Christian Kabela
Microsoft
Arlington
1
Certificate
11
Years of experience
Cloud professional with extensive experience in building and managing scalable cloud infrastructures. Proven ability to drive impactful projects that align with organizational goals. Known for fostering teamwork and delivering reliable solutions while adapting to dynamic environments. Skilled in cloud architecture, automation, and problem-solving.
Work History
Cloud Solutions Architect
1 Year 6 Months- Helped a global customers transition from legacy GPO configurations to a modern Hybrid Azure AD + Intune environment, designing and deploying a scalable Intune architecture tailored to their regulatory and operational needs.
- Designed and deployed enterprise-grade Conditional Access and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) policies across Fortune 100 & 500 companies, enhancing security posture and reducing identity-related risks by 50%.
- Acted as a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 clients by translating business requirements into secure and scalable Microsoft 365 and Azure architectures, including Defender for Endpoint, Entra ID, and Microsoft Sentinel.
- Conducted architecture design sessions and resiliency reviews using Microsoft’s Well-Architected Framework, enabling secure production deployments and reducing misconfigurations by 35%.
- Created reusable security policy templates, tagging strategies, and compliance configurations to drive operational excellence and repeatability across regulated industries including defense and manufacturing.
- Challenged and restructured clients’ legacy authentication and over-privileged access models, aligning their environments to Microsoft best practices and reducing lateral movement exposure.
- Deployed Defender suite on multiple fortune 500 organizations, Defender for o365, cloud apps, endpoint & Defender for Identity
Endpoint and Data Protection Consultant
9 Months- Administered Microsoft Defender for Server, Purview Endpoint DLP, and Azure Information Protection (AIP) policies across the U.S. region, ensuring alignment with security, compliance, and business requirements.
- Contributed to the U.S. Security Vision and Strategy for the Endpoint and Data Protection domain, leading quarterly planning and sprint sessions to prioritize initiatives and service enhancements.
- Partnered with Risk and Audit teams to conduct internal control assessments, identify security gaps, and ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks such as NIST and ISO 27001.
- Designed and maintained scalable Defender XDR and data protection policies, incorporating customer feedback to continuously enhance endpoint security posture.
- Owned and prioritized team backlogs, drove resolution of operational blockers in Agile standups, and identified key opportunities to mature endpoint and data protection services.
Modern Work - Security & Compliance Specialist
2 Years- Delivered end-to-end Security, Compliance, and Identity solutions across Microsoft 365 (E5, EMS, Windows 10/11), leading pre-sales strategy and accelerating enterprise adoption through technical wins.
- Led technical engagements—including architecture design sessions, workshops, demos, and proofs of concept—to drive deployment of Microsoft Defender, Intune, Entra ID, and Microsoft Purview in highly regulated sectors.
- Demonstrated deep expertise in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud Apps, Defender for Identity, Exchange Online Protection, and Purview to meet complex customer security requirements.
- Supported strategic planning for Fortune 500 retail clients across US East & West regions, providing tailored advisory on Zero Trust architecture, compliance posture, and modernization roadmaps.
- Developed secure cloud transformation roadmaps, guiding customers from legacy environments to fully modernized Microsoft 365 architectures, ensuring alignment with regulatory and industry standards.
Senior Consultant Security Architect
5 Months- Engineered tailored Microsoft 365 security solutions across diverse clients, reducing security incidents by 30% and boosting threat detection efficiency by 20% through seamless Azure Cloud integration.
- Executed end-to-end Microsoft 365 security implementations and assessments using Enterprise Mobility Suite, resulting in a 40% improvement in security posture and a 50% reduction in unmitigated vulnerabilities.
- Defined roadmap strategies for Microsoft 365 architecture, planning, and endpoint migration to support secure enterprise cloud adoption.
Senior Cyber Technology Consultant
2 Years 3 Months- Delivered security architecture and implementation projects across multiple domains including Identity & Access Management (IAM), Data Protection, Threat Management, and Cyber Program Governance for enterprise clients in regulated industries.
- Led end-to-end delivery of cybersecurity solutions by assessing client environments, identifying risk exposures, and designing tailored security frameworks aligned with industry standards (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001).
- Conducted technical assessments, security architecture reviews, and gap analyses across hybrid and cloud environments, driving actionable remediation strategies to improve enterprise security posture.
- Advised business and technology stakeholders on emerging threats, zero trust strategies, and security program maturity—bridging technical concepts with business risk to influence executive decisions.
- Worked across Agile and Waterfall project delivery models to manage security initiatives from discovery through implementation, ensuring on-time, secure, and audit-ready outcomes.
Technical Consultant
4 Years- Spearheaded digital transformation initiatives across high-stakes industries—including missile & defense, financial services, manufacturing (REVGroup, Overhead Door Corporation, Raytheon), and gaming—by architecting and deploying bespoke IT solutions that elevated innovation velocity, fortified security postures, and unlocked operational efficiency.
- Directed cross-functional offshore teams (6+ engineers) in the successful execution of enterprise-scale transformation programs, orchestrating the end-to-end migration of legacy on-premises applications to modern cloud platforms under accelerated delivery schedules.
- Partnered with manufacturing leaders (REVGroup, Overhead Door Corporation) to design and implement large-scale Office 365 migrations—capturing, consolidating, and migrating PST data (17TB+) to the cloud, building infrastructure capabilities, and creating helpdesk training material to streamline long-term support.
- Collaborated with Raytheon as a Junior Java Developer to deliver software enhancements and automation of mission-critical processes, leveraging Java, Hibernate, and Oracle DB to improve reliability and reduce manual overhead.
- Engineered and led the implementation of a comprehensive migration strategy to transition legacy public folders to Office 365 and Microsoft 365 Groups, reducing collaboration friction, simplifying administration, and driving adoption of cloud-native communication tools.
Education
Bachelors of Science - Computer Information Systems
Skills
Defender for Endpoint
Purview
Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance
Endpoint Manager
Power Platform
Copilot
SIEM
Entra ID
PowerShell
Cloud Audit
Emerging Technologies
Technology Enablement
Wiz
KQL
Cloud architecture design
Endpoint protection
Identity management
Security auditing
Patch management
Vulnerability assessment
Security policy development
Security architecture
Data loss prevention
Security awareness training
Zero trust architecture
DDoS prevention
Cybersecurity frameworks
Cloud security
SIEM provider management
Data encryption
Risk assessment
Azure AI Services
Azure Storage
Entra ID PIM
Certification
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert, Microsoft, Issued Jun 2022
- MS-100: Microsoft 365 Identity and Services, Microsoft, Issued Jan 2022
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate, Microsoft, Issued Apr 2020 - Expires Apr 2023
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, Microsoft, Issued Apr 2021
- Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity, Microsoft, Issued May 2021
- OpenHack: Security, Compliance, and Identity, Microsoft, Issued Apr 2021
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Professional Working
French
Elementary
Tshiluba
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Cloud Solutions Architect
Microsoft
01.2024 - 07.2025Read More
Endpoint and Data Protection Consultant
CIBC Bank
04.2023 - 01.2024Read More
Modern Work - Security & Compliance Specialist
Microsoft
04.2021 - 04.2023Read More
Senior Consultant Security Architect
Withum
11.2020 - 04.2021Read More
Senior Cyber Technology Consultant
Ernst & Young
07.2018 - 10.2020Read More
Technical Consultant
Hitachi Vantara
05.2014 - 05.2018Read More
University of North Texas
Bachelors of Science from Computer Information Systems
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