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MaxAlhourani

Security Operations Engineer
Security Automation · Incident Response · Cloud Security

Master of Information Technology
Cybersecurity · Merit

Turning manual security work into reliable, repeatable automation.

01 · Profile

Security Operations Engineer with 18+ years reducing incident risk, automating threat detection and response, and building secure, compliant cloud native environments. Automation is the throughline, turning manual security work into pipelines that hold up under pressure.

02 · Expertise

Security Operations

Incident response, detection engineering, post incident review, runbooks & SLAs.

Security Automation

Python · Bash · PowerShell · Node.js · Ansible · Terraform.

SIEM & Detection

Splunk · Sumo Logic · Sentinel · Darktrace · ELK · QRadar.

Cloud Security

AWS · Azure · Cloudflare · Supabase · infrastructure as code.

Vulnerability Mgmt

Automated scanning, triage & remediation in CI/CD pipelines.

Compliance & Audit

SOC 2 · ISO 27001 · HIPAA · Vanta · Drata · evidence automation.

03 · Selected impact
42%

fewer SIEM false positives on a national cloud platform

28%

faster incident response through automated triage

~30%

reduction in repeat incidents via structured post incident review

20%+

faster SOC 2 / ISO 27001 audit cycles through evidence automation

04 · Experience
Military Experience
  • Led incident response in high pressure operational environments, protecting mission critical services.
  • Streamlined ITIL based processes, raising efficiency and compliance.
Enterprise Experience
  • Automated SIEM alert triage and enrichment in Python, Bash and Node.js, cutting false positives 42% and improving response time 28%.
  • Integrated automated vulnerability scanning into CI/CD and delivered hardened cloud infrastructure via Ansible and Terraform.
  • Improved SOC dashboards and automated monitoring for 24% faster incident response across critical infrastructure.
  • Built Python detection scripts, Ansible patching workflows, and automated backup and recovery to strengthen disaster recovery readiness.
  • Delivered enterprise asset management implementations, upgrades and integrations across energy, transport and public sector.
  • Scripted custom integrations in Python and Bash; automated access management and audit evidence.
  • Published open source security automation tools and ran vulnerability assessments and red team simulations.
  • Delivered cybersecurity workshops and community awareness programmes.
05 · Education
Master of Information Technology · Cybersecurity Merit Whitecliffe Technology & Innovation
06 · Training
CEHCertified Ethical Hacker · course completed
Cybersecurity TechnicianCourse completed
AI Red TeamingHack The Box path · in progress
07 · Mentoring

Mentoring the next generation of security practitioners, from fundamentals through hands on offensive security.

100+
person cohort organised together with a mentee through Cisco Networking Academy · Introduction to Cybersecurity. Currently guiding mentees through the Hack The Box AI Red Teamer path.
08 · Research

Paper under peer review · IEEE 2026. Ongoing research in secure infrastructure and security automation.

09 · Contact

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