areeb@blackbox:~$ whoami --verbose
┌─[ IDENTITY ]───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ name : Mirza Areeb Baig │
│ role : Senior Full-Stack Engineer @ Nua (Riyadh, KSA) │
│ parallel : AI & Systems Engineer @ MachineSens IoT (Dubai) │
│ origin : Islamabad, Pakistan · Remote-native │
│ degree : BS Cyber Security — Air University (GPA 3.61 / 4.00) │
│ cert : eCPPTv2 — Certified Professional Penetration Tester │
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┌─[ CORE DIRECTIVES ]────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ▸ architect secure, scalable platforms end-to-end │
│ ▸ ship autonomous AI agents that reason, decide and act │
│ ▸ break systems before attackers do — then harden them │
│ ▸ turn complexity into something a human can actually read │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
areeb@blackbox:~$ status
▸ 100+ delivered projects · ★★★★★ rating · 4 countries · 0 downtime tolerated
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An end-to-end offensive-security agent that discovers, validates and prioritizes real vulnerabilities through safe exploitation — expert-level pentesting at machine speed.
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Multimodal agent that verifies credibility across text, images, audio and video — NLP, deepfake detection and content analysis in real time.
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Instrumented sandbox for dynamic analysis of Windows malware using the Unicorn Engine, live instrumentation and memory inspection.
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AI-powered static + dynamic engine that detects and classifies malicious Office macros for threat hunting and incident response.
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ML pipeline that flags phishing by dissecting metadata, text patterns and embedded URLs before a human ever clicks.
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Full-featured CTF platform with isolated challenge hosting, team management, scoring and real-time monitoring.
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timeline
title Engineering Trajectory
2021 : Freelance Engineer — Fiverr : 100+ projects, 5-star rating
2022 : Security Engineer — Ministry of Defence : Vulnerability research & custom tooling
2024 : Systems Engineer — Zortik Technologies : Go / C++ / LSPs / LLM developer tools
2025 : AI & Systems Engineer — MachineSens IoT : Edge AI pipelines & autonomous agents
2025 : Senior Full-Stack Engineer — Nua : Secure platforms, Neo4j graph intelligence
▶ EXPAND FULL DEPLOYMENT LOG
| Period | Role | Organization | Mission |
|---|---|---|---|
09/2025 → now |
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer | Nua — Riyadh, KSA | Secure, scalable apps in Django / Next.js / Node.js · Neo4j graph analytics · REST + GraphQL for real-time cybersecurity intelligence · CI/CD, Docker, testing · security dashboards |
02/2025 → now |
AI & Systems Engineer | MachineSens IoT — Dubai, UAE | End-to-end AI pipelines for IoT · autonomous decision-making agents for industrial automation · LLM-driven anomaly detection & NL sensor querying · edge + cloud inference optimization |
02/2024 → 02/2025 |
Systems Engineer | Zortik Technologies — Remote, Canada | Secure systems in Go, Python, C/C++, TypeScript · LSPs, bootstrapping frameworks, LLM-integrated developer tools · Docker & AWS automation |
02/2022 → 02/2024 |
Security Engineer | Ministry of Defence — Rawalpindi, PK | In-house vulnerability discovery & reporting automation · web + internal pentests · R&D in application and infrastructure security |
2021 → now |
Freelance Engineer | Fiverr — Remote | 100+ five-star projects across web, automation and cybersecurity · pentesting & scraping tooling · AWS + Docker deployments |
| 🏆 | Achievement | Arena |
|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Winner — AirTech'24 CTF Competition | Air University |
| 🌍 | Finalist — Black Hat MEA 2023 · 2024 · 2025 | SAFCSP, Saudi Arabia |
| 🥈 | 1st Runner-Up — SOFTEC'24 CTF | FAST NUCES, Lahore |
| 🥉 | 2nd Runner-Up — Digital Pakistan Cybersecurity Hackathon (Finals) 2023 | Ministry of IT |
| 🥈 | 1st Runner-Up — Air University CTF 2023 | Air University |
| 🎓 | Best Performer of the Batch · Merit Scholarship | Air University (BS Fall-21) |
| 💻 | Prime Minister's Youth Laptop Award 2023 | Government of Pakistan |
