Wissam El Labban

Software and Security Engineer

Welcome to my corner of the web!

Ever wondered what a blend of AI, cybersecurity, and software engineering looks like in action? You’ve come to the right place.

I’m an engineer with a focus on building secure, smart, and scalable systems. With hands-on industry experience and a portfolio of passion-driven projects, this space is where I share what I’ve learned—and what I’m building next.

My journey into this domain began with an opportunity to join some of the most experienced professionals and brightest students in the Middle East. Since then, I’ve dedicated myself to mastering Networking, Software Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence—constantly seeking out new challenges and finding out how things work.

This path has taken me from the warm weather of Dubai to the cool climate of the Detroit Metro area. Along the way, my key professional experiences have aligned with roles like AI engineer, penetration tester, SOC analyst, systems administrator, and software engineer.

I'm excited to share my projects, work experience, and future plans with you.

Skills

Scripting Languages: Python, Java, Bash
Linux OS: Ubuntu, Kali Linux, Debian
Windows OS: Windows Server, Windows 10, Windows 11
Cloud Platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure
IDEs: Visual Studio Code, Neovim
Office Suites: Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Libre Office
Object Oriented Analysis and Design
Data Structures and Algorithms
Neural Networks
Generative AI
Langchain Agents
Penetration Testing
Docker
Git
Firewalls
MySql

Check Out My Resume

Work Experience

In the past, I've worked for the following companies and organizations.

Certifications

The below are the certifications I've gained so far.

AWS Cloud Practitioner

Neural Networks and Deep Learning

Events and Hackathons

Events and hackathons I've competed in.

March 22 2025

Grizz Hacks 7

Worked with 2 team members to build ATS ninjas, an application that uses google gemini to evaluate missing keys words from resume in comparison to job desctiption, and generates cover letters and cold emails.

Teammates I worked with: Pradhum Niroula, Rajvi Mandaliya

Status: winner 🏆

Projects

Explore a curated collection of my projects—practical, creative, and built with purpose.

July 2025

Training SLMs for Agent Use

Can SLMs (small language models) indeed be the future of agentic AI? This is an experiment that if successful, would not only make that statement seem plausable, but would also have them running reliably on edge devices.

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September 2023 - December 2023

Chat CSEC

I built a Chatbot that speciailizes in malware knowlege. It was originally based off OpenAIs GPT 3.5 model.

March 2023 - April 2023

Metadata Audit

Conducted a Metadata assessment of an external company where I examined publicly facing documents for potentially harmful metadata.

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October 2023

Docker Load Balancer

Set up an environment of two DVWA containers, an nginx load balancer connecting in a round robin fashion to the DVWA containers, and an apache container hosting modsecurity.

June 2022 - July 2022

Modsecurity WAF Project

In a previous internship, I had to learn about how web application firewalls worked. This is the story of how I tackled the issue of understanding WAf and how to build a testing environment for it.