Ahmad Kouraiem
Senior Security Engineer II, Threat Detection
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolAhmad Kouraiem is a Senior Security Engineer specializing in threat detection with over 12 years of experience across cyber threat intelligence, malware analysis, reverse engineering, and digital forensics. He has spent the last seven years hunting advanced threats at scale for organizations like Samsara, Stripe, and Meta, building detection pipelines that protect IoT fleets and large cloud/on-prem environments. His background includes tracking state-sponsored APTs at FireEye and conducting OSINT-driven investigations across the MENA region, pairing deep technical analysis with geopolitical context. Ahmad also teaches cybersecurity hands-on labs and has a 4.0 master's in cybersecurity from The George Washington University, reflecting a strong blend of pedagogy and research rigor. Known for scripting automation in Python to accelerate threat research, he brings curiosity-driven problem solving and a systems-level understanding of networks and enterprise infrastructure. Based in Washington, D.C., he combines frontline incident work with infrastructure-focused detection engineering to reduce attacker dwell time.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at Damascus UniversityMaster’s Degree, Cybersecurity in Computer Science, 4.0, Master’s Degree, Cybersecurity in Computer Science, 4.0 at The George Washington University
English, Arabic
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Github Skills (15)
rights7
amazon-ec26
amazon-web-services6
ssh6
morse5
clipboard3
clipboard-manager3
morse-code3
typescript2
data-management2
groovy2
open-source1
macos1
rust1
electron1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ahmadko/test-repo
Mar 2022 - Mar 2022
Contributions:1 review, 4 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 day
sfrink/CERTUS-Server
Feb 2014 - May 2014
Contributions:33 commits in 2 months
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