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DevSecOps Engineer with 2 years of experience across four progressive roles in a single product focused startup covering security research, firewall engineering, CI/CD pipeline security, Kubernetes infrastructure, and AI agent design. Skilled in integrating SAST, DAST, and SCA into Jenkins pipelines, managing cloud infrastructure with Terraform, and automating operations with Python and Go. Built security aware AI agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio. Strong Linux fundamentals and a clear interest in growing deeper in infrastructure engineering.
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Security Engineer Research & POC
Cogniwide Technologies
Jun 2024 - Jan 2025
Built foundational knowledge in cloud infrastructure, networking, and secure architecture through hands-on implementation and self-directed learning. Deployed Wazuh SIEM with detection rules for log ingestion and security event correlation across the organization's infrastructure. Ran adversary simulations using Caldera (MITRE ATT&CK framework) to map attacker TTPs and validate detection coverage end to end.
AI Automation Engineer (Security Aware Agent Design)
Cogniwide Technologies
Jan 2026 - Present
Designed ISO standards compliance agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Automate, applying security controls: least-privilege access, input validation, and audit logging. Applied GenAI security practices to ensure safe, reliable, and compliant agent behavior in an enterprise environment.
DevSecOps Engineer (Internal Developer Platform)
Cogniwide Technologies
Jan 2025 - Present
Automated Jenkins CI/CD pipelines with SAST, DAST (OWASP ZAP), and SCA quality gates preventing vulnerable code from reaching production. Deployed and managed Kubernetes cluster monitoring with metrics, logging, and alerting stacks to support observability and incident response. Automated environment provisioning and security hardening using Go and Python scripts across dev, staging, and production. Managed Terraform IaC on AWS for consistent, auditable cloud infrastructure deployments. Identified and remediated 70+ CVEs across Go and Python services through SonarQube, Trivy, and OWASP ZAP — including false positive analysis and triage before production.
Firewall Engineer at Telecommunication Enterprise
Cogniwide Technologies
Jan 2025 - Nov 2025
Owned enterprise firewall management rule lifecycle, policy enforcement, change control, and audit compliance for the entire organization. Monitored network traffic, identified anomalies, and implemented targeted firewall rules to continuously reduce the attack surface. Documented firewall policies, network topology diagrams, and change logs establishing the company's first structured network security runbooks.
Education
B.Tech Information Technology - Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
- 2024 · Afghanistan
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