{"profile":{"name":"Marhazli bin Kipli","short":"MARHAZLI","handle":"MarHazK","role":"Systems Analyst & Full-Stack Engineer","tagline":"Architecting <b>government-grade information systems</b>, resilient <b>server &amp; network infrastructure</b> and <b>radio-connected tools</b> — from first requirement to production.","location":"Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia","email":"marhazk@gmail.com","phone":"","site":"https://www.marhazk.com","callsign":"9M8HAZ","grid":"OJ51DP","now":{"title":"IS Executive","org":"Sarawak Information System Sdn. Bhd. (SAINS)","since":"May 2017"},"company":{"name":"Freelance ICT","url":""},"links":[{"label":"marhazk.com","url":"https://www.marhazk.com"},{"label":"cqdx.my","url":"https://cqdx.my"}]},"stats":[{"value":20,"suffix":"+","label":"Years in ICT"},{"value":20,"suffix":"+","label":"Engineers led"},{"value":5,"suffix":"","label":"Innovation medals"},{"value":8,"suffix":"+","label":"Years at SAINS"}],"about":{"heading":"Background & Philosophy","paragraphs":["I'm an <b>IS Executive at Sarawak Information System Sdn. Bhd. (SAINS)</b>. Since 2017 I've moved between system analysis, Java and full-stack PHP — from a federal Ministry of Health hospital system to Sarawak state data management, the SAINS SLA Management System and E-Hidayah for JAIS Sarawak.","Alongside SAINS I do <b>freelance work</b>, delivering MyDigital ID integrations, monitoring platforms, lab-reporting systems and network infrastructure for agencies and companies across Malaysia.","I started programming in secondary school and haven't stopped. The habits are the same: understand the problem properly, document it honestly, and ship systems that keep running long after go-live."],"principles":[{"k":"Requirements first","v":"SRS, DFD, ERD and data dictionary before a line of code."},{"k":"Own the whole stack","v":"Server, network, database, back-end and UI."},{"k":"Integrate, don't isolate","v":"APIs that let government and private systems talk."},{"k":"Lead by building","v":"Teams of 20+ engineers, analysts and support staff."}],"education":[{"school":"Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)","what":"Master of Advanced IT in Computer Science (coursework)","when":"2017"},{"school":"Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)","what":"B.Comp.Sc. (Hons) Software Development","when":"2015"},{"school":"Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak","what":"Intensive English Course — Certified","when":"2008"},{"school":"Chermai Jaya College (USM)","what":"Diploma in Multimedia Technology","when":"2007"}]},"stack":{"title":"The Delivery Stack — 7 Layers","summary":"The same seven layers I apply on every engagement, from a district office monitoring system to a federal hospital platform.","metrics":[{"v":"20+","l":"Systems delivered"},{"v":"7","l":"Layers owned"},{"v":"20+","l":"Team size led"},{"v":"100%","l":"Documented"}],"layers":[{"id":"L1","name":"Discover","title":"Stakeholder Analysis","text":"Meetings and workshops with government agencies in Kuching, Kuala Lumpur and Seremban to understand processes before proposing systems.","tags":["Interviews","Process mapping","Feasibility"]},{"id":"L2","name":"Specify","title":"Requirements & Design Docs","text":"System Requirements and System Design documentation — main document, screen narrations and program specifications.","tags":["SRS","SDD","Google Docs","MS Word"]},{"id":"L3","name":"Model","title":"Data & Flow