Kazi Md Samim Faraj

Kazi Md Samim Faraj

Cybersecurity & Cloud Engineer

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Available for Cloud & Security Engineering Roles

B.Tech CSE student at JIS University with hands-on experience in cybersecurity, cloud computing, and ethical hacking. 24 verified certifications across Google Cloud, AWS Educate, Cisco, OPSWAT, and Anthropic. Active open-source contributor.

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At a glance

24
Certifications
3
Internships
3+
PRs Merged
7.4
CGPA

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Career highlights

AWS AI-Powered Cloud Engineer Intern

AICTE-EduSkills (Virtual) · Grade O (Outstanding)

June – August 2026

  • Completed 8-week AWS cloud engineering internship with AI-powered tooling
  • Curriculum by AWS Educate; certified by AICTE, Ministry of Education
Grade OAWS Educate

Brand Ambassador

LaunchEd Global · JIS University

July 2026

  • Digital outreach, student registrations, program awareness

Marketing Intern

Bleep Education · Remote

January 2026

  • Recognized for outstanding performance
  • Endorsed by E-cell IIT Bombay, IIIT-Naya Raipur, IIT Pune

Professional history

AWS AI-Powered Cloud Engineer Intern

AICTE-EduSkills (Virtual) · Kolkata, India

June 2026 – August 2026

  • Completed 8-week AWS cloud engineering internship with AI-powered tooling
  • Curriculum by AWS Educate; certified by AICTE, Ministry of Education
  • Grade O (Outstanding)
  • Modules: Cloud 101, Storage, Compute, Networking, Databases, Cloud Ops, Security, Serverless, ML Foundations, Generative AI
Grade OAWS Educate

Brand Ambassador

LaunchEd Global · JIS University

July 2026

  • Selected as campus brand ambassador representing LaunchEd Global
  • Responsible for digital outreach, student registrations, and raising program awareness

Marketing Intern

Bleep Education · Remote

January 2026

  • Recognized for outstanding and professional performance
  • Contributed to growth of Bleep Education
  • Certificate endorsed by E-cell IIT Bombay, E-cell IIIT-Naya Raipur, and E-cell IIT Pune

Academic background

B.Tech — Computer Science and Engineering

7.4 CGPA

JIS University, Kolkata

2025 – Present · 1st Year, 2nd Semester

Data StructuresSoftware EngineeringOSComputer ArchitectureAI & MLDBMS

Class XII — Higher Secondary

72%

Shishu Sadan High School

2025

Class X — Secondary

85%

Shishu Sadan High School

2023

Capabilities & stack

Cloud Platforms
AWS (S3, VPC, RDS) Well-Architected GCP Compute Engine Cloud Storage Pub/Sub API Gateway Looker Dataplex
Cybersecurity
OPSWAT ICIP Nmap Burp Suite SUID Analysis Reflected XSS OWASP
Networking
TCP/IP DNS HTTP Amazon VPC Cisco Packet Tracer Cisco NetAcad
Programming & Web
Python Bash C HTML/CSS/JS PHP/MySQL Flask Next.js/React MongoDB
Platforms & Tools
Kali Linux Git & GitHub TryHackMe OverTheWire AWS Educate Claude

Featured projects & hands-on work

Open Source Contributions — HexaFalls 2

Multiple accepted PRs across 3 repositories

  • Responsive layout fixes and navbar active-state indicator (HTML/CSS/JS)
  • Stats card component in Next.js/React/MongoDB stack
  • Reported hardcoded database credentials vulnerability in Event_HUB (PHP/MySQL)
Next.jsReactMongoDBHTML/CSS/JSPHP/MySQL

Penetration Testing Lab

TryHackMe & OverTheWire hands-on training

  • TryHackMe rooms: Offensive/Defensive Security, DNS, HTTP, Linux Fundamentals
  • OverTheWire Bandit challenges up to Level 6-7
  • nmap -sV service scans and SUID binary discovery on Kali Linux
  • Reflected XSS vulnerability in Flask app with unsanitized query params
Kali LinuxNmapTryHackMeXSSFlask

Official Certifications & Skill Badges

Pearson Credly Official Academic Transcript
Issued on 3 August 2026 · Credly ID: 0e8da13e-0d31-461d-acbd-b7761d88f313
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The Basics of Google Cloud Compute Skill Badge

Google Cloud · 20 October 2025

Virtual machines (VMs), persistent disks, and web servers using Compute Engine.

