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Mehrad Najafi

Securing the cloud frontier.

Computer Engineering student building resilient, attack-resistant cloud infrastructures. I specialize in Microsoft Azure hardening, Sentinel SIEM deployments, and Linux-based security architecture — treating security not as friction, but as the foundation that enables safe scale.

Arsenal & capabilities.

Azure Security

Identity governance, conditional access policies, and cloud workload protection across the Microsoft ecosystem.

SIEM / Sentinel

Deploying Microsoft Sentinel, engineering detection rules, and correlating telemetry into actionable intelligence.

Linux

Hardened server administration, iptables/nftables firewalls, SSH tunneling, and secure VPS architecture.

Threat Hunting

Proactive KQL queries, log analytics, and MITRE ATT&CK-aligned investigation of anomalous behavior.

Python

Automation scripts for security workflows, log parsing pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code integrations.

Networking

TCP/IP fundamentals, VLAN segmentation, DNS security, and secure traffic routing across hybrid environments.

Certifications & deployments.

CompTIA Network+ Certification 2026

Comprehensive mastery of network architecture, protocols, troubleshooting, and security principles — the backbone of cloud defense.

Faradars
Secure VPS Infrastructure Deployment 2025

Architected and hardened a Linux-based VPS environment with strict firewall rules, fail2ban, and encrypted tunneling protocols.

Independent Project
Commercial Web Deployments 2024

Delivered production-grade web applications with hardened hosting configurations, SSL/TLS enforcement, and uptime monitoring.

Freelance