Modelling","text":"Data Flow Diagrams, Entity Relationship Diagrams, data dictionaries and datasets that the build team can trust.","tags":["DFD","ERD","MySQL Workbench","MS Visio","StarUML"]},{"id":"L4","name":"Build","title":"Full-Stack Engineering","text":"Front- and back-end development in PHP, Java (SmartGWT) and C#/.NET, including initial algorithms and core logic.","tags":["PHP","Java","C#","Laravel","CodeIgniter"]},{"id":"L5","name":"Integrate","title":"APIs & Interoperability","text":"Initial and production APIs connecting systems — MyDigital ID with LHDNM MySTR/MyTAX, AWS with MyECERDC, lab results with Singapore agencies.","tags":["REST","JSON","MyDigital ID","AWS"]},{"id":"L6","name":"Infrastructure","title":"Servers & Networks","text":"Development and production servers, virtualisation, WISP and fibre networks, from rack to router 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Sarawak."]},{"id":"wimics","cat":"gov","year":"2026 – Now","org":"Department of Agriculture Sarawak · via SAINS","title":"WIMICS","summary":"Weed, Insect, Micro-organism Collection Sarawak — a collection system for the Department of Agriculture Sarawak.","stack":["PHP","MySQL","Web application"],"points":["Delivered under SAINS for the Department of Agriculture Sarawak."]},{"id":"sa3","cat":"community","year":"2026 – Now","org":"PERESA3K · Samariang Aman 3","title":"SA3 Community Portal","summary":"Residents' portal for the Samariang Aman 3 community, built as Ketua Biro ICT.","stack":["PHP","MariaDB","WhatsApp bot"],"url":"https://sa3.my","points":["Modules for residents, committees and announcements."]},{"id":"ehidayah","cat":"gov","year":"2025 – Now","org":"JAIS Sarawak · via SAINS","title":"E-Hidayah KISWA","summary":"Front- and back-end maintenance of the E-Hidayah system for the Sarawak Islamic Religious Department.","stack":["PHP","Moonlight framework","MySQL","AWS RDS"],"points":["Full-stack maintenance of a large legacy codebase.","Database migration to managed RDS."]},{"id":"dxqsl","cat":"radio","year":"2025 – Now","org":"cqdx.my","title":"DXQSL eQSL Platform","summary":"Web eQSL system with ADIF upload pipeline and printable QSL cards.","stack":["PHP","MariaDB","ADIF"],"url":"https://qsl.cqdx.my","points":["ADIF ingest and QSL rendering.","Serves the CQ DXMY community."]},{"id":"aprsaturday","cat":"radio","year":"2025 – Now","org":"CQ DXMY","title":"APRSaturday Net","summary":"C# APRS-IS check-in bot plus PHP API for the weekly APRS net.","stack":["C#",".NET","APRS-IS","PHP"],"url":"https://cqdx.my/aprs","points":["Automated check-in logging over APRS-IS.","Public JSON API."]},{"id":"qsomap","cat":"radio","year":"2026","org":"9M8HAZ","title":"QSO Map Analyzer","summary":"Upload an ADIF log and get maps, band/mode statistics and PDF reports.","stack":["PHP","MariaDB","Leaflet","FPDF"],"points":["ADIF upload and analysis.","PDF report generation."]},{"id":"hazkstream","cat":"ent","year":"2026","org":"Freelance","title":"HAZKSTREAM","summary":"C# WinForms HLS live streamer with a PHP viewer and upload endpoint.","stack":["C#","FFmpeg","HLS","PHP"],"points":["Rolling HLS segments uploaded over HTTPS.","Atomic file writes on the server."]},{"id":"mydigital","cat":"gov","year":"2024 – 2026","org":"Freelance · MIMOS · LHDNM","title":"MyDigital ID × MySTR & MyTAX","summary":"Integrated the national MyDigital ID identity platform with LHDNM's MySTR and MyTAX services.","stack":["PHP","REST API","Identity integration"],"points":["Analysed, developed and delivered both integrations.","Worked across MIMOS and LHDNM interfaces."]