// INFORMATION SECURITY SPECIALIST

Abdulrahman
Al Faifi

$ whoami — Cybersecurity Engineer & Security Operations

Information Security Specialist with 2+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise and government environments. Designed, implemented, and managed security solutions — Firewalls, WAF, Proxy, VPN, MFA, SIEM, EDR, and DLP — across 6–10+ client environments with 500–1,000+ managed endpoints. Strong background in Security Operations, Incident Investigation, Policy Management, and Vulnerability Remediation.

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2+
Years Experience
500+
Endpoints Managed
10+
Client Environments
3
Enterprise Roles
// WORK HISTORY

Professional Experience

08/2025 — PRESENT
SAMI Advanced Electronics
Duwayhin Nuclear Energy Co.
Riyadh, SA
Information Security Specialist
Designed, implemented, and managed enterprise security stack — Symantec ProxySG/CloudSWG, FortiWeb WAF, FortiSandbox, and FortiMail — securing 500+ endpoints across a critical-infrastructure environment. Investigated security incidents via SIEM alerts, proxy logs, endpoint telemetry, and traffic analysis; drove architecture improvements across Proxy, WAF, Endpoint, and Network layers. Performed system hardening, patch management, and vulnerability remediation.
Symantec ProxySG FortiWeb WAF FortiSandbox FortiMail SIEM Incident Response
11/2024 — 08/2025
Safe Decision
Riyadh, SA
Cybersecurity Engineer
Implemented and managed Symantec DLP, EDR, and WAF solutions across 6–10 enterprise client environments; designed DLP policies covering Endpoint, Email, and Network channels. Tuned DLP and WAF policies, achieving a 20–40% reduction in false positives. Led end-to-end deployment and operational readiness for security platforms.
Symantec DLP EDR WAF Seclore DRM Policy Tuning
01/2024 — 11/2024
Saudi Food & Drug Authority
(Contractor)
Riyadh, SA
Information Security Specialist
Designed and maintained Firewall policies, NAT rules, and IPsec/SSL VPN configurations on Palo Alto Networks and FortiGate. Managed FortiWeb WAF, FortiMail, Thales SafeNet MFA, and Symantec ProxySG. Tuned WAF policies reducing operational noise by ~30%; performed vulnerability remediation and security configuration maintenance.
Palo Alto Networks FortiGate Thales SafeNet IPsec VPN FortiWeb WAF
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Contact

Available for full-time roles, consulting engagements, and security architecture projects across enterprise and government environments in Saudi Arabia and the region.

✉ a.m.alfaifi@outlook.sa ☎ +966 535 136 537 ▶ linkedin.com/in/a-m-alfaifi ◆ abdulrahman.digital
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