Summary
Muhammad Haidari is a Lead Security Penetration Tester based in Austin with over a decade of hands-on experience securing large-scale enterprise environments across finance, government, and service providers. He combines deep technical skills in web and network penetration testing, scripting (Bash/Python), and red/purple team tactics with strong governance and audit experience (PCI, ISO27001, NIST, SOX). At Fiserv he leads multidisciplinary teams to discover, remediate, and measure vulnerabilities while supporting 24x7 detection/response and compliance programs. Previously he managed vulnerability operations at scale—overseeing thousands of hosts and scanner deployments—and helped author an enterprise cybersecurity framework mapped to NIST. Known for pragmatic risk mitigation and translating technical findings into actionable compliance outcomes, he pairs exploit-level knowledge (SQLi, buffer overflows, MiTM) with strategic oversight of GRC and vendor risk. A quick learner and reliable teammate, he also brings interests in AI, big data, and IoT that inform modern threat-hunting and automation approaches.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer