Peter Farah | Cybersecurity & Network Engineer

About

I am a cybersecurity and network engineer driven by a passion for advancing technology and building resilient networks. I hold a Master's in Cybersecurity from the Institut Polytechnique de Paris (graduated with highest distinction) and a Bachelor's in Computer and Communication Engineering from the American University of Beirut.

My experience spans managing enterprise network infrastructure at Dar, integrating automated security monitoring pipelines at Exeo, and developing advanced Active Queue Management (AQM) classification frameworks during my research internships. I specialize in low-level networking, automation, and threat intelligence, constantly seeking to solve complex infrastructure and security challenges.

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Experience

Django Web Developer | Freelance

Nov 2025 - Feb 2026

Developed and fully deployed the FarmavetServices e-commerce website using Django.
Built shopping cart and checkout functionality tailored for veterinary and farming products.
Purchased the domain and configured DNS settings through Cloudflare for reliable hosting and SSL management.
View live site: shop.farmavetservices.com

Network Security Researcher | Telecom Sud-Paris & IP Paris

Sep 2024 - Sep 2025 | Evry & Palaiseau, France

Research Focus: Investigating protection mechanisms in routers against fairness attacks in TCP, focusing on Active Queue Management (AQM) algorithms (CoDel, FQ-CoDel, Cake, PIE, RED, FIFO, and FQ).
Architecture: Developed a testbed utilizing custom C code to measure bottleneck bitrates, verify bottleneck types, and generate UDP traffic to capture RTT traces.
Classification: Built a Python-based two-stage classifier using Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) to successfully identify active AQM algorithms in real-world networks with high accuracy.
Read the full AQM Research Write-up

SOC R&D Intern | Exeo

Apr 2024 - Jul 2024 | Paris, France

Integrated Bitdefender and Grafana via Python and SQL for security posture visualization.
Developed full vertical integration of Grafana, Prometheus, SNMP devices (Cisco/Fortigate), and various APIs to provide clients with full visibility over their network.
Automated alert management and ticket creation via Python webhooks into Autotask.

Cybersecurity and Network Engineer | Dar

Mar 2023 - Aug 2023 | Verdun, Lebanon

Managed and deployed hardened configurations across 100+ access layer Cisco switches.
Maintained and automated Fortigate firewall and proxy operations to enhance security.
Managed and patched vulnerabilities generated by Nexpose to protect the network infrastructure.
Developed a migration plan to secure cipher suites for VPN connections.

Cyber Threat Intelligence Officer Intern | POTECH

Jun 2022 - Dec 2022 | Beirut, Lebanon

Developed Python scripts (under NDA) to automate reconnaissance through web scraping.
Orchestrated takedown operations via interactions with APIs and web bots.

Education

Institut Polytechnique de Paris

Master of Computer Science, Cybersecurity | Sep 2023 - Aug 2025

Graduated with highest distinction in M2. Focused on secure protocols, network security, security oriented programing, and advanced network filtering.

American University of Beirut

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer and Communication Engineering | Oct 2018 - Dec 2022

Dean’s Honor List. Core coursework in cryptography, network security, and internet security.

Skills

Software & Automation

Python C Linux

Cybersecurity

Wireshark Nmap Burp Suite Nexpose Bitdefender

Networking

Cisco Routing/Switching MikroTik Fortinet FortiGate FortiSwitch

Languages

English (Fluent) French (Fluent) Arabic (Fluent)

Projects

Home Lab Server & Monitoring Infrastructure

Designed and deployed a self-hosted Ubuntu server (VM-based) to run production-grade Python services.
Developed a fully automated Python pipeline for YouTube video generation and upload.
Built a custom Python-based FTP server to securely transfer media from mobile devices.
Implemented infrastructure monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana.
Integrated Cloudflare Zero Trust Tunnel to securely expose internal services without port forwarding.
Enabled secure SSH access via ssh.peterfarah.com.
Exposed monitoring dashboards via grafana.peterfarah.com and up.peterfarah.com.
Request Limited access: Request Access.
Read the full architecture breakdown.

Client-Server Secure Connection

Exchange of symmetric key with asymmetric keys for file transfer. Supports custom certificate exchange signed by custom certificate authority.

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Galois Field Arithmetic Calculator

Instant results for non-trivial arithmetic computations in Galois Fields reaching GF(2^571).

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Network Attack Implementation & Detection

Developed multiple tools including DNS spoofing, TCP SYN flooding/detection, TCP flow injection, and ICMP quench local network attacks to study protocol weaknesses.

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Certificates & Honors

Institut Polytechnique de Paris: Graduated with the highest honors
American University of Beirut: Dean’s Honor List
Bitdefender Certified: Sales Specialist, MSP Technical Specialist, Technical Solutions Professional (July 2024)
Fortinet: Security Driven Networking Workshop Completion
IELTS: CEFR level C1 (Nov 2022)