Rizwan Ahmad B.

AI & Cybersecurity | AI Orchestration & Validation | XDR | NDR | GRC

I am an IT, Cybersecurity, and AI professional with **15+ years of experience** designing, developing, deploying, and managing enterprise IT and security solutions. I have successfully delivered **100+ enterprise projects**, with **3,000+ Upwork hours, 81+ completed jobs, 100% Job Success, Top Rated status, and $100K+ in Upwork earnings**. My current focus is on **AI engineering, application development, product development, and AI-powered cybersecurity**, while continuing to work extensively with **Wazuh, SIEM, XDR, SOC automation, network security, and infrastructure**. ### 🤖 AI Engineering & Application Development I work extensively with both **open-source and cloud-based AI technologies**, building practical AI solutions rather than simply integrating APIs. * LLM application development and integration * Open-source LLMs including **Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek, Gemma**, and other models * OpenAI / ChatGPT and cloud AI platforms * **RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)** architectures * Vector databases and semantic search * Embeddings and knowledge-base systems * **AI Agents and Agentic workflows** * Multi-agent systems * AI orchestration and **LLM orchestration layers** * Prompt engineering and structured AI workflows * AI-powered automation and decision-making * AI integration with enterprise applications and APIs * AI-powered cybersecurity and SOC use cases * Model evaluation, optimization, and deployment * Self-hosted and private AI environments * Docker-based AI deployments and GPU environments I particularly enjoy building the **orchestration layer between LLMs, enterprise data, security platforms, APIs, tools, and automation**, turning AI models into practical production systems. ### 🛡️ Cybersecurity, SIEM & XDR My cybersecurity background complements my AI engineering work, allowing me to build **AI-powered security and SOC solutions**. * **Wazuh SIEM / XDR** * Elasticsearch / OpenSearch * Kibana / OpenSearch Dashboards * Grafana * Suricata IDS/IPS * SIEM architecture and deployment * SOC monitoring and alerting * Security automation and response * Threat detection and correlation * Log collection, parsing, normalization, and enrichment * Security analytics and AI-assisted alert triage * Compliance monitoring and reporting * SOC 2 readiness * Security operations and incident response workflows * Vulnerability and security monitoring I have extensive hands-on experience designing and customizing **Wazuh-based SIEM/XDR environments**, integrating multiple security and infrastructure data sources, and developing automation and AI capabilities around security operations. ### 🌐 Network & System Administration My infrastructure background includes enterprise network and system administration: * Windows Server & Linux * Active Directory * Network administration * Routing & Switching * Firewalls and VPNs * Cisco, Juniper, Fortinet and other network/security technologies * Network monitoring and troubleshooting * Proxmox and virtualization * Docker & Portainer * pfSense * TrueNAS and storage infrastructure * Cloud infrastructure and VPS environments ### ☁️ Cloud & DevOps * AWS * Microsoft Azure * Cloudflare * Hetzner * OVH * Contabo * Docker / containerized deployments * Infrastructure automation * Secure cloud architecture * Monitoring and observability * CI/CD and application deployment ### 🚀 Product & Technology Development In addition to engineering, I work on **product architecture, product management, and technical solution design**, particularly where AI, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise applications intersect. I can help you with: **AI Product Development → LLM Integration → RAG → AI Agents → Orchestration → Application Development → Cybersecurity → SIEM/XDR → Cloud Infrastructure** ### ⭐ Why Work With Me? I bring a combination of **AI engineering, cybersecurity, software/application development, network engineering, system administration, and product thinking**. Whether you need to **build an AI application, develop an AI agent, implement RAG, integrate LLMs, create an orchestration layer, deploy Wazuh/SIEM/XDR, automate SOC operations, secure infrastructure, or develop a complete enterprise solution**, I can help design and implement it end-to-end. **My goal is simple: build solutions that are intelligent, secure, scalable, and production-ready.**