# Toghrul Mustafali

Toghrul Mustafali is a remote worker on Himalayas, Cybersecurity Lecturer at Baku Engineering University, based in Azerbaijan.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@toghrulmustafali

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Security Analyst at PASHA Technology and Sirma Group, with SOC incident response and a tool that automates penetration-testing labs.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Azerbaijan |
| Authorized to work in | Azerbaijan |
| Salary expectations | 61k+ USD |
| Job categories | Security Analyst, SOC Analyst, SOC Specialist, Computing Lecturer |
| Skills | Security Operations Center (SOC), Alert Analysis and Investigation, Incident Response, Incident Remediation and Escalation, Threat Detection, Firewall Source Blocking, Hardening De Endpoints, SIEM, IBM QRadar, Sentinel XDR, Splunk, ELK Stack, Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, Palo Alto Firewalls |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/toghrul-mustafali-20663123b |

## About

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At PASHA Technology LLC, I monitored and triaged alerts in IBM QRadar, investigated incidents, and recommended remediation. I also blocked malicious sources on Cisco and Palo Alto firewalls and tuned SIEM log sources and detection rules.

For my MSc dissertation at the University of Sheffield, I built a tool that provisions vulnerable virtual machines, runs matching attacks, and collects telemetry in ELK/Kibana. I currently teach Information Security Management Systems (ISO/IEC 27001) and Network Security at Baku Engineering University, and am pursuing PhD research on graph-based AI for detecting multi-stage attacks.
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## Experience

### Cybersecurity Lecturer (current)

Baku Engineering University. Sep 2026 - Present

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Deliver English-medium undergraduate coursework in Information Security Management Systems (ISO/IEC 27001) and Network Security. Design comprehensive course and academic assessments aligned with industry standards and theoretical frameworks.
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Skills: ISO-27001, Network-Security, Teaching, Curriculum-Design, Mentorship

### SOC Specialist

PASHA Technology LLC. Jun 2025 - Sep 2025

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Monitored and triaged security alerts in IBM QRadar for companies across PASHA Holding, investigating incidents and recommending remediation. Blocked malicious sources found in alerts by blacklisting them on Cisco and Palo Alto firewalls.
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Skills: IBM-QRadar, SIEM, Incident-Response, Cisco-Secure-Firewalls, Palo-Alto-Firewalls, ITIL, Security-Controls

### SOC Analyst

Sirma Group Holding JSC. Sep 2024 - Mar 2025

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Monitored endpoints and alerts for several client tenants in SentinelOne XDR, investigating and responding to incidents. Removed applications with high-severity CVEs from company endpoints and servers, and ran regular security checks.
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Skills: Sentinel-XDR, Endpoint-Security, Incident-Response, Vulnerability-Management, Documentation

### Virtual Participation Technician

Kronos Enterprise Pty Ltd. Oct 2024 - Nov 2024

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Provided live technical support for remote participants at COP29, the UN climate conference. Managed online meetings on the conference event platform and Microsoft Teams, and coordinated the volunteers supporting them.
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Skills: Technical-Support, Microsoft-Teams, Event-Management, Coordination

### Information Technology Intern

[Microsoft Azerbaijan](https://himalayas.app/companies/microsoft). Sep 2022 - Dec 2022

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Executed secure data wiping protocols on decommissioned hardware, ensuring strict compliance with organizational data protection policies and cybersecurity standards. Managed IT asset inventory, tracking hardware life cycles and optimizing resource allocation across departments.
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Skills: Data-Wiping, IT-Asset-Management, Compliance, Cybersecurity

## Education

### Institute of Mathematics

PhD, Computer Science. 2026 - Present

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Pursuing a PhD in Computer Science with research on graph-based AI for detecting multi-stage attacks in critical infrastructure.
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### University of Sheffield

MSc, Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. 2025 - 2026

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Completed an MSc in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence, including modules on threat hunting, secure software development, and machine learning.
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### Azerbaijan Technical University

BSc, Computer Engineering. 2021 - 2025

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Earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.
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### Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Blue Team Defender Programme, Cybersecurity. 2024 - 2024

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Completed the Blue Team Defender Programme, covering threat analysis, network defense, and incident response with SIEMs.
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### Code Academy

Network Administrator Diploma, Network Administration. 2023 - 2024. Grade: High Honour

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Earned a Network Administrator Diploma with High Honour, focusing on computer networks and network administration.
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## Tech stack

- Splunk
- Microsoft Teams
- Python
- Kibana
- Wireshark
- Kali Linux
- Vagrant
- VirtualBox
- Bash
- Microsoft Sentinel

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