Samuel Akanni
Newark,New Jersey
Summary
Results-driven Cloud Security Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing, implementing, and optimizing secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. Proven expertise in IAM, compliance frameworks (HIPAA, NIST CSF, ISO 27001), and DevSecOps practices. Skilled in reducing security vulnerabilities, implementing monitoring solutions, and automating security controls. Consistently delivers robust cloud security architectures that enhance protection while enabling business objectives.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Security Engineer III
FTI Consulting
09.2023 - Current
- Implemented comprehensive security scanning in CI/CD pipelines, reducing vulnerabilities by 75%
- Managed cloud security controls for AWS deployment ensuring compliance with NIST and HIPAA standards
- Configured Azure Key Vault for secrets management and implemented just-in-time access protocols
- Established security metrics dashboards with real-time compliance monitoring across cloud environments
- Deployed advanced threat detection using Azure Sentinel with automated response workflows reducing MTTR by 65%
Cloud SecOps Engineer
Beyondsoft Consulting
08.2022 - 09.2023
- Designed and implemented security architecture spanning AWS, GCP and Azure environments with centralized SIEM integration
- Architected robust security framework incorporating IAM roles/policies, AWS Secrets Manager, and Azure Key Vault
- Implemented VPC flow logs with automated compliance scanning, improving overall security posture by 40%
- Developed custom IAM roles and policies from CloudTrail log analysis during M&A integrations
- Executed security hardening initiatives across containerized workloads using Sysdig for vulnerability scanning and runtime protection
Security DevOps Engineer
Constellation
08.2021 - 08.2022
- Engineered security monitoring with VPC flow logs, pattern recognition, and custom AWS Config rules for compliance enforcement
- Configured structured log transportation to SumoLogic with correlation rules for threat detection and incident response
- Implemented comprehensive IAM policies enforcing least privilege access across all cloud resources
- Deployed automated security testing in CI/CD pipelines with vulnerability scanning and infrastructure as code validation
- Created disaster recovery solutions with encrypted cross-region replication maintaining strict security controls
IAM System Engineer
VISA INC
03.2020 - 08.2021
- Led implementation of principle of least privilege across enterprise Active Directory infrastructure
- Developed sophisticated user provisioning automation with role-based access controls reducing security incidents by 60%
- Implemented just-in-time privileged access workflows with comprehensive audit logging
- Created automated security recertification processes scanning 10,000+ account permissions quarterly
- Designed authentication integration between Windows/Linux systems with secure cross-platform protocols
Education
Master of Engineering - Project Management
University of Ibadan
Ibadan03.2018
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
08.2008
Skills
- Cloud Platforms AWS (EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, VPC, EFS, Elastic Beanstalk, DynamoDB, ELB, ALB, Route 53, SNS, EBS, CloudWatch, API Gateway, Fargate, CloudFront, Glue, SSM, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, PrivateLink, Transit Gateway) Azure (AKS, Blob Storage, Functions, Azure DevOps, Azure SQL Database, Azure Key Vault, ARM) GCP (GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, Compute Engine) Security & Compliance IAM SIEM CrowdStrike Sysdig HITRUST HIPAA NIST CSF ISO 27001 KMS NACLs Security Groups Google Chronicle SIEM Monitoring & Observability Datadog Prometheus Grafana NewRelic CloudWatch Dynatrace ELK Stack Sumo Logic CI/CD & DevOps GitLab CI/CD Jenkins Azure DevOps Terraform CloudFormation Bamboo ArgoCD Docker Kubernetes Packer Artifactory HashiCorp Vault Chef Puppet Istio Airflow Programming & Scripting Python Bash Ansible PowerShell Shell JSON YAML
Certification
- AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
- CompTIA Security+
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
Timeline
Cloud Security Engineer III
FTI Consulting
09.2023 - Current
Cloud SecOps Engineer
Beyondsoft Consulting
08.2022 - 09.2023
Security DevOps Engineer
Constellation
08.2021 - 08.2022
IAM System Engineer
VISA INC
03.2020 - 08.2021
Master of Engineering - Project Management
University of Ibadan
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
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