Curriculum Vitae

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Education

B.S. in Software Engineering — COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus (Graduated 2026)
- Focus Area: Computer Systems, Systems Security, Software Engineering

Professional Experience

Software Engineer — Utilexa Labs Pvt Ltd (Current)
- Developing and maintaining scalable backend services and systems software.
- Engineering robust API integrations, automated workflows, and database systems.

Research Interests

High-Performance Computing (HPC) & Computer Systems
Distributed & Cloud Computing
Systems for Machine Learning & AI Infrastructure
Computer Architecture, Operating Systems & Networking
Systems & Application Security

Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Python, C/C++, SQL, Bash, JavaScript
Frameworks & Libraries: Django, REST APIs, Scikit-learn (Random Forest), Pandas, NumPy
Systems & Security Tools: Linux/Unix, Docker, Git, OWASP ZAP, Nikto, Nuclei Vulnerability Scanner
Databases: PostgreSQL, SQLite

Research Projects & Papers

Performance and Scalability Evaluation of the Nuclei Vulnerability Scanner Under Different Execution Architectures (2026)
- Comprehensive benchmarking of vulnerability scanner throughput, resource utilization, and architectural scaling bottlenecks. (Under Supervisor Review)
Low-Latency Order Book for NASDAQ ITCH Market Data (2025 – 2026)
- Cache-conscious, zero-allocation limit order book in modern C++ engineered for sub-microsecond NASDAQ TotalView-ITCH 5.0 feed processing.
Reducing False Positives in Automated Web Vulnerability Scanning (2025 – 2026)
- Final Year Undergraduate Thesis, COMSATS University Islamabad (Team Lead).
- Developed a weakly supervised confidence-estimation approach (Random Forest) suppressing 29.5% of alerts across 94,256 findings while preserving high-severity results.

Publications & Working Papers

Performance and Scalability Evaluation of the Nuclei Vulnerability Scanner Under Different Execution Architectures

Hannan Ali (2026). "Performance and Scalability Evaluation of the Nuclei Vulnerability Scanner Under Different Execution Architectures." Manuscript in preparation ahead of conference submission.