Shifat
Ghazi

Software Engineering co-op student seeking Summer 2027 internship opportunities, with hands-on experience developing high-performance networking software, automation tooling, and data engineering solutions. Experienced in C/C++, Python, Java, and Linux through work at Kinaxis, Ciena, and the Government of Canada, with a strong focus on performance optimization, automation, and real-world engineering problems.

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Carleton University · SWE

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About Me

Building real systems,
not just homework.

I'm a Software Engineering student at Carleton University with hands-on industry experience across 4 internships — building automation software at Kinaxis, optical networking software at Ciena, data pipelines for the Government of Canada, and ML research at Carleton University.

My work spans systems programming, data engineering, and applied AI. I hold a Government of Canada Secret Clearance and I'm drawn to problems where performance and reliability actually matter.

Outside of code, I'm active in the student tech community — Director of Technology for CUSEC, Project Manager at CU Blueprint, and VP External at SCESoc.

Carleton University

Sep 2022 – Apr 2028

B.Eng. Software Engineering, Co-op · GPA 3.7/4.0

Awards

🏆 3.7/4.0 GPA 🔒 Secret Clearance 📋 PM @ CU Blueprint 💻 Dir. of Tech @ CUSEC 🤝 VP External @ SCESoc

Coursework

Real-Time Systems Operating Systems Embedded Systems Computer Architecture

Internships

50%

Latency cut @ Ciena

3.7

GPA / 4.0

Experience

Where I've worked

From automation tooling to optical networking to federal data infrastructure — and leading in the student tech community.

Kinaxis

Sept 2026 – Present

Software Engineer Intern

Kanata, Ontario

Building enterprise applications on the GCC (Global Customer Care) Design & Solution Development team to automate business workflows and enable intelligent self-service.
Developing an LLM-powered Intelligent Front Door chatbot with Apex backend services and LWC (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), deploying its application engine on Salesforce.
Integrating Salesforce with n8n via MCP servers to orchestrate LLM agents, while evaluating the LangChain framework for code-based orchestration.
Integrating 10,000+ KB articles, resolved cases, Jira tickets, and Confluence pages into vector storage via data pipelines, enabling Coveo retrieval with user-specific access controls.
Running application servers on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and writing Terraform scripts to automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment.

SalesforceApexLWCn8nMCPLLM AgentsLangChainCoveoGCPTerraform

Ciena

Sept 2025 – Aug 2026

Software Engineer Intern

Kanata, Ontario

Developed optical networking software in C, C++, and Python on Linux for the Waveserver Platform, spanning CLI, microservices, and hardware integration.
Redesigned request routing in the Model Translator microservice to communicate directly through Traffic Manager, removing Config Manager from the critical path and reducing end-to-end latency.
Migrated Waveserver CLI commands from internal YANG models to the External YANG northbound interface (NBI) through the WS-YANG Domain, preserving CLI behaviour while decoupling from legacy models.
Performed hardware–software integration testing on Waveserver hardware by injecting test attributes into XCVR modules, analyzing packet responses, and tracing defects across system architecture.
Developed and validated software using Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Docker, Yocto, Kubernetes, JIRA, Grafana, GDB, gTest, and ptest within Linux-based development environments.

C/C++PythonLinuxYANGKubernetesJenkinsDockerGDB

Government of Canada

Jan 2025 – Aug 2025

Data Engineer Intern

Gatineau, Quebec

Developed a Governance App using Power Apps to centralize large-scale Dataverse and SharePoint datasets, improving accessibility and reducing workflow complexity by 50%.
Built ETL pipelines and data dashboards using SQL, Python, Power BI, and Azure (Databricks, Synapse, Data Factory) to support data-driven decision-making.
Designed and automated data access workflows using Power Automate, implementing security group-based approval processes to control permissions across datasets.

SQLAzurePower AppsDatabricksPythonPower BI

Carleton University

May 2025 – Aug 2025

Undergraduate ML Research Assistant

Ottawa, Ontario

Applied local LLMs (Ollama, Python) to analyze firewall logs and find anomalies, automating cybersecurity tasks.
Designed and implemented RAG pipelines to extract and contextualize threat intelligence from large security datasets.

