Cyber Forensic Specialist - Security Intelligence Management Group
Saudi Aramco
Total years of experience :12 years, 2 Months
- Working as forensic specialist conducting host, network and memory forensic investigations utilizing enterprise forensic solution and different approaches.
- Working on Malware static and dynamic analysis which also includes performing reverse engineering and code deobfuscation.
- Conducting cyber intelligence on current adversaries. This includes profiling threat actors, collecting indicators, TTPs and correlating all the gathered intelligence to build a profile. This is done manually and also utilizing other approaches to collect these information from open, deep and dark web.
- Working on logs analysis and parsing using Bash scripting and Python.
- Managing the corporate CSIRT domain infrastructure.
- Worked as Unix system security Specialist, conducting different security activities on Unix systems such as compliance and vulnerability assessments via commercial tools and in-house bash scripts.
- Discovery of Unix systems on corporate network.
- Led a team to establish a Cyber Intelligence functionality within the security division.
- Working on different projects within the Security Division such as Unix to Linux migration and implementing security baselines on Unix/Linux systems.
- Worked on different proof of concepts projects for vulnerability and compliance solutions.
-Worked on managing database sensors monitoring and deployment.
- Worked on different database protection projects with the team and onsite consultants.
- Worked as programming lab tutor for first year students at Dublin City University. Monitoring their lab session and making sure they are following the lab sheet. Also, helping students with technical programming problems.
- Developed my programming skills by learning from other’s mistakes.
- Worked in a team with other tutors to mark assignments.
- Worked as tutor for a blind student as assigned by the disability office.
• Improved understanding about software engineering and producing large scale software by developing components and using design patterns. • Practiced applying new software process methodologies like Agile and Extreme Programming. In addition, learned a lot about teamwork while working on different projects. • Researched about different methods of parallelising application, improving performance and solving problems in a concurrent way. • Programmed software with the ability of using multi-core processors and researched about many-cores computers. • Gained knowledge about data analytics and visualisation while working on different datasets from different warehouses. • Developed data engineering ethical and societal related issues such as access, storage and maintenance. • Researched a variety of approaches used in Database Management System, to address the challenges raised by new software architectures, new kinds of data resources and new computational fabrics. • Researched the software design patterns that can be used as composition operators for component-based development.
• Gained general information about software processes and how to develop and manage software projects. • Developed RSS feed reader for Android application as an assignment to the Advanced Java module. • Experienced teamwork while working on laboratory experiments. • Experienced how to solve problems using computer and algorithms during lab workshops. • Gained general information about database management systems. • Developed project planning, analysis and management skills by applying them on a prototype software project for iPhone application. • Improved my technical writing skills.
• Gained rich knowledge about programming especially Java language. • Gained more knowledge in Math. • Developed my Academic writing during weekly reports. • Developed my marketing skills and implemented my marketing strategies on real projects as part of the Marketing module. • Worked as a programming lab tutor for first year students.
Sep 2005- April 2006 King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals Orientation Year • Improved both my English and math skills as while taking the two preparatory year programs. Preparatory Math+ Preparatory English.