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Software Engineering
Foundation
Internship experience building services and internal tools
Building Toward
More reliable, maintainable, production-minded systems
Portfolio / Resume / Technical Writing
ALMOSTAFA AALABDULRASUL
Software Engineer | Cloud & Systems-Oriented Developer
Software engineer with AWS internship experience building tools for billing visibility, monitoring, and operational reliability. Strong foundation in backend development, debugging, and systems concepts, with growing interests in cloud infrastructure and security-focused engineering.
Beyond the Resume
Learning by building, debugging, and documenting real technical work.
I’m using this site to show more than resume bullets. The goal is to document how I approach technical problems: breaking systems down, testing ideas, learning from implementation details, and turning coursework or interests into hands-on projects. As I continue developing as an engineer, I want this portfolio to reflect both what I’ve built and how my thinking is improving over time.
Technical Direction
Where my technical work is headed.
A focused look at the skills and concepts I’m building through coursework, projects, labs, and hands-on practice.
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Cloud Infrastructure
Foundation
AWS services, monitoring, logging, and deployment exposure
Building Toward
Deeper infrastructure, observability, and cloud security work
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Systems
Foundation
Operating systems, networking, and distributed systems foundations
Building Toward
Understanding how software behaves across real infrastructure
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Cybersecurity
Foundation
Cybersecurity concentration, coursework, labs, and security projects
Building Toward
Practical security engineering and defensive systems thinking
Experience
Relevant experience
Software Development Engineer Intern
Amazon Web Services
Improved billing data tracing workflows and developed a customer-facing service using Java and AWS services to increase visibility into billing processes.
Software Development Engineer Intern
Amazon Web Services
Built internal tooling for monitoring logs, metrics, and events from AWS resources, helping teams diagnose application and infrastructure issues more efficiently.
iOS / Mac+ Technical Advisor
Apple
Provided advanced technical support for iOS and macOS platforms through systematic debugging, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis.
Projects
Featured projects and build queue
A rotating selection of the top projects I want to highlight: completed work, active experiments, and planned technical write-ups focused on software, infrastructure, and security fundamentals.
Phishing URL Detection Web Application
Python and Flask application that analyzes URLs using machine learning classifiers, lexical features, domain metadata, and URL structure analysis to estimate phishing likelihood.
Homelab Network Segmentation
Designing a VLAN-based lab environment to practice network segmentation, firewall rules, server isolation, and managed switching.
Cloud Security Lab Notes
Documenting hands-on learning around IAM, logging, monitoring, cloud misconfigurations, and defensive engineering practices.
Education
Academic background
M.S. Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
Computing Systems specialization.
B.S. Computer Engineering
Michigan State University
Cybersecurity concentration.
Skills
Technical toolkit
- Python
- Java
- C++
- JavaScript
- SQL
- AWS
- Docker
- Linux
- Git
- REST APIs
- Authentication
- Networking
Blog
Technical writing and build notes
Short posts on what I’m learning while working through projects, labs, security concepts, cloud infrastructure, and systems topics. The goal is to turn hands-on work into clear notes, explanations, and lessons learned.
Read the blogResume
The concise version
Download my current resume for a more direct overview of my education, experience, projects, and technical background.