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Mainasara ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ

Fullstack Developer & Security Researcher | ISO27001 | OSS Contributor

Lead Security Engineer at SBTS Group

Open to:Full-time rolesContract rolesPart-time roles
Preferred workplace:Remote (worldwide)Hybrid

A software and computing generalist that works in cybersecurity and web development with experience writing software (intrusion detection systems, web crawlers, data processing systems, ELT systems, compilers, payment systems, mailing systems, LLM integrations and offensive security tooling) for continental e-commerce, national security and others, using a multitude of tools and programming languages (React, Typescript, Python, Go, Rust, nmap, Wazuh and more)

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Career: 12

Lead Security Engineer

SBTS Group

Washington DC

Jun 2025 - Present

Threat analysis and reverse engineering of important or critical alerts.

Founder & CEO

QRK Technologies

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NG

Apr 2025 - Present

Senior Software Developer (Volunteer)

Vorbtech Innovative Solutions

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NG

Jul 2023 - Present

Overseeing & leading backend development for client projects

Cyber Security Engineer (Volunteer)

Whitehat.NG

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NG

Nov 2020 - Present

Team Lead - Research And Development

CyberPlural

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NG

Jan 2024 - Jun 2025

Leading research and development for internal tooling and other Software needs

Chief Technology Officer

Catlog

Lagos, Lagos State, NG

Apr 2022 - Oct 2024

In my role as Chief Technology Officer at Catlog, I spearheaded the creation of innovative solutions for buyers & sellers on social media, utilizing technologies like MongoDB, Typescript, Nest.JS, and websockets. This enabled real-time transaction monitoring and secure payment options, such as payment links, bnpl transfers, and debit cards.

Senior Software Developer

Mel-Fi Technology Limited

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NG

Oct 2023 - Jun 2024

Leading backend development on multiple features. (Airtime to Cash, Virtual Accounts & more)

Cyber Security Analyst - Tier 2

CyberPlural

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NG

Mar 2022 - Jul 2023

In my role as a Tier 2 analyst, I am responsible for responding to and resolving security issues escalated by Tier 1 analysts. I have successfully handled a range of complex issues, including malware infections and network intrusions, and have implemented a number of security measures to prevent future attacks. I have also played a key role in several high-profile projects, including the development of a company-wide security training program.

Cyber Security Analyst

CyberPlural

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NG

Apr 2021 - Mar 2022

Responsible for monitoring the security alerts from SIEM, EDR, and either closing or passing the event details to T2 for final analysis as necessary. Performs initial investigation of security events and escalates them to the next level, if required. Maintains email address and distribution lists, answers SOC phone lines, and updates required documentation. Performs security research and gathers information about identified threats and vulnerabilities. Documents initial investigation results and forwards them to a T2 analyst for final investigation. Monitor security vulnerabilities to detect their root causes. Conducts security audits, both internal and external.

Chief Technology Officer

Rushpie

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NG

Jul 2019 - Jan 2021

Engineered a website generator that coverts instagram store pages to fully functioning e-commerce websites. Used AWS services to enable customers to automatically purchase domains to host their generated e-commerce website.

Back End Developer

Provarex

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NG

May 2019 - Sep 2019

While at Provarex, I did the following Designing and building the platform's application programming interface (API), which allows different components of the system to communicate with each other. Developing and maintaining the platform's database and data model, ensuring that the data is properly structured and stored for efficient retrieval. Implementing and optimizing the platform's business logic and algorithms. Working with front-end developers to ensure that the platform's user interface is properly integrated with the back-end components. Debugging and fixing issues that arise in the platform's back-end systems. Collaborating with other team members to design and implement new features and functionality Ensuring that the platform's back-end systems are scalable, reliable, and secure.

Security Consultant

ASUSU

Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, NG

Dec 2018 - Feb 2019

Conducted security assessments to identify vulnerabilities and risks in the company's systems Developed and implemented security policies and procedures Stayed up-to-date with the latest security threats and trends, and evaluating new technologies to determine their potential usefulness to the company.

Education: 1

Federal University of Technology Minna

Bachelor of Technology - BTech

Sep 2016 - Mar 2023

Projects: 1

Valradar

Oct 2024 - Present

Valradar is an offensive security tool designed to enable security researchers to quickly look for certain values en-masse using regex.

Credentials: 1

CISCO Certified Ethical Hacker

Cisco Networking Academy

Publications: 13

Publication12 articles

vuln-pkg: The Boredom-Fueled Package Manager for Your Homelab

Mar 2026

Talk: TechXCite 2024 Personal Security in an AI powered world

Dec 2024

Explicit Security Is Always Better Than Implicit Security

Sep 2024

Gecko: Making a programming language is hard ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

Jun 2024

Technical Analysis: Async Rat ๐Ÿ‘พ

Apr 2024

Demonstration: Cyberplural phishkit & How to setup and deploy a phishing site

Mar 2024

What Is Concurrency In Node JS?

Apr 2019

How To Avoid Javascript Bugs

Apr 2019

Avoiding Weird Javascript Behaviour (true + true === 2 but true !== 1)

Mar 2019

Using CSS Selectors In Javascript

Mar 2019

Do We Need To Compile Website Components?

Feb 2019

Web Components, for when VueJS is too much

Feb 2019
Mainasara's Pub1 article

So This Is How It Feels

neutrino2211.leaflet.pub

Nov 2025

Skills: 45

Technical

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Back-End Web DevelopmentC (Programming Language)CryptographyDevOpsExpress.jsFront-End DevelopmentGo (Programming Language)
LaravelLinux System AdministrationMicroservicesMongoDBMultiprocessingNestJSNext.jsnextjsNode.jsPHPPostgreSQLPython (Programming Language)reactReact.jsSoftware DevelopmentTailwind CSSTypeScriptWeb Application Development

Business

FinTechPayment Systems

Creative

Technical Writing

Security

Computer ForensicsCybersecurityMalware AnalysisMalware DetectionosintSIEMThreat AnalysisWazuh

Other

API DevelopmentC SuitecPanelDeep Web AnalysisRed TeamingResearch and Development (R&D)Reverse EngineeringServer Side Programming

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