Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons)
Expected Dec 2026Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS · Cybersecurity major, corporate management minor
CGPA 3.65 · Dean's List, January 2024 and September 2024
Mohamad Akram bin Mohd Faisal
Cybersecurity & DevOps · Final-year Computer Science, UTP
akram.mfaisal81 [at] gmail.comakramfaisal.orggithub.com/kreee00linkedin.com/in/akram-mohdfaisalPerak, Malaysia
Summary
Final-year Computer Science student majoring in cybersecurity, with hands-on DevOps experience hardening and planning Linux infrastructure for an engineering company. Blue-team CTF competitor and Volatility3 instructor, with a strong interest in governance, risk and compliance. Available for graduate roles from December 2026.
Education
Experience
DevOps Engineer (Part-time)
2026 – PresentERS Energy Sdn Bhd · Remote, Kuala Lumpur
- Installed fail2ban across company servers and introduced individual server accounts for traceability.
- Designed a self-hosted Odoo architecture on Proxmox and Docker with 3-2-1 backups and Prometheus, Grafana and Alertmanager monitoring.
- Setting up AMD Cloud Manageability Service for out-of-band device management.
Software Engineer Intern
May – Dec 2025ERS Energy Sdn Bhd
- Configured role-based access on internal AppSheet apps.
- Wrote an IT strategy for self-hosting Odoo and proposed a three-domain structure for company apps.
- Presented a user satisfaction measurement framework (NPS, CSAT, CES, SUS, UES) to the Digital Department.
Projects
DockVault+
Final year projectGo CLI for Docker volume backups with ML-assisted security scanning; native on Windows and Linux.
Oral Odyssey
2026Bilingual gamified dental health PWA built with a KKM dental team; Perak state innovation competition entry.
Youth cybersecurity workshop
OrganiserCryptography and OSINT challenges for secondary school students on CTFd, Docker and a Linode VPS.
Skills
- Security
- Volatility3, Wireshark, Nmap, Burp Suite, Wazuh, OSINT, memory forensics
- Infrastructure
- Linux, Docker, Proxmox, Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, fail2ban, Cloudflare
- Development
- Go, Python, Bash, PostgreSQL, Next.js, React
- Languages
- English, Bahasa Melayu
Leadership
Youth Representative (DB23), Dewan Belia Perak
2025 – 2026Debated youth consumer literacy policy in the state youth assembly; drafted a motion for a youth quota on mosque committees.
Information Chief, Parti Generasi Progresif (PGP) Perak
CurrentLed a reform initiative and supported the leadership transition of the state chapter.
Student Advisor, formerly President, CYBERHAX UTP
CurrentAs President, grew membership by more than 200% and ran over ten events.
General Secretary, Student Representative Council UTP
PreviouslyManaged a RM30,000 council budget.
Participant, Axiata ULDP
Cohort 15Certifications & awards
- Memory Dump Analysis with Volatility3, Instructor (CYBERHAX UTP, 2025)
- CompTIA Security+ (exam scheduled by Dec 2026) · AWS Academy Cloud Foundations (in progress)
- CTF: 4th CSLU@UPM Mini CTF · 12th PwC Hack-A-Day · 18th ASEAN Battle of Hackers 2023
References
Available on request. Contact details are shared once each referee has agreed.