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Anda Ben

@andaben

Cybersecurity professional with expertise in penetration testing, EduTech and DevOps.

South Africa
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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that challenges me and allows for growth in cybersecurity.

Expert Cybersecurity Engineer and SRE with over 5 years of experience specializing in penetration testing, cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure), and DevOps. Proven value proposition in identifying critical IOT/API vulnerabilities and automating high-availability systems, resulting in significant technical debt reduction and operational cost savings. Proficient at bridging the gap between deep technical security assessments and scalable, resilient engineering.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Accenture logoAC
Current

Cybersecurity Engineer

Oct 2022 - Present (3 years 7 months)

penetration tested IoT and CPE devices, identifying 20+ critical vulnerabilities.
Mitigated hardware procurement in rigorous security onboarding.
Executed advanced Web and API security assessments, improving overall security posture by 40%.
Engineered automated attack simulation scripts in Python and disassembled devices to demonstrate tangible security risks.

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Teaching Assistant & Tutor

May 2025 - Nov 2025 (6 months)

Delivered a specialized 6-month cybersecurity course to diverse global cohorts, focusing on cybersecurity, networking, and Linux system administration.
Prepared 200+ students for the Security+ certification, with a core focus on red team tactics, blue team defense, and digital forensics.
Facilitated hands-on labs and provided expert technical guidance.

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Learning Specialist & Tutor

Aug 2023 - Jul 2025 (1 year 11 months)

Tutoring students remotely on various cybersecurity topics, providing feedback on assignments, and collaborating with instructors to enhance learning experiences. Promotes cybersecurity awareness and maintains up-to-date knowledge of trends.

AH

Site Reliability Engineer

aYo Holdings

Jul 2021 - Sep 2022 (1 year 2 months)

Deployed monitoring solutions, managed server overloads, and worked on cloud migration projects. Provided architectural guidance to improve system performance and reliability.

ML

DevOps Engineer Intern

Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited

Mar 2021 - Jul 2021 (4 months)

Monitored automated build processes, researched new technologies, and automated backup procedures. Collaborated with developers to enhance application performance.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

WE

WeThinkCode_

Certification, Software Engineering

Major in software engineering, covering key areas such as algorithms, agile methodologies, data structures, application development, and system administration.

WE

WeThinkCode_

NQF Level 5, Information Technology

2019 - 2021

Completed NQF Level 5 in Information Technology , focusing on software engineering, algorithms, agile methodologies, data structures, application development, application design, system and network administration, and DevOps.

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