Majed Saeed

Majed Saeed

Cloud Engineer · Cloud Security · Cybersecurity · DevSecOps · Automation

Final-semester Computer Science student (UTeM) specializing in cloud engineering, cloud security, and cybersecurity. Hands-on experience building and securing AWS environments with Python automation and serverless services, plus SIEM-based security monitoring, intrusion detection, and incident response in self-built labs.

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Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Education
Degree
Bachelor of Computer Science
University
Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)
Graduation
Expected 2027 — Final Semester
Technical skills
Cloud & AWS
IAM, EC2, S3, VPC, CloudWatch, AWS Config, Lambda, EventBridge, SNS, AWS CLI
DevSecOps & Automation
Git, GitHub, security automation, auto-remediation, Python scripting
Security & SOC
Splunk, Wazuh, SIEM, Snort IDS, log analysis, threat detection, incident response
Networking
Nmap, Wireshark, TCP/IP, firewalls, network security
Linux & Programming
Python, Bash, Ubuntu, Kali Linux, Windows
Security practices
IAM least privilege, compliance, hardening, endpoint security
Selected projects

Cloud Misconfiguration Auto-Remediation — Capstone Project

Event-driven security platform detecting and auto-remediating AWS misconfigurations via AWS Config, EventBridge-triggered Lambda, SNS alerting, and CloudWatch monitoring. Enforces least privilege by design.

AWS Config, Lambda, EventBridge, SNS, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, Python

Cloud Engineering on AWS

End-to-end AWS infrastructure across IAM, EC2, S3, and VPC following Well-Architected best practices, applying least-privilege IAM roles and policies.

IAM, EC2, S3, VPC, AWS CLI

Splunk SIEM — Linux SSH Authentication Monitoring

Splunk lab ingesting Linux auth logs with search queries and alerts detecting SSH brute-force attempts and anomalous login patterns.

Splunk, SIEM, Linux, Syslog, Log Analysis

Wazuh SIEM — Endpoint Security Monitoring

Wazuh deployment with Ubuntu manager and Windows 10 agent for centralized endpoint detection and security event monitoring.

Wazuh, SIEM, Ubuntu, Windows 10, Endpoint Security

Snort IDS — Network Intrusion Detection

Snort IDS lab with custom rules detecting ICMP sweeps and TCP port scans, analyzing alerts to identify reconnaissance activity.

Snort, IDS, Ubuntu, Kali Linux, Custom Rules

EC2 SSH Disaster Recovery

Recovered locked-out EC2 instance by detaching and remounting root EBS volume on a rescue instance, restoring access with zero data loss.

EC2, EBS, Linux, SSH, Incident Response
Certification

Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

Google — via Coursera. AWS certification in progress.