Armando Levario Alvarez
alev[email protected] | (915)-250-4930 | El Paso, TX | armandol.com
EDUCATION
The University of Texas At El Paso (UTEP) May, 2027
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science El Paso, TX
GPA: 3.68
▪ Enrolled in Spring 2025 Google Tech Exchange Cohort
o Received college credit for courses taught by Google Software Engineers
o Introduction to Software Development w/ Gen AI, Advanced Data Structures & Algorithms w/ Gen
AI, Careers in Technology
EXPERIENCE
University of Texas at El Paso Nov. 2024-Present
Cyberpatriot Technical Mentor, UTEP Computer Science (Feb. 2025-Present)
▪ Instruct 50+ students during summer camp
▪ Develop and present educational material relating to basic Cybersecurity concepts
▪ Meet with students on a weekly basis and train for the AFA Cybersecurity competition
Undergraduate Research Assistant, College of Health Sciences (Nov. 2024-Present)
▪ Joined a research team examining 50,000+ social media comments to estimate community sentiments based on
usage patterns of language
El Paso Community College Oct. 2022-Dec. 2024
Research Assistant, El Paso Community College (2022,2023)
▪ Analyzed documents relating to successful cyber security education strategies and areas for improvement
▪ Contributed to a key database to be used in future research projects by XAI research affinity group
▪ Co-authored “Integrating Adversarial Thinking Into Fundamentals of Computer Science Courses.”, which was
presented by Dr. Christian Servin at the 30th Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop.
PROJECTS
Software Development Capstone, Google Tech Exchange
▪ Designed and developed a full-stack social media website prototype during the Google Tech Exchange
program.
▪ Engineered the full application logic using Python, including both backend services and the rendering of the
application's frontend interface
▪ Managed data persistence and complex queries by implementing a relational database structure with SQL.
GMiS CTF Hackathon 3rd Place Winner
▪ Secured 3rd place in a competitive Capture The Flag event
▪ Successfully exploited vulnerabilities in categories including Cryptography, Forensics, Reverse Engineering,
and Web Exploitation
Python Reddit Comment Scraper
▪ Developed a specialized Python script to overcome standard API limitations, using the Pushshift API to
efficiently gather historical and large-scale Reddit data.
▪ Extracted 20,000+ comments to be used for research.
SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS
▪ Skills: Python, Java, JavaScript, HTML, SQL, Firebase, Git, Gemini AI |Fluent in English & Spanish