Nov 2025 – Feb 2026 · 3 mos

• Global OffSec rank 408 and still progressing, also having OSCP & OSCP+

Aug 2025 – Sep 2025 · 1 mo · Cairo, Egypt · On-site

• Gained hands-on exposure to multiple security domains, including:
• Network Security: Fundamentals, endpoint protection strategies, and threat mitigation.
• Application Security: Secure coding principles, vulnerability identification, and mitigation techniques.
• Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR): Investigation workflows, artifact analysis, and evidence handling.
• Security Operations Center (SOC): Monitoring, alert triage, and incident handling procedures.
• Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC): Policy frameworks, risk assessment, and regulatory alignment.
• Data Protection: Privacy principles, data classification, and security controls for sensitive information.

Jun 2025 – Feb 2026 · 8 mos · Remote

• Achieved Pro-Hacker Tier (achieved by only 0.58% of HTB users worldwide), #90 in Egypt on Hack The Box.

Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 · 1 mo · Ireland · Remote

• Key Contributions:
• 🧠 Automated large-scale data collection by writing Python scripts to scrape and parse torrent metadata and magnet links from multiple sources.
• 🧹 Built high-volume data cleaning pipelines to normalize and sanitize unstructured text files, ensuring data consistency and deduplication.
• 🔁 Implemented resilient error handling & retry logic to recover from server errors (e.g., HTTP 503) and maintain uptime during scraping operations.
• 🚀 Optimized script performance for faster parsing and reduced memory overhead during continuous, high-load tasks.
• 📡 Integrated data export mechanisms to securely transmit cleaned datasets to remote APIs and storage endpoints.
• 📂 Handled terabyte-scale datasets, applying fault-tolerant logic to ensure reliable parsing and incremental progress backup.

Apr 2025 – Sep 2025 · 5 mos · Cairo, Egypt · Remote

• Ranked #1 in Egypt and #4 worldwide on CyberTalents, solving hands-on cybersecurity challenges across penetration testing, digital forensics, incident response, threat hunting, and network security.
• Earned multiple CyberTalents certifications, including Penetration Testing, Web App Security, Active Directory, Incident Response, Digital Forensics, SOC Analysis, Threat Hunting, Windows, and Network Security.

Dec 2024 – Dec 2025 · 1 yr · Remote

• Achieved 3rd place on the All-Time Egypt Leaderboard, with ongoing efforts to improve this ranking.
• Secured 1st place on the Egypt Leaderboard for March.
• Attained 4th place on the Worldwide Leaderboard for March.
• Ranked 156th on the All-Time Worldwide Leaderboard, with ongoing efforts to improve this ranking.

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Cairo, Egypt

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Remote

• EC-Council is a global leader in cybersecurity education and certification.
• As part of my practical and certification-focused journey, I have attained multiple advanced offensive security certifications, including:
• ✅ CEH v12
• 🛠️ CEH Practical
• 🛡️ CEH Master
• 🎯 CPENT (Certified Penetration Testing Professional)
• 🏴‍☠️ LPT Master (Licensed Penetration Tester)
• 🤖 C|OASP (Certified Offensive AI Security Professional) — Currently enrolled, exam in progress

Jan 2015 – Dec 2022 · 7 yrs 11 mos · Cairo, Egypt