Experience

Kali Linux Developer — OffSec (formerly Offensive Security)

2018 – 2025

  • Performed quality assurance testing across 29 Kali Linux releases, validating system images, tools, and documentation for millions of users worldwide.
  • Authored and maintained more than 50 technical documentation pages, including the Kali Linux Revealed book (2021 Edition) and its KLCP certification exam.
  • Maintained the Kali Linux WSL distribution package, partnering with Microsoft to beta-test WSL improvements.
  • Developed and maintained Ansible playbooks for automated system configuration across the Kali Linux release pipeline.
  • Led a full-scale migration of community forums, developing the project roadmap, establishing governance policies, and growing a community of tens of thousands of users across forums and Discord.
  • Wrote official Debian packaging guidelines for Kali, including step-by-step packaging tutorials and autopkgtest runtime test contribution guides.

Publications & Open-Source Contributions

  • Kali Linux Revealed (2021 Edition) — Co-authored official reference book for the Kali Linux distribution
  • All About the xz-utils Backdoor — Security advisory and technical analysis on the CVE-2024-3094 supply chain vulnerability
  • Kali Linux on the New Modern WSL — Microsoft Store deployment guide for Kali on WSL
  • Debian Packaging Tutorials (Intro/Intermediate/Advanced) — Step-by-step packaging guides adopted as official Kali documentation
  • Contributing Runtime Tests with autopkgtest — Debian QA testing documentation

Skills

  • Linux: Distribution development, Debian packaging, system administration, Linux internals (Debian 8–12), ARM/ARM64/x86-64, Raspberry Pi
  • Automation & DevOps: Ansible, Bash scripting, Python, Git, Docker, Podman, CI/CD, release QA
  • Virtualization: VMware, VirtualBox, Proxmox, Hyper-V, WSL
  • Documentation: Markdown, HTML/XML, technical writing, community management
  • Other: PowerShell, macOS

Certifications

  • Kali Linux Certified Professional (KLCP) — Co-author and technical reviewer of the certification exam and companion book