👋 Hi, I'm Aniq Najmuddin bin Sharifuddin

🎓 KPT-PCP Scholar · Final Year B.Cs. (Hons) Network Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah 💻 Networking, Cybersecurity & Self-Hosted Infrastructure 📍 Based in Selangor, Malaysia

Networking is my passion, but I build the full stack around it: from Zero Trust architectures down to the Docker Compose files that keep my own homelab running. I thrive in hands-on environments where I can configure, deploy, break, and fix real systems rather than just simulate them. My personal motto: "Networks That Never Sleep."

I run NOVAFORTRESS, a self-hosted homelab (UGREEN DXP4800 Plus, Debian 12) where I deploy and harden production Docker stacks, including a live school management system serving real users.

An end-to-end IoT medical telemetry platform predicting asthma attacks using Edge AI and environmental monitoring.

• Hardware: Dual-processor edge architecture (ESP32 Gateway + Raspberry Pi Pico). Features an INMP441 I2S microphone for acoustic ML confidence scoring and environmental sensors (DHT22, MQ-135, Sharp PM2.5).
• Cloud Backend: Laravel 12 API, Mosquitto MQTT for ultra-low latency, Brevo SMTP for intelligent anti-spam emergency alerts, and a Python Random Forest AI engine.
• Frontend & Auth: Next.js 14 clinical dashboard with Laravel Sanctum multi-tenant security and password recovery flows.
• Infrastructure: Self-hosted on NOVAFORTRESS via Docker Compose with secure Zero-Trust WSS bridging using Cloudflare Tunnels.
• Team: 4 members. I built all the hardware and code; my teammates focused on research and documentation and contributed ideas and improvements.

A 29-module school management system for KAFA Masjid Al-A'laa Lokub, built in about a month as a university service-learning (SULAM) project, covering academics, attendance, kewangan (finance/yuran), notifications, and parent-student linking.

• Stack: Laravel 11, Next.js 16, MySQL 8, Nginx, Cloudflare Tunnel, self-hosted on NOVAFORTRESS
• Hardening: Completed a 16-finding security audit (Audit V3), including fixes for a payment race condition and XSS in print functions, TLS 1.2+/HSTS, SSL Labs A+
• Ops: Automated deploys, cron-driven Laravel scheduler, daily encrypted backups, custom alerting scripts
• 🏆 Team award: Anugerah Pembentang Sistem Terbaik (best system presenter), Program Pendigitalan Pengurusan Masjid, DUN Karambunai. I presented the system.
• Role: Full-stack developer and system presenter in the SULAM team (architecture, backend, frontend, deployment, security). Volunteer maintainer since the course ended.

Low-cost, open-source ZTNA framework for SMEs, built around a 3-zone architecture (Client Edge → Cloud Control Plane → Localized Data Plane).

• Tools: OpenZiti, Laravel API Proxy, AWS EC2, mTLS
• Modules: Identity & Endpoint Management, Dynamic Access Policy Engine, Endpoint Posture Verification, Geo-Fencing, Service Cloaking Monitor, Audit & Threat Logging (8 total)
• SDG Alignment: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure (SDG 9), Decent Work & Growth (SDG 8)
• Status: All 8 modules built and the control plane running on AWS EC2. Now in testing, full review and documentation; final report due Jan–Feb 2027

Full-stack group project digitizing community event management and engagement.

• Stack: Native PHP, MySQL, JavaScript (AJAX), HTML5/CSS3
• Features: RBAC, QR code attendance scanning, payment verification, community forum
• Role: Full-Stack Developer (Admin Panel, Database Architecture, Auth System)

Ongoing self-hosted homelab used to deploy, monitor, and secure production-grade Docker stacks.

• Unified multi-service Compose architecture, Cloudflare Tunnel exposure, named-volume permission management via ACLs
• Live testbed for infrastructure practices later applied to Kafa Lokub and Z-Forge

(more projects coming soon as labs and coursework progress)

Cisco Networking Academy

• CCNA: Introduction to Networks (Apr 2025)
• CCNA: Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials (Apr 2025)
• Network Support and Security (Apr 2025)
• Introduction to Packet Tracer (Apr 2025)
• Networking Basics (Nov 2024)
• Networking Devices and Initial Configuration (Nov 2024)

Google Cloud Skill Badges

• Manage Kubernetes in Google Cloud (May 2024)
• Perform Predictive Data Analysis in BigQuery (May 2024)
• Monitor and Manage Google Cloud Resources (May 2024)
• Analyze Images with the Cloud Vision API (May 2024)
• Analyze Sentiment with Natural Language API (May 2024)
• Analyze Speech and Language with Google APIs (May 2024)

Fortinet

• Getting Started in Cybersecurity 1.0 (Mar 2023)
• Introduction to the Threat Landscape 1.0 (Feb 2023)
• Fortinet Certified Fundamentals: Cybersecurity (expired Mar 2025)

CompTIA

• CompTIA Cloud+ ce Certification (valid through Apr 2029)

Awards & Scholarships

• 🏆 Anugerah Pembentang Sistem Terbaik (Program Pendigitalan Pengurusan Masjid, DUN Karambunai, Kafa Lokub)
• 🏅 KPT-PCP Scholarship (Pelajar Cemerlang Politeknik, 2023–2027)
• 🏆 Director's Award (PolyCC & PSP, 2024, CGPA 3.99)
• 🎖️ Dean's List Award (Every Semester, 2020–2023)
• 📡 TM Fiber Optic Certification (CA1C, Aug 2023) (not on Credly, institutional cert)

Tulip Resources Sdn Bhd – IT Technician (Aug–Oct 2026, full-time during semester break)

• Supported VPN connectivity, installed VPN client certificates and trained users for an IT infrastructure rollout for a government defence client
• Site surveys, network cabling and roadside-unit racking across about 10 sites for a government traffic monitoring and enforcement network
• Tested site links to a central command centre over Peplink routers and monitored subcontractors' civil works

PKT Logistics Group Sdn Bhd – Network Support Trainee (Jan–Jun 2023, diploma industrial training)

• Configured Aruba & HP switches, Cisco & Ruckus APs
• Monitored & upgraded HQ and Peninsula networks
• Supported Windows Server and basic AWS environments
• Completed Fortinet NSE1–3 during internship

• Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) – Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons.) Network Engineering (2023–2027)
• Politeknik Seberang Perai (PSP) – Diploma in IT (Networking), CGPA 3.99 (2020–2023)