},{"id":"jkrdash","cat":"gov","year":"2024 – 2026","org":"Freelance","title":"JKRDash","summary":"Integration, machine learning and server engineering for the JKRDash dashboard, with documentation.","stack":["System integration","Machine learning","Server 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end-to-end.","stack":["PHP","MySQL","JavaScript"],"points":["Handled and maintained the system at front- and back-end level."]},{"id":"ecerdc","cat":"ent","year":"2023 – 2025","org":"Freelance · ECERDC","title":"MyECERDC × AWS","summary":"Cloud integration between the MyECERDC platform and AWS services.","stack":["AWS","PHP","API"],"points":["Analysed, developed and delivered the AWS integration."]},{"id":"state-data","cat":"gov","year":"2024","org":"Sarawak Government · via SAINS","title":"Sarawak State Data Management","summary":"Java development and maintenance for the state data management platform.","stack":["Java","SQL"],"points":["Front- and back-end maintenance as Java Developer."]},{"id":"moh-his","cat":"gov","year":"2017 – 2024","org":"Ministry of Health · via SAINS","title":"Hospital Information System","summary":"Federal-level hospital platform: requirements, design documentation, initial SmartGWT development and UAT.","stack":["Java","SmartGWT","MySQL","SVN","MS 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travel use."]},{"id":"oags","cat":"inno","year":"2019 – 2020","org":"UiTM Mukah","title":"Online Assessment Grading System","summary":"Online grading platform that won silver at two international innovation expos.","stack":["PHP","MySQL","Web"],"points":["Silver — MIIEX 2019, UiTM Melaka.","Silver — DIIID 2020, UiTM Johor."]},{"id":"photography","cat":"photo","year":"2005 – 2020","org":"Freelance photographer","title":"Photography & Videography","summary":"Fifteen years behind the camera — weddings, portraits, couples, events and more.","stack":["Wedding","Portrait","Couple","Events","Photoshop","Premiere"],"points":["Weddings, receptions and engagement shoots.","Portrait and couple sessions, outdoor and on location.","Corporate, community and family events.","Editing in Photoshop; video in Premiere and After Effects."]},{"id":"peryatim","cat":"infra","year":"2018","org":"PERYATIM Sarawak","title":"PERYATIM Network & Servers","summary":"Improved and maintained network infrastructure and servers for the orphans' welfare body.","stack":["Networking","Linux","Windows Server"],"points":["Infrastructure upgrade and ongoing maintenance."]},{"id":"citra-erp","cat":"ent","year":"2016 – 2017","org":"Citra Alti Sdn. Bhd. / Starling Industries","title":"ERP & Core Infrastructure","summary":"ERP system and the main server and network core for a multimillion project contractor.","stack":["PHP","Linux","Networking","MS Project"],"points":["Head of IT Department (2016 – 2017).","Built the server and network core."]},{"id":"wifibre","cat":"infra","year":"2016 – 2017","org":"Freelance · Mukah","title":"WiFibre WISP","summary":"Introduced and ran a wireless and fibre internet service provider in Mukah.","stack":["UBNT","MikroTik","FTTH","UISP"],"points":["WISP and fibre-optic based service.","Provisioned, operated and maintained the network."]