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🚀 Cloud Security, DevSecOps & Full-Stack Engineer (AWS/GCP/Terraform | React/Node/Next/Python) --- 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 • 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗢𝗽𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 • 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 --- With a Master’s degree in Cyber Security and 8+ years of building high-performance, secure, and resilient cloud platforms, I combine cloud security engineering with modern full-stack development to deliver end-to-end solutions. I design cloud-native applications, automate infrastructure, build secure CI/CD pipelines, and develop robust front-end and back-end systems using React, Next.js, Node.js, and Python. Whether you need a secure SaaS platform, hardened pipelines, or a scalable web app, I deliver both the architecture and the implementation. ---𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲--- Associate Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), ISC2 CompTIA PenTest+ (Offensive Security) CompTIA CySA+ (Defensive Operations/Threat Analysis) CompTIA Security+ (Core Security Foundation) Master of Science, Cyber Security and Information Assurance Expertise in Financial Risk Modeling and Data Science (Targeting Quant Dev) ---𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀--- Cloud Platforms: AWS (Expert), GCP (Proficient) IaC & Automation: Terraform, Python, Lambda, Bash, CloudFormation Security & Compliance: DevSecOps, IAM/RBAC, VPC Design, SOC 2/NIST Alignment, Endpoint Hardening Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE) Observability: Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch Vulnerability Assessment: BurpSuite, Nessus, Red Team Simulation Performance & Data: NumPy, Pandas, Time-Series Analysis (Quant focus) ---𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴--- Frontend Development: React, Next, Tailwind, TypeScript Backend Development: Node(Nest, Express), Python(FastAPI, Flask, Django) API & Integration: REST, GraphQL, Microservices, Serverless APIs Databases: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB Secure Application Delivery: JWT/OAuth2, SSO inegrations, API Gateway, Cognito End-to-End SaaS Development: From UI/UX to secure backend and cloud deployment ---𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲--- Cloud Security Engineering & DevSecOps: 5+ Years Full-Stack Development (React, Next, Node, Python): 6+ Years ---𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱--- CI/CD Pipeline Hardening & Automation – Design, implement, and secure automated pipelines using GitHub Actions/GitLab CI, integrating security gates (SAST/Trivy) for continuous security assurance. Cloud Infrastructure Provisioning (IaC) – Provision and manage scalable, secure, and cost-optimized infrastructure on AWS and GCP using Terraform and Python scripting. Security Architecture & IAM Governance – Design secure networking (VPC segmentation, Transit Gateways) and enforce strict IAM Least-Privilege policies and access controls. Full-Stack Web Application Development - Develop secure and scalable applications using React, Next, Node and Python, including API design, authentication and cloud-native deployment Cloud Cost Optimization & FinOps – Analyze and implement cost-saving strategies (e.g., rightsizing, serverless adoption, automated resource cleanup) to deliver measurable savings. Monitoring, Logging & Observability (SRE) – Deploy and tune comprehensive observability stacks (Splunk, CloudWatch, Prometheus) to establish SLOs/SLIs and ensure system resilience. Disaster Recovery & High Availability – Design and implement automated DR strategies (e.g., Route 53 Failover, Cross-Region Replication) to guarantee zero-downtime tolerance for mission-critical workloads. Threat Detection & Red Teaming – Perform vulnerability assessments and execute Red Team simulations to proactively validate security controls and enhance detection fidelity across the environment.