Hi! I'm Mia Kelly

Mia Kelly

Work Experience

  • Aug. 2024 - Present

    Leidos

    Associate Software Engineer

    Maritime Systems Division

    • Working on a team to ensure cybersecurity for unmanned surface vessels (USVs)
    • Modernized a legacy sensor component which is actively being used on water
    • Set up testing environment from hardware installation to verification through simulations

    Skills: C++, Java, RHEL, RKE2 (Kubernetes), Ansible, Docker, VMware ESXi, Atlassian Suite

  • Oct. 2023 - Jun. 2024

    Michigan Technological University

    Undergraduate Research Assistant

    Research under Dr. Yu Cai

    • Led a group of six students in the development of an educational cybersecurity platform
    • Created a web component that embedded an emulated terminal into the web browser using Xterm.js.
    • Designed and implemented RESTful API using NodeJS and Express.
    • Dockerized application for minimized overhead and platform agnostic development.
    • Automated continuous production deployments using cron jobs on cPanel.

    Skills: RESTful API, Express, Node, Docker, Google OAuth, cPanel, crontab

  • Jun. 2023 - Aug. 2023

    Fidelity Investments

    Full Stack Intern

    Fidelity Brokerage Technology (FBT)

    • Tested a SpringBoot API which monitored activity between a mainframe and cloud environment.
    • Performed Datadog analysis that reduced costs by over $1,000 per month.
    • Renewed and retired container certificates using Jenkins and Kubernetes.
    • Consulted with subject matter experts to design a procedure for streamlining cloud application development.

    Skills: RESTful API, Express, Node, Docker, Google OAuth, cPanel, crontab

  • Nov. 2020 - Apr. 2022

    Michigan Technological University

    IT Technician

    • Replaced hardware on Dell, Lenovo, Mac, etc.
    • Performed troubleshooting for software issues on Windows, Mac, and RHEL operating systems.
    • Tracked client tickets using ServiceDesk and Confluence.

    Skills: RESTful API, Express, Node, Docker, Google OAuth, cPanel, crontab

Certifications

Security+ Cert

Certified Jan. 2025 | Verify through Credly

RHCSA Cert
Expected Fall 2025

Home Lab


Self-hosted password manager coming soon...


Self-hosted internal documentation server coming soon....


Using TrueNAS as a storage solution


Implemented Tailscale VPN across PC, Laptop, VM's, etc.

Mia Kelly 2025