},{"id":"meqstat","cat":"inno","year":"2014 – 2015","org":"Infineon Technologies (M)","title":"MEQSTAT","summary":"Mobile Equipment Stat — the first in-house mobile support system at the Melaka plant.","stack":["Android","Java","Web services"],"points":["Introduced, invented and developed the tablet version.","Exhibited at MAL Technical & Innovation Symposium 2014."]},{"id":"mams","cat":"inno","year":"2013 – 2015","org":"UTeM · UKM · JAKIM","title":"MAMS — Mosque Activity Management","summary":"Multipurpose mosque management with live streaming and mapping, built with UKM and JAKIM.","stack":["PHP","Android","Live streaming","Maps"],"points":["Bronze — Malaysian Technology Expo 2013.","Bronze — UTeMEX 2013.","Exhibited at World Congress of ICT 2014."]},{"id":"bearmon","cat":"inno","year":"2012 – 2015","org":"Infineon · UTeM","title":"BEARMON","summary":"Back-End Automation RoadMap Monitoring — web-based monitoring for Infineon.","stack":["PHP","Web","SQL"],"points":["In-house project as UTeM collaborator, later enhanced during internship."]},{"id":"perfectworld","cat":"early","year":"2004 era – 2014","org":"Cubinet Interactive · Aera Gaming","title":"Perfect World MMORPG — Elite Developer","summary":"Elite developer in the Perfect World MMORPG scene: back-end game algorithms, private servers and community sites.","stack":["Game servers","Linux","MySQL","PHP"],"points":["Back-end algorithms for Perfect World: Malaysia (Cubinet Interactive).","Back-end for the PW:Aera private servers, plus RYL and other titles (Aera Gaming).","Mapping and gaming-system algorithms.","Built the community and management site perfectworld.com.my.","Ran VPS and application servers on Windows Server, CentOS and Ubuntu."]},{"id":"pinit","cat":"inno","year":"2013","org":"UTeM Final Year Project","title":"Pin.IT GEO Map Social Network","summary":"Location-based social network built as a final-year project.","stack":["PHP","Maps API","MySQL"],"points":["Bronze — UTeMEX 2013."]},{"id":"webmas","cat":"early","year":"2000s","org":"Owner & operator","title":"WebMAS.net IRC Network","summary":"My own IRC network from the early 2000s, running on UnrealIRCd and Bahamut IRCd.","stack":["UnrealIRCd","Bahamut IRCd","IRC services","Linux"],"points":["Owned and operated the WebMAS.net network and its servers.","Ran UnrealIRCd and Bahamut IRCd server daemons.","Where I first learnt Linux servers, networking and keeping a live service up."]},{"id":"irc-security","cat":"early","year":"2000s","org":"Black/white-hat years · IRC scene","title":"IRC-Era Security Research","summary":"In the early-2000s IRC scene I learnt how attacks work from the inside. Today that background goes into hardening the servers and networks I build.","stack":["IRC scripting","CTCP","psyBNC","Network security"],"points":["IRC and CTCP scripting, and psyBNC bouncer hosting.","Hands-on understanding of flood, DDoS and botnet techniques from the attacker's side.","Now applied defensively: server hardening, network filtering (MikroTik, Fortinet) and secure system design.","Continued with information security training and the Generative AI Risk & Cyber Security Masterclass (2025)."]