Emma Lavina / Career

Where I want to go

I want to work in offensive security. What draws me to it is that you need to genuinely understand a system to find what's wrong with it. It's one of those fields where surface-level knowledge doesn't get you very far.

Right now I'm building the foundations: networks, Linux, system administration. There's no shortcut around that.

Currently

First year of BUT Networks and Telecom at IUT Blois. Working on routing, system configuration, and introductory security concepts.

I'm looking for a work-study contract starting September 2026. Ideally with a technical team working on real problems, where I can actually contribute and not just observe.

Projects

Network infrastructure lab

Designed and simulated a home network on Cisco Packet Tracer with proper segmentation to isolate a Minecraft server and reduce unnecessary traffic.

Discord bot

Python bot for task automation, connected to a MySQL database, running on a dedicated server. First time managing the whole stack end to end.

This portfolio

HTML and CSS from scratch, self-hosted on a Raspberry Pi at home. As much a Linux admin exercise as it was a design project.

What I'm looking for

A technical environment where asking questions is normal and learning is part of the job. I pick things up much faster working on real problems than I do from coursework alone.