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Abdullah Adnan

Bexley,Kent

Summary

Adaptable team player with proven time management and organizational skills. Quick learner capable of meeting tight deadlines in fast-paced environments. Experienced in cybersecurity principles and effective leadership, with a focus on process improvements and collaborative teamwork. Committed to leveraging skills to drive organizational success and achieve growth in dynamic settings.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
year of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Intern

Commonwealth
London
09.2025 - 02.2026
  • Supported 5+ high-profile company events and executive meetings, ensuring smooth coordination and timely delivery.
  • Collaborated across 4 departments to drive project milestones, contributing to on-time completion of initiatives.
  • Increased team productivity by taking diligent meeting minutes
  • Adapted quickly to new tools and workflows, streamlining daily tasks and improving individual task completion speed by 20%.

SAP HCM System Operator

Pakistan Railways
Lahore, Pakistan
02.2024 - 11.2024
  • Streamline and supported core HR workflows using SAP HCM to enhance operational efficiency and accuracy.
  • Maintained personnel records, coordinated recruitment postings, and processed payroll for 500+ employees monthly.
  • Resolved over 90% of user support tickets within 24 hours by diagnosing and escalating technical faults to senior team.
  • Improved payroll accuracy by 15% and reduced recruitment posting errors by 30%, contributing to faster onboarding times and increase HR.

Teaching Assistant

COMSATS University
Lahore, Pakistan
09.2022 - 02.2023
  • Delivered lab sessions twice weekly, resolved technical queries during tutorials, and contributed to updating lab manuals.
  • Supported curriculum design by providing feedback on student challenges. Helped reduce assignment-related queries by 40% and increased lab attendance rates by 20%, as noted in mid-semester feedback.
  • Helped reduce assignment-related queries by 40% and increased lab attendance rates by 20%, as noted in mid-semester feedback.

Operations Intern

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
Lahore, Pakistan
07.2021 - 09.2021
  • Gained practical understanding of defence-grade compliance standards; contributed insights during daily briefings that were incorporated into team knowledge-sharing documents.
  • Prepared reports on secure communication systems, later adopted as reference material for future interns.
  • Shadowed engineers across 3 departments; compiled reports on operational procedures and quality control systems to support team documentation.

Education

MSc - Cyber-Security

University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey
02.2025 - 02.2026

Skills

  • Experience with cybersecurity principles
  • Efficient leadership
  • Collaborative teamwork approach
  • Cognitive flexibility
  • Multilevel communication
  • Advanced multitasking capabilities
  • Time-Pressed decision making

Custom

  • 3rd Place - Final Year Project Exhibition, COMSATS University, 10/01/23, Led a team of four in developing Field-Sense, an agricultural web app.
  • 1st Place - National Youth Parliamentary Debate Championship, 09/01/22, Competed against 30+ university and college teams nationwide.
  • Tekken Gaming Tournament - Prize Winner, 05/01/22, Placed in the top 5 out of 60 participants in a regional eSports tournament.
  • Runner-Up - National Recyclable Art Competition, 04/01/22, Designed and presented a sustainability-themed art piece.

Certification

  • CompTIA Security+: Validated expertise in core cybersecurity concepts, including network security, risk management, threat analysis, and incident response.
  • Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals: Gained foundational knowledge of artificial intelligence concepts and Azure services, including machine learning, natural language processing, and responsible AI practices
  • AWS Cloud Foundations: Built foundational knowledge of AWS cloud concepts, services, security, pricing, and architectural best practices.
  • AWS Academy Cloud Architecting: Gained hands-on experience in designing secure, scalable, and cost-optimized cloud solutions using core AWS services.
  • AWS Cloud Security Foundations: Acquired essential skills in securing AWS environments, covering identity and access management, encryption, monitoring, and compliance best practices.

Timeline

Intern

Commonwealth
09.2025 - 02.2026

MSc - Cyber-Security

University of Surrey
02.2025 - 02.2026

SAP HCM System Operator

Pakistan Railways
02.2024 - 11.2024

Teaching Assistant

COMSATS University
09.2022 - 02.2023

Operations Intern

Pakistan Aeronautical Complex
07.2021 - 09.2021
Abdullah Adnan