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Rehan Awan

@rehanawan1

Cybersecurity Engineer behind Sentinel-X, an AI-powered IDS/IPS and SIEM platform that achieved 90%+ classification accuracy in internal testing.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I'm available immediately for on-site roles in Islamabad or remote roles.

At Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, I built Sentinel-X, an AI-powered dual-layer IDS/IPS and SIEM platform for real-time monitoring and security event correlation. Its XGBoost and LightGBM models achieved 90%+ classification accuracy in internal testing.

Across cybersecurity internships at Tech Hierarchy, Black Byt3, Redynox, CodeAlpha, and DevelopersHub Corporation, I worked on network monitoring, vulnerability assessments, SIEM event correlation, API testing, and malware analysis. I also trained machine-learning models for anomaly detection at Artificial Intelligence Community of Pakistan.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Network Security Intern

Tech Hierarchy

Feb 2026 - Mar 2026 (1 month)

Monitored live network traffic using Wireshark and Nmap, identifying anomalous patterns for escalation. Reviewed and tuned IDS/IPS detection rules, reducing false-positive alerts by approximately 20%.

Wireshark Nmap IDS IPS Network Traffic Monitoring Security Reporting

Cyber Security & CEH Intern

Black Byt3

Aug 2025 - Nov 2025 (3 months)

Conducted 10+ end-to-end vulnerability assessments using Kali Linux, Nmap, Nikto, and Burp Suite. Executed OSINT and attack surface mapping, manual exploitation, and CVSS-based scoring, compiling remediation reports.

Kali Linux Nmap Nikto Burp suite OSINT Vulnerability Assessment CVSS Exploitation DVWA TryHackMe

Cyber Security Intern

Redynox

Jun 2025 - Jul 2025 (1 month)

Correlated SIEM events and optimized IDS/IPS and firewall rule sets, reducing incident detection time by 25%. Assessed security posture of 5+ client environments and participated in simulated attack/defense drills.

SIEM IDS IPS Firewalls Incident Detection Security Assessments Attack and Defend

Cyber Security Intern

CodeAlpha

May 2025 - Jun 2025 (1 month)

Reviewed 8+ API endpoints against OWASP API Security Top 10, identifying XSS, SQL Injection, and CSRF vulnerabilities. Worked on structured penetration testing simulations using OWASP ZAP and Burp Suite.

OWASP API Security Top 10 XSS SQL Injection CSRF OWASP ZAP Burp suite Penetration Testing

Cyber Security Intern

DevelopersHub Corporation

Mar 2025 - Apr 2025 (1 month)

Performed reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning, and controlled exploitation across 5+ lab environments. Conducted static analysis of 3 malware samples using Ghidra and applied STRIDE threat modelling.

Reconnaissance Vulnerability Scanning Exploitation Ghidra Malware Analysis STRIDE Model Technical Documentation

Machine Learning Intern

Artificial Intelligence Community of Pakistan

Apr 2024 - Jun 2024 (2 months)

Designed and trained 2 machine learning classification models for anomaly detection using Scikit-learn, NumPy, and Pandas. Researched AI-driven threat classification approaches for SIEM and intrusion detection pipelines.

Machine Learning scikit learn NumPy Pandas Anomaly Detection Threat Classification (MITRE ATT&CK)