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Sheet 01 — Identity

Islamabad, Pakistan

Est. 2014

IRFANULLAH

Lead Engineer — Backend & Platform Engineering / Android TV / Google TV / Security Engineering

Building systems that scale applications — and protect them from real-world attacks.

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02Profile

Full-stack depth, security direction.

I'm a Lead Engineer with 10+ years across startups and global organizations — building Android TV / Google TV platforms, enterprise backend systems, and services supporting millions of connected devices at Arçelik Global.

Now I'm carrying that systems depth into cybersecurity engineering: SOC operations, threat intelligence with OpenCTI and MISP, SIEM engineering on Wazuh and ELK, and Python-based security automation. The goal has never changed — systems that scale applications, and protect them from real-world attacks.

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Fig. 02 — Portrait
Enterprise software engineering
10+ years
Served by backend systems at scale
Millions devices
Security+, CySA+, CCNA, BTL1 & more
7 certifications
Information Security, Riphah Intl. University
MS in progress

03Timeline

A decade of shipped systems.

  1. Mar 2023 — Present

    REF 07

    Lead Engineer · Arçelik Global

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    • Design and develop scalable backend services supporting millions of connected devices across the Remoteasy universal Smart TV remote and HomeWhiz smart home ecosystem.
    • Contribute to the Beko Android TV / Google TV platform and RCOS SDK — platform-level features, middleware improvements, multimedia playback optimization (ExoPlayer, AOSP), and production stability.
    • Build and maintain secure REST APIs and enterprise-grade microservices with cloud integrations (AWS) for mobile, Smart TV, and connected appliance services.

  2. Jan 2021 — Present

    REF 06

    Full-Stack Developer (Freelance) · Independent

    Remote

    • Deliver end-to-end web applications for international clients using the MERN/PERN stacks, from requirements through deployment.

  3. Jan 2023 — Mar 2023

    REF 05

    Full Stack Engineer · Kryptohive

    Rawalpindi, Pakistan

    • Developed full-stack features for blockchain-oriented products, spanning React frontends and Node.js services.

  4. Jan 2021 — Aug 2022

    REF 04

    Senior Software Engineer · Troon Technologies

    Pakistan

    • Built and shipped scalable web applications and services using React, Node.js, and MongoDB; contributed to architecture, database design, and performance optimization across multiple client products.

  5. Jan 2019 — Dec 2020

    REF 03

    Research Assistant · National Center in Big Data & Cloud Computing

    Peshawar, Pakistan — UET Peshawar & Higher Education Commission project

    • Conducted applied research in deep learning and data science on a national HEC-funded project; developed machine learning pipelines and experiments.

  6. Aug 2015 — Dec 2018

    REF 02

    Software Engineer · Allainet Pvt Ltd

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    • Developed product features for a product-based company, focusing on web development and data mining systems.

  7. Sep 2014 — Jul 2015

    REF 01

    Software Engineer · Technokeet Pvt Ltd

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    • Built and maintained web applications as part of the core development team in an agile environment.

04Case studies

Selected work, drawn to scale.

05Capabilities

One system, three subsystems.

MOD/01

Full-Stack

Backend
Node.js · Express.js · Python · Django · REST APIs · GraphQL · Microservices · Backend Architecture
Smart TV Platforms
Android TV · Google TV · AOSP · Java · Kotlin · ExoPlayer · Middleware & Platform Services
Frontend
React.js · Redux · JavaScript (ES6+) · Chrome Extension APIs
Databases
PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Elasticsearch · MS SQL Server
Cloud & DevOps
AWS · Docker · Git · Linux · CI/CD · Agile/Scrum

MOD/02

Active focus

Security / SOC

Operations
SOC Operations · Incident Response
Threat Intelligence
OpenCTI · MISP
SIEM
Wazuh · ELK Stack
Network & IDS/IPS
Suricata · Zeek · Network Security
AppSec & Automation
OWASP Top 10 · Python Security Automation

MOD/03

Data / ML

Machine Learning
Deep Learning · TensorFlow · OpenAI APIs
Data Engineering
Data Mining · Web Crawling (Selenium, BeautifulSoup)

Certifications

  • CompTIA Security+CompTIA
  • CompTIA CySA+ — Cybersecurity AnalystCompTIA
  • CompTIA Network+CompTIA
  • CCNA — Cisco Certified Network Associate — Routing & SwitchingCisco
  • Blue Team Level 1 (BTL1) — SOC & Incident Response FundamentalsSecurity Blue Team
  • TensorFlow DeveloperDeepLearning.AI
  • Data ScienceIBM

Education

  • Master's Degree, Information SecurityIn Progress

    Riphah International University

  • Bachelor's Degree, Information Technology2010 – 2014

    University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila

06Handoff

Have a system to build — or defend?

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Islamabad, Pakistan · Signed off — Irfan Ullah