Kumbirai Muhwati
New York, NY *****
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Yeshiva University, Katz School of Science and Health, New York, NY CGPA: 4.0 Master of Science in Cybersecurity, August 2025
Relevant Courses: Architecture of Secure Operating Systems, Network, Data and Communication Security, Cybersecurity Audit, E-Discovery & Digital Forensic, Audit, Assessment & Training, Capstone Project & Leading Tech Orgs.
Africa University CGPA: 3.6
Bachelor of Science Honors in Computer Information Systems, June 2021 CERTIFICATIONS & MEMBERSHIP
• Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge v5
• National Cyber League
• ISC2 Cyber Pathway
• ISC2 Capture The Flag
• Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust
• Red Hat System Administration,
• ISACA Membership
• Cyberbit-SOC Lab Program
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Yeshiva University, New York, NY June 2024 – May 2025 Graduate Assistantship
• Maintain accurate data records and assist with database management.
• Perform general administrative tasks such as scheduling, filing, and correspondence.
• Support the creation and updating of departmental websites and social media content. NMB Bank February 2021 – December 2023
Digital Banking Systems Engineering
• Analyzed banking data to support credit risk, segmentation, and operational insights
• Reduced regulatory reporting errors by 35% through automation and standardization of data validation checks.
• Led internal audits and supported external regulatory audits with timely, accurate data reporting and built dashboards and data checks to monitor KRIs and data quality. PROJECTS
Cloud Security Monitoring Spring 2025
• Developed a Splunk app for real-time monitoring and alerting AWS CloudTrail security events.
• Created interactive dashboards for IAM activity, network changes, data access, and EC2 security.
• Implemented pre-configured alerts for threats like unauthorized API calls and root account usage. Security Breach Mitigation on Red Hat Systems Winter 2025
• Developed a Linux hardening script to secure Debian-based systems by automating best practices.
• Implemented security measures including SSH hardening, firewall setup, fail2ban, and auditd.
• Enhanced system integrity through password policies, service minimization, and log configuration.
SKILLS
Tools: Ansible, Wireshark, Splunk, AWS CloudFormation, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, AWS EC2. Security: Open-Source Intelligence, Cryptography, Log Analysis, Network Traffic Analysis, Forensics, Scanning & Reconnaissance, Web Application Exploitation and Enumeration & Exploitation.