Overview
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Education
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Leen Ayoub

Overview

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Work history

Associate Computer Operating System Specialist

Governance and Oversight, Saudi Aramco
  • Led an initiative unifying observability, digital solutions, and infrastructure alignment across Saudi Aramco's global affiliates (strategic alignment)
  • Built an auto-updating dashboard transforming raw affiliate data into visualisations that identify synergies, enabling affiliates to operate as one group (data analysis & visualization)
  • Co-developed a marketplace showcasing Saudi Aramco and partner service offerings, matching affiliate demand to available services (business development)
  • Commercialized shared digital and IT products and services from Saudi Aramco and its partners, creating new revenue streams and scaling adoption across affiliates (revenue growth)

Computer Specialist

Network Protection Management, Saudi Aramco
  • Executed the enterprise-wide replacement of Saudi Aramco's DDI (DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management) infrastructure while maintaining business continuity (infrastructure modernisation)
  • Migrated enterprise-wide secure web proxy infrastructure while maintaining security and service availability (proxy deployment)
  • Deployed and maintained multiple disaster recovery systems, strengthening organizational resilience against security incidents (disaster recovery)
  • Enhanced business internet service architecture, improving reliability across the organization (service enhancement)

Cybersecurity Analyst

Network Security Controls, Saudi Aramco
  • Spearheaded automation of credential management and access exception workflows, eliminating manual errors and accelerating fulfillment (identity & access management)
  • Optimized email gateway and proxy policies, significantly reducing false positives and improving detection accuracy (email & web security)
  • Enhanced Layer 7 firewall visibility, strengthening application-level access control and security posture (network security architecture)

Cybersecurity Analyst

Global Security Operation Center, Saudi Aramco
  • Developed RPA (Robotic Process Automation) workflows for GSOC alert handling, improving response efficiency and reducing manual triage effort (process automation)
  • Produced Splunk SIEM analytics reports and audited unauthorized system changes, logging threat cases to support proactive risk identification (security monitoring & risk analysis)
  • Monitored, triaged, and investigated security alerts across the GSOC, prioritizing and escalating high-risk threats (threat detection & response)

Education

BSc (Hons) - Artificial Intelligence

The University of Manchester
2001.04 -

Skills

  • Power BI
  • Next-Generation Firewalls (Palo Alto Networks)
  • SRX Series Firewalls (Juniper Networks)
  • BlueCat (DNS, DHCP, and IP Address Management platform)
  • Splunk
  • Aruba ClearPass
  • McAfee Web Gateways
  • IronPort Email Security
  • Proofpoint Email Security
  • FireEye Email MPS
  • Python
  • Java

Certification

  • BlueCat Integrity Fundamentals
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate
  • JNCIA-SEC
  • CompTIA Security+
  • Harvard Digital Intelligence
  • Harvard Innovation Implementation
  • Harvard Change Management

Awards

  • Recognition Award, Communication Operation Department, Saudi Aramco
  • Stellify Award, The University of Manchester
  • Manchester Leadership Programme (Gold Level), The University of Manchester

Professional & Leadership Activities

  • Professional Development Program Conference Committee Member, Saudi Aramco
  • Student Representative, The University of Manchester
  • Student Advisory Group, The University of Manchester
  • UCIL Student Staff Liaison Committee, The University of Manchester

Timeline

BSc (Hons) - Artificial Intelligence

The University of Manchester
2001.04 -

Associate Computer Operating System Specialist

Governance and Oversight, Saudi Aramco

Computer Specialist

Network Protection Management, Saudi Aramco

Cybersecurity Analyst

Network Security Controls, Saudi Aramco

Cybersecurity Analyst

Global Security Operation Center, Saudi Aramco
Leen Ayoub