Isaac Balam Rodríguez

Backend Developer | Cybersecurity & Cloud-Native Projects | Software Engineering Master's Student

I build backend services, REST APIs and security-focused technical applications using Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker and Linux.

Interested in backend engineering, cybersecurity, networking and distributed systems.

Profile

I am a Software Engineering Master's student focused on backend development, REST API design, databases, cybersecurity-oriented applications and distributed systems. I enjoy building practical projects that combine software engineering, Linux, networking, cloud-native tooling and security event processing.

Featured Projects

NetSentinel Lab

Cloud-native security event correlation platform built with FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker and a lightweight investigation dashboard. It ingests normalized security events, correlates them into incidents, and supports operational investigation workflows.

FastAPI Python PostgreSQL SQLAlchemy Docker Render Cybersecurity REST API pytest GitHub Actions

Network Incident API

Backend REST API for managing network security incidents, assets and users, with authentication, relational persistence, automated testing and containerized deployment.

FastAPI Python PostgreSQL JWT Docker Alembic pytest

Personal Portfolio Website

Personal website used to present my profile, technical projects, CV and contact information. Deployed with a custom domain and maintained through GitHub.

HTML CSS Responsive Design GitHub Pages

Other Technical Projects

Network Traffic Simulation with NS2

Simulated Poisson traffic across multiple nodes to analyze packet loss, delay and throughput under constrained network conditions.

NS2 C++ Bash Networking

Machine Learning Experiments

Built classification workflows using preprocessing, feature analysis and model evaluation to compare predictive performance.

Python Pandas NumPy Scikit-learn

Technical Skills

Web & Backend

  • REST API development
  • FastAPI
  • Authentication with JWT and API keys
  • PostgreSQL / SQLAlchemy
  • Backend testing and API design

Programming

  • Python
  • C++
  • Java
  • Bash
  • HTML / CSS

Tools & Systems

  • Linux
  • Git / GitHub
  • Docker / Docker Compose
  • GitHub Actions
  • Render deployment

Networking & Security

  • TCP/IP
  • Network simulation
  • Security event processing
  • Incident-oriented backend workflows
  • Distributed systems fundamentals

Currently Looking For

I am currently looking for a Software Engineering internship, especially in backend engineering, web development, cybersecurity-oriented applications, distributed systems or data-driven platforms.

Contact

Email: isaac@balamrodriguez.com

LinkedIn: View LinkedIn

GitHub: View GitHub

CV: View CV