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• Security Officer · Constant Security Services

  MAY 2026 →

  SIA-licensed across critical science and university sites, including Jodrell Bank Observatory — patrols, CCTV, incident response and control-room reporting while landing the next engineering role.

  • SIA-licensed
  • Jodrell Bank

• Software Engineer · Independent Projects

  APR 2026 →

  Designing, building and shipping full-stack work end-to-end: a Swagger-documented REST API with Mocha/Chai tests, Colophon (AI publishing — Vue 3, Express, PostgreSQL + pgvector), AfaaqX, and a GitHub profile regenerated daily by scheduled Actions pipelines.

  • TypeScript
  • PostgreSQL
  • GitHub Actions

• DevOps Engineer · C365Cloud

  FEB — MAY 2026

  Kept a compliance platform shipping: CI/CD pipelines, Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL administration, and .NET (Blazor) platform features for internal teams in Wakefield.

  • CI/CD
  • T-SQL
  • .NET Blazor

• Concierge · Adullam Homes

  APR 2025 — MAY 2026

  Out-of-hours point of contact in supported accommodation — safeguarding escalations, incident management and accurate electronic record-keeping for vulnerable residents.

  • Safeguarding

• Security Officer / CCTV Operator · Showsec

  DEC 2024 — AUG 2025

  CCTV monitoring, crowd management and incident response at high-profile events, coordinating in real time with security teams and law enforcement.

  • CCTV
  • Incident response

• Software Engineer · Unisys

  APR 2023 — JUL 2024

  16-month industrial placement in Manchester: shipped full-stack C# / .NET (Blazor) features that lifted system efficiency ~20%, cut production issues 30% owning support triage, and stepped up to lead a project team to an on-time delivery that won follow-on client contracts.

  • C#
  • .NET Blazor
  • SQL

• IT Help Desk Technician · MMU

  JUL 2022 — JAN 2023

  First-line support for staff and students — hardware, software and access issues, bridging IT and partner departments; praised by multiple departments in the first week.

  • First-line support

• Software Developer · MMU

  APR 2022 — JAN 2023

  Front-end and back-end functionality in a multidisciplinary university team — resolved 50+ bugs, improved load speed 25% and cut development time 15% translating stakeholder requirements into working features.

  • Full-stack
  • 50+ bugs resolved

• Customer Assistant · Lidl GB

  SEP 2021 — APR 2025

  High-volume store through the whole degree — till, deliveries, stock; part of the team that lifted the store’s sales ranking from 14th to 10th and customer satisfaction 18% in four months.

  • 3 yrs 8 mo alongside study

• Team Member · KFC

  MAR 2019 — SEP 2021

  Every station, front to back — named Best Employee six consecutive months, in the crew that lifted the store’s regional ranking from 5th to 2nd.

  • Best Employee ×6

• BSc (Hons) Software Engineering · MMU

  SEP 2021 →

  Manchester Metropolitan University — BCS-accredited, predicted First-Class Honours. The formal deep end.

  • BCS Accredited
  • First-Class (predicted)

• BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in IT · Bolton College

  2019 — 2021

  Bolton College — Triple Distinction (DDD). Two years that turned curiosity into a discipline.

  • Triple Distinction

• OCNLR Certificate in Digital Skills · Bolton College

  2018 — 2019

  Bolton College — the first formal step into computing, and the doorway to everything above it.

  • Digital Skills

• Student Ambassador · MMU

  MAY 2022 — OCT 2023

  Represented the university at open days, tours and recruitment events across Greater Manchester.

  • Community

• Course Representative · MMU

  SEP 2021 — SEP 2022

  Elected voice for the cohort — negotiated assessment scheduling around religious observances and expanded departmental guest-speaker sessions.

  • Learner Voice Award
  • Volunteering Award

languages

JavaScript · TypeScript · HTML · CSS · Bash · C# · PHP

frameworks

Next.js · React · Tailwind CSS · Express · Vue.js · Bootstrap

libraries

Three.js · Framer Motion · Prisma · React Hook Form · Axios · sharp · upstash · postcss · autoprefixer · testing-library · Swiper · dotenv · nodemon · ts-node

tools

Node.js · Vercel · Docker · Vite · Vitest · Jest · Mocha · Chai · ESLint · Prettier · Redis · MySQL · SQLite · Swagger

software

GitHub

• culina

  AI

  AI-powered recipe discovery platform

• theabdullahfolio

  Web

  Cinematic scroll-driven portfolio rebuild

• AfaaqX

  System

  Multi-tenant business management platform

• muhammadabdullah-portfolio

  Web

  Immersive motion-driven portfolio

• colophon

  AI

  Cross-platform AI-powered publishing platform

• dhun

  System

  Cross-platform music streaming platform

• plenary

  System

  Real-time educational engagement platform

All projects · The same history as a timeline