Education

  • Aston University (Birmingham, UK) BSc Cybersecurity - School of Engineering; First Class Honours (1:1) [September 2019 - June 2022]

Courses: Operating Systems, Secure Network Services, Software Development, Distributed Systems, Data Encryption, Cybercrime and Privacy, Networking, Databases, Secure Programming.

  • Bellerbys College (Brighton, UK) Computing Foundation - Computer Science; First (1:1) [September 2018 - August 2019]

Courses: Programming(JAVA & Python), Databases, Web Development, Systems Analysis, Mathematics.

  • The Sultan’s School (Muscat, Oman) IGCSE and International Baccalaureate (IB) [September 2014 - April 2018]

Experience

National Bank of Oman (Muscat, Oman)

◦Senior Security Operations Administrator (Full-time), Information Security Department

[September 2022 - September 2024]

Summary of roles:

  • Maintain and enhance the performance of SIEM distributed systems.
  • Manage SOC team operations.
  • Troubleshoot network & application issues.
  • Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
  • Integrate various systems with SIEM.
  • Provide technical guidance to L1 security analysts.
  • Finetune and enhance existing SIEM rules and log channels.
  • Develop security awareness campaigns and advocate for secure practices.

Skills Summary

  • Programming Languages: Python, JavaScript, JAVA, Rust and C
  • Frameworks: Scikit, LAMP
  • Databases: MySQL
  • Tools: Git, NodeJS, LateX
  • Platforms: Linux, Windows
  • Other Skills: Collaboration, Adapting, Technical Writing, Time Management

Publications/Writings

◦ BSc Dissertation: Investigating the effectiveness of major Internet protocols in addressing DNS privacy concerns (Networking, Privacy); Won CS final year project prize from Aston University (July ’22).

◦ Technical Blog: Dethroning TCP from the Web?; A post on the emergence of QUIC and HTTP3 discussing their influence on the operation of the web domain. (Published on Substack & on this site).

Honours and Awards

  • Computer Science Departmental Final Year Project Prize - for Outstanding Final Year Project [July 2022].
  • Excellent Performance on BSc Cybersecurity programme - for Best overall performance on BSc Cybersecurity programme final year [July 2022].
  • Computing Foundation Student - awarded by Bellerbys College Brighton [August 2019].
  • Accepted into National Bank of Oman’s scholarship scheme [July 2018].