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Abdul Wahid Khan

DevSecOps • Cloud Security • Automation

Abdul Wahid Khan

DevSecOps Engineer • System Administrator

Secure deployments, resilient CI/CD, and cloud‑first architectures. I integrate security into delivery pipelines and build scalable monitoring for high confidence releases.

Work Experience

System Administrator / DevSecOps Engineer

Lixta Networks
Bhiwandi, Mumbai
Jan 2025 – Present

Managed and monitored Linux servers; automated tasks with Cron, Python, and Ansible

Deployed Kubernetes for containerized workloads; maintained CI/CD with GitHub Actions

Implemented monitoring with Prometheus; handled L1–L2 incidents and support

Provisioned servers with Ansible; supported AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, IAM)

Education

M.Sc. Cyber Security

National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU)
2025 – 2027
  • Application & Cloud Security, Network Defense, Digital Forensics, Risk Management
  • Research on secure deployments and DevSecOps in containerized/cloud‑native environments
  • Security integrated into vulnerability management and compliance automation

B.Sc. Information Technology

University of Mumbai
2022 – 2025
CGPA: 9.3/10
Top‑ranking
Highest SGPA: 9.8
  • Student Representative; Technical Head of Technotia (Feb 2025)
  • Built a secure Python‑based LAN suite for event coordination and tracking

Technical Skills

Expert
Advanced
Intermediate
AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, IAM)Expert
Production-level expertise with deep knowledge
GCPAdvanced
Strong working knowledge and practical experience
AzureIntermediate
Working knowledge with some practical experience
TerraformAdvanced
Strong working knowledge and practical experience
AnsibleExpert
Production-level expertise with deep knowledge
DockerExpert
Production-level expertise with deep knowledge
KubernetesExpert
Production-level expertise with deep knowledge
HelmAdvanced
Strong working knowledge and practical experience
VMware / Hyper‑VAdvanced
Strong working knowledge and practical experience

Key Projects

RAKSHAK

Quantum malware detection using feature embeddings for zero-day and polymorphic threats. Offline sandbox & forensic tools with metadata logging. Qt/C++ dashboard and adaptive quantum‑classical ML pipeline (≥80% detection on constrained datasets).

Quantum ML
Python
Qt/C++
Security
Sandboxing

CloudMesh

Cloud microservices platform with end‑to‑end automation (Terraform, AWS EKS). CI/CD via GitHub Actions for container builds/tests. Centralized logging & monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana.

Terraform
Kubernetes
GitHub Actions
Prometheus
AWS/GCP

AutoInstaller

Automated installer framework with WebSocket coordination. 96.5% success, 88% auto‑resolution; saves ~20 hrs/month and cuts post‑deployment errors by 55%.

Python
WebSocket
Git
PowerShell
Automation

Achievements & Recognition

⚔️
Oct 2025

Ranked Top 65 / 6600 – Indian Army Terrier Cyber Quest

National Hackathon

🕵️‍♂️
Sep 2025

4th Place – RedTeam Chennai CTF

Capture The Flag (CTF) Competition

🧠
Sep 2025

Top 10 – NFSU Inter‑Campus CTF

Capture The Flag (CTF) Competition

💡
Jun 2025

1st Prize – Women’s Safety Predictive Analytics Tool

NFSU Internal College Hackathon

🚀
May 2025

1st Prize – Innovative Awareness Solutions

NFSU Inter‑department Technical Activities

🏆
Aug 2024

Winner – Delhi Police Cyber Challenge

National Hackathon | CyberPeace & Delhi Police

🥈
Mar 2024

2nd Place – Web Devicon

K.S. Model College Intercollegiate Competition

🐛
Feb 2024

1st Place – Bug Hunt & Code Debug

RKT College TechTrove Intercollegiate Event

Open‑Source & Volunteering

GSSoC‑EXT 2024
Ranked 6th in Top 50 Mentors • Mentored and reviewed 25+ merged PRs
Linux Kernel Development
Optimized MT6785 kernels; reduced latency and improved battery efficiency with kernel‑level patches.
Open link
Mentor • IIT Kharagpur Winter of Code
Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
Mentor • GirlScript Summer of Code – Extd
Sep 2024 – Jan 2025

Get In Touch

Ready to optimize deployments, secure cloud infrastructure, or set up scalable monitoring? Let’s connect.

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