Fajar Malik
Consultant. Developer. Hacker.
I am a cyber security, IT consulting, and software development specialist with a Nordic perspective, holding Master's degrees in Security & Cloud from Aalto University 🇫🇮 and NTNU 🇳🇴
Featured in
I was honored to be invited to The Collaboration Chronicles 🇮🇩 🇫🇮: 70 Years, 70 Stories.
The series — organized by the Embassy of Finland 🇫🇮 in Indonesia 🇮🇩 — cover 70 stories from individuals and organizations in both countries 🇮🇩 🇫🇮, sharing success stories over the last 70 years. It was organized to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic relations.
About Me
Hei! Moi! My name is Fajar, a cyber security, IT consulting, and software development specialist whose journey spans from Indonesia 🇮🇩, Finland 🇫🇮, and Norway 🇳🇴. With a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from UGM and Master’s degrees from Aalto University and NTNU, I have delivered competition-winning software, resolved critical vulnerabilities, and designed secure protocols as well as helped others master complex topics. I combine technical depth, structured problem-solving, and international experience to create secure, practical systems organizations can trust.
Quick Facts
Education
🇪🇺 Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s in Security & Cloud Computing (SECCLO), Aalto University 🇫🇮 and Norwegian University of Science & Technology 🇳🇴
Bachelor in Computer Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada 🇮🇩
Awards
🇪🇺 Erasmus Mundus scholarship awardee
from the European Union (2022-2024) with ~3.5% acceptance rate
Languages
🇬🇧 English (full professional)
🇫🇮 Finnish (elementary)
🇮🇩 Indonesian (native)
Technical Skills
Technical expertise spanning from software development to cyber security.
Cyber Security
Programming Languages
Infrastructure / DevOps
Platforms / Frameworks / APIs
Testing
Tools & Utilities
Experience
From software development, consulting, to cyber security, developing secure business solutions.
Aalto University
Research Assistant, Thesis Worker
The best university in Finland, the happiest country in the world
Key Achievements
- Designed and implemented a privacy-preserving (pseudonymous) cloud authentication protocol
- Verified the protocol's security properties, leveraging cryptographic protocol verifier (ProVerif)
- Acquired a very good grade (4/5), graduated with honors
- Secure Protocol Design, Python, Docker, Bash Scripting, JavaScript, REST API, ProVerif.
Aalto University
Summer Intern (Software Engineer)
The best university in Finland, the happiest country in the world
Key Achievements
- Developed automated grading infrastructure for cloud course
- Resolved a critical design flaw that introduced a security vulnerability, improving the integrity of the grading system
- Python testing, Docker, Kubernetes, Gitlab CI/CD, Bash, Aplus, Google Cloud Platform.
Aalto University
Teaching Assistant (Information Security course)
The best university in Finland, the happiest country in the world
Key Achievements
- Assisted students during hands-on exercises
- SQL injections, user authentication, buffer overflow, cross-site scripting, password cracking, etc
- Cyber security, teaching, web application security, ethical hacking, capture the flag.
OmahTI UGM
IT Project Manager
Software house, developing solutions for clients
Key Achievements
- Delivered 14 projects within a single calendar year with 100% client acceptance
- Certain clients returned for next projects, demonstrating trust in our delivery
- IT consulting, business analysis, SDLC, documentation, negotiation.
Hire me!
I am always interested in hearing about new projects and opportunities.
Contact Information
GitHub
github.com/thefajarmalikLocation
Helsinki, Finland