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Microsoft Office 365/Azure Security Expert with strong customer service, security and professional orientation. A dedicated Microsoft 365/Azure Security Professional with diverse work experiences in areas of cloud-based identity and access implementation and securing O365 hybrid environment. Highly skilled in articulating technical information to IT members, users or system clients and ability to work with others in a collaborative environment. Superior understanding of business goals and an appetite in applying technology in solving business problems.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Azure Security Engineer

Caci International Inc.
Belgrade
05.2019 - 10.2021
  • Performing a discovery of environment and designing a technical onboarding process for their Azure/O365 tenants.
  • I.e., endpoint manager, Identity protection, Conditional access, O365 ATP, Azure ATP, RBAC.
  • Integrating salesforce, workday and other SaaS application rest API with Microsoft Cloud App Security to manage and enforce DLP policies over our sensitive data.
  • Leveraging passwordless authentication to mitigate the risk password attacks from privileged accounts and enabling MFA on accounts which are not capable of having passwordless authentication.
  • Enabling Azure Defender on subscriptions to protect our Azure and hybrid resources to protect management ports of VMs with Just-in-time and adaptive applications controls.
  • Azure/O365 security center – Compliance manager i.e., Azure Benchmark, CIS, O365/Azure GDPR, NIST 800-53.
  • Protecting virtual machines data by using Azure Disk Encryption (ADE) that is using BitLocker for windows VMs and DM-Crypt for Linux VMs.
  • Leveraged Azure Sentinel to integrate Azure Security Center, Azure AD, Firewalls, MCAS, F5, Symantec Endpoint Security, Nessus scanner for vulnerability scans, authenticated and unauthenticated scans for newly built servers, O365 ATP, Windows Defender, Microsoft ATP and third-party security tools like Symantec EP.
  • Setup and configure Endpoint Protection ATP, EXO ATP policies and Email Security, implement Post- breach defense with ATA, DLP, Mail flow, Information governance, AIP and SIEM.
  • Microsoft Endpoint Manager; InTune, MDM & MAM.
  • I.e., Device enrollment, Device Configuration, Device Security, Conditional Access policy and Device compliance.

Office 365 Security Analyst

Amazon.Com, Inc.
Iowa City
02.2017 - 05.2019
  • Helped client navigate their journey to the cloud on the Microsoft Office 365 and Enterprise Mobility and Security Platforms (EMS).
  • Designing and deploying Microsoft Defender ATP through InTune/Config Manager.
  • InTune configuration policies, baseline policies, GPO, and restrictions policies.
  • Azure Active Directory deployment/educating client on best Azure AD licensing for project.
  • Designed and developed cloud-specific security policies, standards, and procedures e.g., O365 Tenant management and configuration, identity management and access control, firewall management, auditing and monitoring, security incident and event management.
  • Provided internal technical training to Advisory personnel as needed.
  • Provided technical support for O365 services and resolve service-related issues through research and troubleshooting and working with Microsoft.
  • Configured and deployed MFA, SSO, MIM, PIM, PAM.

Cloud Security Consultant

Flynn Restaurant Group
Memphis
03.2014 - 02.2017
  • Helped design and deploy Microsoft Security stack i.e., MCAS, Microsoft Information Protection, Azure Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft 365 Defender, Defender for Endpoint and Azure Lighthouse.
  • Onboarding Azure Sentinel to receive logs from data sources, detected previously undetected threats, investigated threats with artificial intelligence and responded to incidents rapidly using playbooks and KQL queries.
  • Set up and configured Microsoft Defender for endpoint, and Exchange Online Protection, implement Microsoft defender for identity.
  • Implement Data Loss Prevention (DLP), encryption, identity and access management, multi-factor authentication, endpoint protection.
  • Engineer, test, document and deploy security administration in O365/ Azure cloud environment.
  • Design and deploy Azure Active Directory as well as perform offline AD Security assessments, prepare, and deliver remediations plans.
  • Configured and Monitor sign-ins, audit logs; enforce MFA and Privilege Identity Management (PIM) principle.

Service Desk Analyst

Nypro
City
11.2012 - 03.2014
  • Handled Break/Fix, Account Administration, TCP/IP Configuration and Active Directory in a blended (Windows, Mac OS, and Linux) platform environment both remotely and physically.
  • Decommissioned devices for surplus or re-image, handled new hire set-up/configured workstation, network printer setup, LAN activation requests, conference setup, software deployments, decryption ISSO requests.
  • Handled BitLocker Recovery Key Request and Data Loss and Recovery tickets.
  • Led a team of service desk engineers to successfully execute two Life Cycle Refresh projects: Windows 10 upgrade and Out-of-Warranty replacements and Mojave upgrade from Hi Sierra for existing and new users.
  • Provided dedicated support for an organization wide Adobe CC push and PST migration.
  • Developed procedures to support service desk techs as well as created and updated existing SOPs and pioneered major projects that lead to improvements in efficiency, and end-user productivity.

Education

Microsoft 365 Security Admin (MS-500) | Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500 -

Kwame Nkrumah University of Ghana

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

Skills

  • Endpoint Manager, Mobile Application Management (MAM), Azure Benchmark, Identity & Access
  • Management (IAM), Zero Trust, Microsoft Information Protection, Cloud App Security (MCAS), Azure Active
  • Directory (AAD), Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Microsoft Defender, O365, Enterprise Mobility and Security
  • (EMS) and SIEM, Microsoft 365 Defender, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Timeline

Azure Security Engineer

Caci International Inc.
05.2019 - 10.2021

Office 365 Security Analyst

Amazon.Com, Inc.
02.2017 - 05.2019

Cloud Security Consultant

Flynn Restaurant Group
03.2014 - 02.2017

Service Desk Analyst

Nypro
11.2012 - 03.2014

Microsoft 365 Security Admin (MS-500) | Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500 -

Kwame Nkrumah University of Ghana

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

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