KHALID's CV
KHALID BENHMIDA
CYBERSECURITY ENGINEER | VULNERABILITYMANAGEMENT | PENETRATION TESTING
Profile summary
Strategic cybersecurity engineer with 21 years of experience protecting critical government IT infrastructure through vulnerability management, penetration testing, and security operations. Fluent in Arabic, French, and English, bringing multilingual capabilities to complex enterprise environments. Known for securing large network architectures, conducting forensic investigations, and directing technical teams to mitigate security risks. Committed to maintaining robust defense systems and enforcing enterprise access controls.
Career highlights
Infrastructure Security Operations: Secured enterprise networks supporting 2,000 endpoints and servers across critical government infrastructure while designing network security architectures.
Vulnerability Management and Testing: Conducted vulnerability assessments, scanning, and penetration testing to identify and remediate security weaknesses.
Key skills
Professional experience
Reports to leadership while protecting critical government IT infrastructure across enterprise environments. Steered security operations for systems supporting thousands of endpoints and servers. Defined enterprise defense protocols and governance standards.
- Design and implement network security architectures including firewalls, IDS, IPS, and VPN solutions.
- Manage a team of IT professionals responsible for cybersecurity operations and infrastructure security.
- Conduct vulnerability assessments, scanning, and penetration testing to identify and remediate security weaknesses.
- Implement and monitor endpoint security solutions to support threat detection, security monitoring, and incident response.
- Perform malware analysis and forensic investigations of suspicious files and potentially compromised systems.
Shaped enterprise IT support and infrastructure systems serving 1,000 users. Maintained servers, operating systems, and enterprise software platforms while overseeing network infrastructure including switches and routers.
- Executed system patching, vulnerability remediation, and configuration management across infrastructure and network systems.
- Managed IT asset inventory and maintained technical documentation for enterprise software platforms.
Projects
Implemented firewall rules, IDS/IPS monitoring, and VPN access controls securing infrastructure supporting 2,000+ endpoints.
Designed and delivered employee training covering phishing detection, social engineering prevention, and password security.
Conducted regular vulnerability scans and penetration testing using Nmap, Metasploit, and security analysis tools to identify and remediate security weaknesses.
Education
Internet Technologies, Networks & Security
Administration & Cybersecurity of Systems and Networks
Certifications
Languages
Arabic · Native
French · Fluent
English · Fluent