Muqaddam Aaqil Sheriff

PhD Research Associate - Psyber Security Lab UTEP


Curriculum vitae



Department of Computer Science

University of Texas at El Paso

The University of Texas at El Paso 1801 Hawthorne St El Paso, TX 79902



Industry Experience


Software Developer (Data) — Brainvault Technologies (Chennai, India)

Jul 2024 – Jul 2025

Worked on AI-powered cloud data migration and large-scale document intelligence systems. Built and optimized Python/SQL-based migration pipelines to support transitions from 50+ legacy PMS platforms, reducing manual effort by ~70% and accelerating delivery timelines. Developed an ETL pipeline that extracted structured data from 900K+ unstructured legal PDFs using pdfplumber, regex, and LLM-assisted extraction, achieving 99%+ field accuracy and reducing manual review by ~80%. Improved throughput and runtime via indexing and multiprocessing (up to 100K+ records/hour), and supported production reliability by deploying containerized services with Docker/Kubernetes (including 20+ microservices) and CI/CD automation.


Network Engineer Intern — VJ Networks (Chennai, India)

Jan 2024 – Apr 2024 
Supported core network operations by configuring and troubleshooting switches/routers and assisting with infrastructure stability and performance. 

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