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IT Technician
Ticonderoga Central School District
Oct 2024 - Present
Built and operated a secure phishing simulation and detection environment using GoPhish, SMTP, SPF/DKIM, and HTTPS, enabling continuous monitoring of user risk and reducing successful phishing by 30%. Monitored and protected 1,000+ endpoints across Windows, macOS, and ChromeOS using SentinelOne EDR, triaging alerts, investigating suspicious activity, and supporting rapid containment. Enforced identity, device, and security policies through MDM and access controls, strengthening endpoint security, compliance, and audit readiness. Designed a multi-year security program aligned with NIST-CSF, ISO 27001, and CIS benchmarks, translating regulatory requirements into operational detection and response controls. Delivered phishing and incident reporting training to 150+ users, improving human-layer defenses and threat identification.
Cybersecurity Intern
DataGrid Solutions
Mar 2021 - Jul 2021
Conducted automated and manual security testing using Nikto, Nmap, Burp Suite, and Wireshark on Kali Linux, identifying and documenting 15 critical vulnerabilities across three production applications. Investigated and remediated high-risk payment gateway vulnerabilities, reducing potential financial and fraud exposure by 70% through exploit validation and secure configuration changes. Partnered with developers to harden applications by implementing input validation, output encoding, and secure HTTP headers, improving resistance to OWASP attacks such as SQL injection and XSS.
Teaching Assistant - Network Security
Pennsylvania State University
Jan 2023 - May 2024
Guided 150 students through debugging labs involving Docker-based services, network scripts, firewalls, VPNs, DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP and server applications, reinforcing problem-solving approaches. Guided students through attack and response scenarios based on MITRE ATT&CK data exfiltration, authentication bypass, and SQL server compromise, reinforcing incident analysis and remediation techniques. Performed vulnerability scanning and detection engineering using Nmap, Nessus, and Snort, generating actionable security reports and IDS rules to identify and mitigate network and host-based threats.
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Master of Science - Cyber Security - Pennsylvania State University
2022 - 2024 · Afghanistan
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science - NMIMS University
2017 - 2022 · Afghanistan
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