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Kasim Mustapha

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Operations Support Engineer at Wazuh Inc. supporting enterprise SIEM clusters and built Habeny, an open-source SIEM benchmarking platform.

Nigeria
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At Wazuh Inc., I administer, troubleshoot, and optimize multi-node Wazuh SIEM clusters for enterprise customers. I work on upgrades, performance tuning, and integrations, and deliver YAML and ruleset changes to address issues found in client environments.

I also collaborate with detection teams to refine alert rules and correlation logic, and maintain GitHub-based configuration and documentation repositories for client infrastructures. My work includes investigating complex agent, manager, and indexer issues and documenting solutions to recurring platform problems.

For my M.Sc. thesis at Innopolis University, I designed and built Habeny, an open-source LXC/Incus test-bed for benchmarking Wazuh, Elastic Stack, and UTMStack. The platform automates agent enrollment and configuration and includes nine rules for detecting performance bottlenecks.

My earlier work included network support at ipNX Nigeria Limited and SOC monitoring, vulnerability assessments, and incident investigations at CyberDome Limited. I also hold a B.Sc. in Computer Science (Cyber Security Science) and certifications including Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Wazuh Inc. logoWI
Current

Operations Support Engineer

Wazuh Inc.

Apr 2022 - Present (4 years 6 months)

Administer, troubleshoot, and optimize multi-node Wazuh SIEM clusters for enterprise customers, supporting upgrades, performance tuning, and integrations. Resolve high-volume Jira tickets, conduct health checks, and collaborate with detection teams to refine alert rules.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Innopolis University logoIU

Innopolis University

Master of Science, Secure Systems and Network Engineering

2024 - 2026

Activities and societies: Thesis: Benchmarking SIEM performance and scalability in enterprise environments using an LXC-based distributed test-bed (Habeny). Focus areas: security architecture, SIEM performance and scalability, advanced threat detection.

Completed an M.Sc. in Secure Systems and Network Engineering with a thesis benchmarking SIEM platforms on a custom LXC-based test-bed, published as the open-source Habeny platform.

Amazon Web Services logoAS

Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Cloud Computing

2023 - 2023

Earned the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.

Microsoft logoMI

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate, Security Operations

2022 - 2022

Earned the Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate certification.

United Nations logoUN

United Nations

Cyber Diplomacy, Cyber Diplomacy

2020 - 2020

Earned the Cyber Diplomacy certification.

Carbon Black logoCB

Carbon Black

CB Defense Associate Analyst, Endpoint Security

2020 - 2020

Earned the CB Defense Associate Analyst certification.

Fortinet logoFO

Fortinet

Network Security Analyst 1 & 2, Network Security

2020 - 2020

Earned the Network Security Analyst 1 and 2 certifications.

Huawei logoHU

Huawei

HCIA Routing and Switching, Networking

2020 - 2020

Earned the HCIA Routing and Switching certification.

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EC-Council

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Practical, Ethical Hacking

2020 - 2020

Earned the Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Practical certification.

Federal University of Technology, Minna logoFM

Federal University of Technology, Minna

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (Cyber Security Science)

2014 - 2019

Activities and societies: Thesis: Data privacy software combining RSA asymmetric encryption with image steganography, implemented in Python.

Earned a B.Sc. in Computer Science with a focus on Cyber Security Science, completing a thesis on data privacy software combining RSA encryption with image steganography.

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