}],"skills":[{"n":"Java · JSP · C# · .NET · C/C++","g":"dev","s":10,"y":"10+"},{"n":"PHP · HTML5 · ASP · Python","g":"dev","s":10,"y":"10+"},{"n":"Android","g":"dev","s":10,"y":"10+"},{"n":"CodeIgniter · Laravel","g":"dev","s":10,"y":"9"},{"n":"Flash · Shockwave","g":"dev","s":8,"y":"8"},{"n":"MySQL · MariaDB · SQLite","g":"data","s":10,"y":"10+"},{"n":"MSSQL · PostgreSQL · MDB","g":"data","s":9,"y":"8"},{"n":"Linux · CentOS · Ubuntu · Kali","g":"infra","s":10,"y":"10+"},{"n":"Network & Server · oVirt · KVM · NAS","g":"infra","s":10,"y":"10+"},{"n":"MikroTik · UISP · Fortinet","g":"infra","s":10,"y":"10+"},{"n":"UBNT · TP-Link · FTTH / Fibre","g":"infra","s":10,"y":"8"},{"n":"Apache · WHM · XAMPP","g":"infra","s":10,"y":"10+"},{"n":"Windows Server · IIS","g":"infra","s":9,"y":"10"},{"n":"BSD","g":"infra","s":6,"y":"10"},{"n":"cPanel · DirectAdmin · Virtualmin","g":"cms","s":10,"y":"10+"},{"n":"WordPress","g":"cms","s":10,"y":"10+"},{"n":"Joomla · Mambo","g":"cms","s":10,"y":"8"},{"n":"phpNuke · vBulletin","g":"cms","s":10,"y":"9"},{"n":"Photoshop","g":"design","s":10,"y":"10+"},{"n":"Dreamweaver","g":"design","s":10,"y":"7"},{"n":"Audition · After Effects · Premiere","g":"design","s":9,"y":"10"},{"n":"Illustrator","g":"design","s":8,"y":"9"},{"n":"MS Visio · StarUML · NetLogo","g":"pm","s":9,"y":"8"},{"n":"MS Project","g":"pm","s":8,"y":"8"},{"n":"Google Workspace · OneDrive","g":"pm","s":8,"y":"7"}],"timeline":[{"when":"May 2017 – Now","role":"IS Executive","org":"Sarawak Information System Sdn. Bhd. (SAINS)","type":"Permanent","points":["KISWA Main Portal for JAIS Sarawak and WIMICS for the Department of Agriculture Sarawak (2026 – now).","E-Hidayah KISWA for JAIS Sarawak (2025 – now).","Full-stack PHP Developer (2024 – 2025): SAINS SLA Management System.","Java Developer (2024): Sarawak State Data Management.","System Analyst (2017 – 2024): Ministry of Health Hospital Information System; consulting with government agencies, UAT, servers and networks, initial APIs, and leading teams of 20+."]},{"when":"Dec 2015 – Now","role":"ICT Analyst, Engineer & Developer","org":"Freelance — Kuching","type":"Freelance","points":["SCHeME: C# AVEVA PI API integration tool and documentation (2026 – now).","JKRDash: integration, machine learning, server engineering and documentation (2024 – 2026).","MyDigital ID integrations with LHDNM MySTR and MyTAX (MIMOS, 2024 – 2026).","AWS integration for MyECERDC.","Bau District Office monitoring system; Radilab COVID-19 reporting; UiTM grading system.","Introduced and ran a WISP and fibre service in Mukah (2016 – 2017).","Support, e-commerce and accounting systems for client companies."]},{"when":"Sep 2016 – Apr 2017","role":"Head of IT Department","org":"Starling Industries Sdn. 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I also write the software I operate with: QSL systems, APRS bots, propagation tools and log analysers.","continents":{"A":{"name":"Asia","award":"Master of Radio Communication — Asia","no":"#13062","date":"2022-10-24","lon":78,"lat":30},"O":{"name":"Oceania","award":"Master of Radio Communication — Oceania","no":"#3081","date":"2022-12-04","lon":134,"lat":-25},"E":{"name":"Europe","award":"Master of Radio Communication — Europe","no":"#32154","date":"2022-12-13","lon":12,"lat":50},"S":{"name":"South America","award":"Master of Radio Communication — South America","no":"#17775","date":"2022-12-29","lon":-60,"lat":-14},"N":{"name":"North America","award":"Master of Radio Communication — North America","no":"#17622","date":"2023-05-15","lon":-98,"lat":40},"F":{"name":"Africa","award":"Master of Radio Communication — Africa","no":"#5594","date":"2023-05-20","lon":20,"lat":5}},"events":[{"call":"9M8T","title":"Big Talang-Talang Island DXpedition","when":"4 – 20 Jun 2027","start":"2027-06-04","status":"upcoming","iota":"OC-165","role":"Planning, permits & documentation","text":"Island activation from Talang-Satang National Park, a protected turtle-nesting