Ahmet Kotan

Ahmet Kotan

Co-Founder & CTO @ OctoXLabs

Cybersecurity Solutions Architect & Software Leader based in İstanbul, Türkiye.

About Me

As the Co-Founder and CTO of OctoXLabs, I drive the technological vision and lead the software development team of our cyber security solutions company. With a passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date, I have established and maintained a robust software architecture, utilizing GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins Pipeline, Docker, and Elasticsearch to streamline our deployment processes and enhance our system performance and scalability.

Professional Experience

Co-Founder & CTO

OctoXLabs · Full-time

Eyl 2021 - Present · Remote

At the forefront of driving technological vision, leading the software development team, and establishing a robust, scalable software architecture. Key achievements include setting up and optimizing development pipelines with GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins, containerizing applications with Docker for resilience, and managing Elasticsearch for large-scale data processing. Championed the adoption of a microservices architecture.

Software Architecture GitLab CI/CD Jenkins Docker Elasticsearch Microservices Team Leadership

Full Stack Developer

PRODAFT · Full-time

May 2019 - Aug 2021 · 2 yr 4 mos

Involved in hands-on development of a comprehensive cyber security product. Worked extensively with C (c99 standard) on the backend for performance optimization. Utilized Python and Django for robust server-side logic. Employed Docker and Kubernetes for application containerization and managing CI/CD pipelines. Built responsive and user-friendly interfaces with Vue.js.

C (c99) Python (Django) Docker Kubernetes Vue.js

Security Engineer

Intertech Information Technology and Marketing Inc. · Full-time

Dec 2017 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

Focused on ensuring application and infrastructure security. Responsibilities included static source code analysis, penetration testing for web and mobile applications, identifying vulnerabilities, and developing Python scripts for automation within a DevSecOps culture.

Source Code Analysis (Fortify) Penetration Testing Mobile/Web App Vulnerabilities Python Scripting DevSecOps

Python Developer

Lostar Bilgi Güvenliği · Full-time

Jan 2017 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr

Instrumental in developing advanced cyber security software. Focused on backend development, creating efficient and scalable RESTful APIs with Django REST Framework. Managed PostgreSQL databases and utilized Celery for asynchronous task queuing to improve application processing.

Django REST Framework PostgreSQL RabbitMQ Celery Git Flow

Python Developer

PRODAFT · Internship

May 2015 - Aug 2015 · 4 mos

Developed image processing applications, creating Python algorithms for effective image analysis. Contributed to projects requiring the extraction of meaningful information from visual data, combining Python expertise with the specialized field of image processing in a cyber intelligence context.

Image Processing (OpenCV) Numpy Python Image Library