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Cloud & Security Engineer

Python · AWS · Automation

Building reliable cloud infrastructure.
Securing systems. Automating the everyday.

Leeds, United Kingdom
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Profile

Computer science master's graduate with hands-on experience in Python development, cloud infrastructure, automation and operational troubleshooting. Experienced with AWS, Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, CloudWatch and Splunk, with foundations in networking, monitoring, incident investigation and reliable automated systems.

Beyond engineeringCybersecurity, artificial intelligence, investing, financial markets and travel.
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Education

Sep 2025–Sep 2026

Master's in Advanced Computer Science

Artificial Intelligence

University of Leeds

Leeds, UK

Sep 2021–Jun 2025

Bachelor's in Information Security

Changchun University of Technology

Changchun, China

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Experience

Cyber Security Engineer

DAS-Security · 19th Asian Games
Jul 2023–Oct 2023
Hangzhou, China
  • Investigated web attacks, network scanning, DNS tunnelling and configuration risks using traffic and security logs; analysed operational issues and supported timely resolution.
  • Implemented approved NGFW configuration changes across source/destination objects, TCP/UDP services, security zones, schedules and allow/deny controls; validated behaviour after deployment.
  • Performed infrastructure and security-control health checks across NGFW, APT, NAC, EDR and logging systems, reviewing availability, interfaces, logging, configuration state and failover readiness.

Security Service Intern

DAS-Security
Jul 2022–Oct 2022
Remote / Shanghai, China
  • Triaged security alerts across Splunk, APT, HIDS, endpoint-security and threat-intelligence platforms using HTTP, packet, IP, port and historical alert evidence.
  • Investigated web attacks, vulnerability-exploitation attempts and network scanning; correlated technical evidence to assess impact, severity and escalation requirements.
  • Supported incident containment and remediation through targeted WAF and SIEM controls, maintaining clear technical records for escalation and follow-up.
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Technical Skills

Programming & Automation

PythonBashGitGitHub ActionsCI/CDAutomated testingDeployment automation

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWSECS FargateALBRDSECRIAMCloudWatchTerraformInfrastructure as CodeDocker

Reliability & Observability

MonitoringLoggingAlertingSplunkCloudWatchHealth checksIncident investigationService validation

Networking & Security

TCP/IPHTTP/HTTPSDNSLoad balancingNGFWAWS WAFIAMIncident responseWeb security
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Selected Projects

Cloud engineering · Automation

SupportOps AI Agent

Built and deployed a Python/FastAPI application on AWS ECS Fargate using Terraform, Docker, GitHub Actions, CloudWatch and AWS WAF for automated deployment, monitoring and security.

PythonFastAPIAWSTerraformDocker
Machine learning · Security

WebShellDetection

Developed a machine-learning PHP web-shell detection system using Python, opcode N-grams, TF-IDF and XGBoost, with automated model tuning and evaluation.

PythonXGBoostTF-IDFMachine learning
Open-source contributor to CellViT on GitHub · PR #96
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Let's connect

Find my work on GitHub, or connect with me on LinkedIn.