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kaleab Zegeye

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AI Security Engineer at AfterQuery and Ethio-CERT, authoring AI security benchmarks and investigating real incidents.

Ethiopia

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At AfterQuery and a second AI evaluation platform, I design, solve, and audit cybersecurity tasks used to benchmark frontier AI models. For Project Fenrir, I build and review C/C++ fuzzing and memory-safety tasks, validating crash reproduction, root causes, and mitigation logic.

At Ethio-CERT, I investigate security incidents from detection through recovery, focusing on Linux systems and log evidence. I also represented Ethio-CERT at the IGAD Regional Cyber Drill 2026 and produce reports mapped to MITRE ATT&CK.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Incident Response Analyst

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Ethio-CERT

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Investigate and respond to security incidents from detection through containment, eradication, and recovery, focusing on Linux systems and log evidence. Represented Ethio-CERT at the IGAD Regional Cyber Drill 2026 and produce incident reports mapped to MITRE ATT&CK.

Incident Response Digital Forensics Log Forensics Threat Hunting IOC Enrichment Virus Total AbuseIPDB MITRE ATT&CK Incident Reporting

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AI Security Benchmark Contributor

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AfterQuery

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Design, solve, and audit cybersecurity tasks for benchmarking frontier AI models, ensuring technical accuracy and reproducibility. Contributed to Project Fenrir, building and reviewing fuzzing and memory-safety bug tasks in C/C++.

LLM Red Teaming Prompt Injection Jailbreak Testing Adversarial Task Design Benchmark Authoring Rubric Based Grading Fuzz Testing Memory Safety Analysis C C++Python

AGI Intern, Pattern Miner Project

iCog Labs

Dec 2024 - Apr 2025 (4 months)

Developed algorithms and code for the Pattern Miner team, contributing to AGI research under a senior mentor. Participated in weekly AI training sessions and collaborative research reviews.

Algorithm Development AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)Python Collaboration

Machine Learning & Embedded Systems Developer

Adama Science and Technology University

May 2023 - Jul 2023 (2 months)

Integrated YOLOv5 object detection into the embedded controller of a quadruped robot dog. Optimized inference for real-time performance to enable obstacle detection and avoidance.

YOLO V5 Embedded Systems Object Detection Optimization Python