Edem Kporha

About

AppSec-focused engineer with experience supporting federal case management platforms at Armedia (SAST/DAST/SCA, threat modeling, injection remediation) and leading production troubleshooting for Ecobank’s virtual card service across 33 African affiliates. Known for using deep log/SQL/trace analysis to pinpoint TLS and query issues, documenting clear repro evidence, and driving measurable outcomes like eliminating recurring SQL vulnerabilities and stabilizing activation success rates.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Identifies injection risk via SQL/log analysis and drives rapid remediation (sanitization, parameterized queries)
• Implements and tunes SAST/DAST/SCA tooling and partners with developers to validate fixes
• Reduced recurring SQL vulnerability to zero within two releases by tuning SAST rules and adding CI checks
• Deep production troubleshooting using logs/metrics/traces to isolate regional integration failures (TLS mismatch)
• Strong cross-stakeholder communication—frames security tradeoffs for leadership/product to secure buy-in
• Creates high-signal engineering handoffs (Confluence writeups, packet captures, repro steps) to accelerate fixes
• Scaled rollout coordination across 33 affiliates, stabilizing activation success rates after remediation

Reference Highlights

• Led onboarding for Rapid Transfer across Ecobank subsidiaries in Africa
• Strong customer-facing leadership (spearheaded customer communications)
• Able to explain technical topics in non-technical terms for stakeholders
• Go-to person to lead stakeholder/manager meetings
• Security-first mindset; ensured vendors implemented security from design
• Thorough troubleshooting with documented RCA
• Prioritizes incidents effectively to resolve urgent/major issues first
• Proactive in clarifying new requirements to avoid ambiguity
• Creates runbooks that help team members resolve repeat issues
• patient
• detail-oriented
• goes above and beyond to help others
• dedicated
• strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• technically gifted