LLMsRAGOllamaPython

Flex Point Security

May 2024 – Aug 2024

IT Security Intern

Toronto, Ontario

Automated administrative and security tasks with Python scripts, reducing manual workload.
Supported IT infrastructure and cloud security tools (Kali Linux, Ruby, Windows VMs).
Completed hands-on labs in Steganography and Capture-the-Flag (CTF) challenges.

PythonKali LinuxCTFRuby

🤝 Volunteering

CU Blueprint

Sept 2023 – April 2024

Project Manager

Ottawa, Ontario

Managed a team of web developers, UI/UX designers, and a red team.
Established design, algorithm, testing, and debugging processes for a web project.
Handled project delivery tracking with Jira, Power BI, and Microsoft Office.

CUSEC — Carleton Delegation

Sept 2023 – April 2024

Director of Technology

Montreal, Quebec

Administered all technology projects for Canada's largest SWE conference delegation.
Executed website development supporting a database of up to 10k attendees.
Managed QA, image mirroring, website responsiveness, and integration testing.

SCESoc

Sept 2024 – April 2025

VP Assistant External

Ottawa, Ontario

Coordinated partnerships with industry professionals and alumni.
Assisted in planning tech talks, info sessions, and networking nights.
Represented SCESoc in meetings with sponsors and external organizations.

Kumon / Shoppers Drug Mart

2018 – 2025

Teaching Assistant & Pharmacy Assistant

Ottawa, Ontario

Kumon (2018–2023): Marked tests and taught study strategies for Math and English students.
Shoppers Drug Mart (2023–2025): Managed patient records software and maintained store operations.

In Action

More than just code

Whether it's automating workflows at Kinaxis, shipping features at Ciena, or helping students navigate their careers at SCESoc events, I bring the same energy to everything I do.

I believe great engineers communicate well, show up for their communities, and keep learning. That philosophy drives everything from my internship work to my campus involvement.

Projects

Things I've built

Systems programming, game dev, web apps, and low-level engineering.

📡

NetWatch — Network Anomaly Detection

Real-time C++20 detection engine that ingests optical network telemetry via inotify, runs rolling Z-score anomaly detection across 5 metrics, and streams alerts over a gRPC server-streaming API with a live web dashboard.

C++20PythongRPCProtobufDockerinotify

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Concurrency Across Shared Memory

Multi-process database coordination in C using semaphores and shared memory with deadlock-free and livelock-free synchronization protocols.

CSemaphoresShared MemoryLinux

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Text-Based Facebook

A text-based social network in C using linked lists and dynamic memory allocation to manage user data, relationships, and interactions from scratch.

CLinked ListsMemory Management

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🎮

Graphics-Based 4×4 Card Game

An interactive graphical card game in Java using the Processing library with custom rendering and game logic.

JavaProcessingOOP

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🌦

Weather App

React-based weather app demonstrating component-based development, state management, API integration, and responsive design.

ReactJavaScriptCSS

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🔧

32-ARM Assembly Debugger

An assembler and debugger for 32-bit ARM assembly exploring low-level instruction sets, parsing, and execution.

ARM AssemblyLow-Level

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🐍

Internal Interrupt Simulation

Python simulation of internal interrupt handling demonstrating OS concepts such as interrupt-driven I/O and process scheduling.

PythonOS Concepts

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🏀

NBA Stats Database

Relational NBA statistics database in SQLite with a Python CLI, enabling queries across players, teams, games, and seasons using raw SQL — no ORM.

PythonSQLiteSQLCLIDatabase Design

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Tech I work with

// languages

C/C++PythonJavaSQLJavaScriptTypeScriptC#BashCOBOLRexxRuby

// frameworks

ReactNode.jsExpress.jsFlaskASP.NET CoreNext.jsRazor Pages

// cloud & data

GCPAzureDatabricksAWSSynapseData FactorySQL ServerDataverseRAG

// devops & automation

TerraformDockerKubernetesn8nJenkinsGitGrafanaJiraLinuxKali LinuxOllamaYocto

// salesforce

ApexLightning Web ComponentsSalesforce Development

Resume

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My Resume

A 4+ year co-op student with hands-on internship experience in systems programming, data engineering, and applied ML — all before finishing my degree.