with engineering teams to find, triage, and remediate vulnerabilities across cloud and application stacks. Beyond assessments and incident response, she brings vendor risk and vulnerability management experience and a developer’s perspective from prior QA and web development roles. Rita’s background in cybersecurity education and public administration informs a thoughtful, cross-functional approach to security that emphasizes measurable improvement and stakeholder communication.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate with Distinction Computer Science, Certificate with Distinction Computer Science at NYU Tandon School of EngineeringCybersecurity, Cybersecurity at Fullstack AcademyMaster of Public Administration (M.P.A.) Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management, Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management at Alfred UniversityBachelor of Arts in English: Adolescent Education Concentration in English with a minor in Adolescent Education (7-12), Bachelor of Arts in English: Adolescent Education Concentration in English with a minor in Adolescent Education (7-12) at Hunter College
English, Chinese, French
Github Skills (11)
calculator7
javascript4
nodejs4
react4
testing4
python3
typescript3
web-application3
vulnerability2
security2
virtual-machine2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
rburrito/reservationData
Feb 2020 - May 2022
Contributions:46 PRs, 55 pushes, 8 branches in 2 years 3 months
rburrito/socket-io
Feb 2019 - May 2022
A real-time chat room built with Passport.js and Socket.io libraries
Contributions:3 PRs, 5 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 3 months
socketsocket-iosocketiochatroom
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