Application Development Intern
Principal Financial Group
Summer 2017
During the summer of 2017, I worked as an Application Development Intern at Principal Financial Group in Des Moines, Iowa. Below is a list and description of the major projects I worked on and skills that I learned during this internship:
- Internal Application Requirements Generation: Completed
- Server Configuration Application: Completed
- Software Security of Internal Form: Completed
Internal Application Requirements Generation
- Description: For this project, I assumed the role of a Business Analyst where I generated the requirements for an internal application my team was going to work on. I gained substantial experience with communication between the technical and business side.
- Results: I successfully created the requirements and was able to begin working on the early stages of development.
- Impact: The requirements allowed the development team to have a clear idea of what was expected and approximately how much time to devote to the project.
Server Configuration Application
- Description: For this project, I worked on a team of interns where we created an internal application that would automate the server restart process. I was responsible for some of the back-end logic and routing.
- Results: We were able to complete the basic functionality of the application.
- Impact: This project would help speed up the process of server restart time.
Software Security of Internal Form
- Description: This project's goal was to remove software vulnerabilities found in an internal web form. I used static test analyzers and OWASP top 10 analysis.
- Results: I was able to mitigate the medium and severe vulnerabilities from the form.
- Impact: The security additions to this form will ensure that the data contained within it remains secure.