Implement Cloud Storage and Data Protection Solutions

Google Cloud · 24 October 2025

Cloud Storage buckets, command line usage, and Bucket Lock object protection.

Get Started with Pub/Sub Skill Badge

Google Cloud · 24 October 2025

Pub/Sub Cloud console, Cloud Scheduler automation, and Pub/Sub Lite event ingestion.

Deploy and Secure Serverless APIs with API Gateway

Google Cloud · 16 November 2025

Deploying, securing, and managing serverless APIs with fully managed API Gateway.

Get Started with Looker Skill Badge

Google Cloud · 16 November 2025

Analyzing, visualizing, and curating business data using Looker Studio and Looker.

Get Started with Dataplex Skill Badge

Google Cloud · 16 November 2025

Building and managing unified data mesh architectures on Google Cloud with Dataplex.

AWS Educate Introduction to Cloud 101

AWS Training & Certification · 8 July 2026

Foundational cloud core services, virtual lab environments, and cloud architecture.

AWS Educate Getting Started with Storage

AWS Training & Certification · 8 July 2026

AWS storage solutions and Amazon S3 object storage lifecycle management.

AWS Educate Getting Started with Networking

AWS Training & Certification · 14 July 2026

Managing networks, subnets, routing, and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).

AWS Educate Getting Started with Databases

AWS Training & Certification · 16 July 2026

Setting up Amazon RDS database instances and performing SQL query operations.

AWS Educate Getting Started with Cloud Ops

AWS Training & Certification · 16 July 2026

Defining the AWS Well-Architected Framework and managing cloud operational excellence.

AWS Educate Getting Started with Security

AWS Training & Certification · 17 July 2026

AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM) policies and cloud security controls.

AWS Educate Getting Started with Serverless

AWS Training & Certification · 23 July 2026

Configuring AWS Lambda, SQS queueing, SNS notifications, and API Gateway scaling.

AWS Educate Machine Learning Foundations

AWS Training & Certification · 28 July 2026

Fundamental ML concepts and applying the machine learning pipeline to business problems.

AWS Educate Introduction to Generative AI

AWS Training & Certification · 28 July 2026

Generative AI concepts, foundation model architectures, and real-world deployment use cases.

AWS SimuLearn: Cloud Computing Essentials

AWS Training & Certification · 14 July 2026

Interactive scenario-based simulation covering core cloud infrastructure patterns.

AWS SimuLearn: Cloud First Steps

AWS Training & Certification · 14 July 2026

Hands-on interactive cloud deployment simulations and service navigation.

Networking Basics

Cisco NetAcad · 22 July 2026

Types of networks, cabling, IP addressing, transport/application protocols, Packet Tracer.

Getting Started with Cisco Packet Tracer

Cisco NetAcad · 5 June 2026

Network simulation, switch & router configuration, and virtual topology building.

Introduction to Critical Infrastructure Protection (ICIP)

OPSWAT Academy · 23 July 2026 (Expires July 2027)

Critical infrastructure protection (CIP) concepts, critical network identification, CPE 0.50.

AI Fluency for Students

Anthropic · 2026

Foundational literacy in AI systems, prompt formulation, and responsible AI practices.

Teaching the AI Fluency Framework

Anthropic · 2026

Educational methodologies for demonstrating and guiding structured AI fluency skills.

Claude Code in Action

Anthropic · 2026

Agentic software engineering workflows, CLI automation, and pair programming techniques.

Open Source Connect Global 2026

NexFellow · 2026

Contributor recognition for pull requests across open-source hackathon repositories.

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Bengali (Native) English (Proficient) Hindi (Conversational)