CLASSIFIED // CLEARANCE: RED TEAM

Dickson Godwin Massawe

Red Team Operator Purple Team Web App Pentester SOC L1–L3

Offensive security engineer working across red team adversary simulation, SOC triage & threat hunting, web application penetration testing, and custom tooling for VAPT engagements. Operating out of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

VAPT APT Simulation MITRE ATT&CK SIEM (QRadar) OWASP Top 10 AD Red Team
// Location
Dar es Salaam, TZ
// Email
// LinkedIn

Capability Matrix

// 5 active capabilities
Web Pentest
SQLi, XSS, CSRF, SSRF, OWASP Top 10, API security.
Red Team / APT
Adversary simulation, lateral movement, C2, persistence.
SOC L1–L3
SIEM triage, correlation rules, threat hunting on QRadar.
Threat Intel
IOC analysis, attribution, MITRE ATT&CK mapping.
Offensive Tooling
Python/Bash/PS automation, C2 agents, fuzzing frameworks.

Mission Log

// current & previous engagements
ACTIVE FEB 2026 — PRESENT @ Owntechsict

Purple Team Operator

  • Advanced penetration testing across web, network, and Active Directory environments.
  • Red Team adversary simulations emulating APT tactics; validating detection & response.
  • SOC L1→L3: alert triage, investigation, attack-chain reconstruction, malware behavior analysis.
  • Developing & tuning IBM QRadar correlation rules; hypothesis-driven threat hunting.
  • MITRE ATT&CK-aligned detection engineering across endpoints, network & cloud.
ARCHIVED NOV 2023 — MAR 2024 @ CyberGen

Web Penetration Tester · Red Team

  • OWASP-methodology web application penetration testing.
  • Custom scripts & tooling for automated scanning, verification & reporting.
  • Red team exercises simulating APT behavior to validate incident response.
ARCHIVED JUN 2022 — JUL 2023 @ TIRDO

Network Security Specialist

  • Sophos XG firewall deployment & hardening; VPN configuration.
  • Network monitoring, traffic analysis, and security-controls documentation.
ARCHIVED JAN 2020 — JUL 2021 @ Owntechsict

Software Developer

  • Systems programming, requirements analysis & delivery for client platforms.
  • Coordinated system installations and end-user training.

Hall of Fame

// captures & wins
1ST PLACE

CtfZone Marathon

CtfZone · 2026
1ST PLACE

Unique Academy CTF

Unique Academy · 2026
1ST RUNNER UP

Cyber Sanifu League (CPL)

Sanifu Org · 2026
HALL OF FAME

HackTheBox — Tanzania

HTB · 2024
1ST CLASS HONORS

Academic Excellence

Unique Academy · 2024
RED TEAM PROLABS

Dante · RastaLab · Cybernetics

HackTheBox ProLabs

Credentials

// certifications & training

CEH — Certified Ethical Hacker

EC-Council · 2024

CPTS — Certified Penetration Testing Specialist

HackTheBox · 2025

eJPTv2 — Junior Penetration Tester

INE · 2025

AD Red Team Specialist (AD-RTS)

CyberWarfare Labs · 2025

Web Red Team Analyst (WEB-RTA)

CyberWarfare Labs · 2025

Multi-Cloud Blue Team Analyst (MCBTA)

CyberWarfare Labs · 2025

Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst

arcX · 2024

Ethical Hacking Essentials (EHE)

EC-Council · 2023
// EDUCATION

Academic Track

  • BSc Information Security — Unique Academy (2024–2026)
  • Diploma in Information Technology — Unique Academy (2021–2023)
  • Diploma in Ethical Hacking — Alison, Greenwich IE (2024–2025)
// ADDITIONAL TRAINING

Lab / Platform Certs

  • TryHackMe — CompTIA Pentest+, Red Teaming, Jr Penetration Tester
  • HackTheBox ProLabs — Dante, RastaLab, Cybernetics
  • APISEC University — API Penetration Testing
  • CISCO Networking Academy — Intro to Cybersecurity, Ethical Hacking
OPERATOR: DGM-707 STATUS: ACTIVE LOC: DAR_ES_SALAAM
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