sanctuary off Sematan — planned with a conservation-first approach: dark/quiet buffer and Leave No Trace.","tags":["80–6 m","SSB","CW","FT modes"],"url":"https://cqdx.my/9m8t"},{"call":"9M8SJQ","title":"JOTA-JOTI 2026 — Sarawak Scouts HQ","when":"16 – 18 Oct 2026","start":"2026-10-16","status":"done","iota":"","role":"Station Manager · HF antennas · Morse","text":"Special event station for Jamboree-on-the-Air: fox hunt, RAE quiz, code-breaker challenge and a daily APRS \"JOTAJOTI\" check-in with e-certificates.","tags":["HF SSB/CW","FT8","SSTV","FM","APRS"],"url":"https://cqdx.my/9m8sjq2026"},{"call":"9M8A","title":"Big Satang Island DXpedition","when":"2025","start":"2025-01-01","status":"done","iota":"OC-165","role":"Team Leader · 13-member team","text":"Led the 9M8A team to Pulau Satang Besar, a secluded island in the Borneo archipelago, with live streaming via CQ Reporting and Club Log.","tags":["Multi-band","Multi-mode"],"url":"https://cqdx.my/9m8a"},{"call":"9M2J","title":"Carabao DX Team — 9M2J 2025","when":"2025","start":"2025-01-01","status":"done","iota":"","role":"Team member · SSB / CW / DIGI","text":"Operator with the nine-member Carabao Budak Botak DX Team.","tags":["SSB","CW","DIGI"],"url":"https://cqdx.my/9m2j"},{"call":"9M1Z","title":"Borneo & Semporna Islands","when":"Jun – Sep 2024","start":"2024-06-15","status":"done","iota":"OC-088 · OC-133","role":"Event website","text":"Two-part island activation from the far corners of Borneo and the Semporna islands of Tun Sakaran Marine Park.","tags":["80–6 m","SSB","CW","FT8/FT4","RTTY"],"url":"https://cqdx.my/9m1z"}],"contest":"Contest and DXpedition logging runs through my own UDP gateway, bridging live logs to HRDLog, QRZ, Cloudlog and APRS-IS in real time.","awards":[{"t":"United States Award","no":"#24755","d":"2024-03-13","e":""},{"t":"12 Days of QRZ (2023)","no":"#14786","d":"2024-03-01","e":"15M · 20M · 40M · 60M Mixed"},{"t":"Master of Radio Communication — Africa","no":"#5594","d":"2023-05-20","e":""},{"t":"Master of Radio Communication — North America","no":"#17622","d":"2023-05-15","e":""},{"t":"30 Years of QRZ","no":"#1220","d":"2023-04-26","e":""},{"t":"Master of Radio Communication — South America","no":"#17775","d":"2022-12-29","e":""},{"t":"Master of Radio Communication — Europe","no":"#32154","d":"2022-12-13","e":""},{"t":"12 Days of QRZ (2022)","no":"#134","d":"2022-12-12","e":""},{"t":"Master of Radio Communication — Oceania","no":"#3081","d":"2022-12-04","e":""},{"t":"United States Counties Award","no":"#31929","d":"2022-11-12","e":""},{"t":"Master of Radio Communication — Asia","no":"#13062","d":"2022-10-24","e":""},{"t":"World Continents Award","no":"#49671","d":"2022-10-09","e":"5-Band Digital & 5-Band Mixed"},{"t":"Grid Squared Award","no":"#51997","d":"2022-10-09","e":"5-Band Mixed"},{"t":"World Radio Friendship Award","no":"#55459","d":"2022-09-04","e":"as 9W8A"},{"t":"DX World Award","no":"#21715","d":"2022-04-16","e":"10M · 15M · 20M Mixed"}],"tools":[{"n":"CQDX.my","d":"DXpedition team hub","u":"https://cqdx.my"},{"n":"QRZ","d":"Station page & awards","u":"https://www.qrz.com/db/9M8HAZ"},{"n":"DXQSL","d":"eQSL cards & ADIF","u":"https://qsl.cqdx.my"},{"n":"e-Cert","d":"Event e-certificates","u":"https://cert.cqdx.my"},{"n":"MY-APRS","d":"Malaysian APRS map","u":"https://www.cqdx.my/myaprs/"},{"n":"APRSaturday","d":"Weekly APRS net","u":"https://cqdx.my/aprs"},{"n":"HF Prop","d":"VOACAP predictions","u":"https://cqdx.my/hf"}]}}