chick User
@chickuser
Cloud Security Engineer with 5+ years securing multi-cloud environments.
What I'm looking for
I am a Cloud Security Engineer with 5+ years architecting and securing multi-cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
At Grant Thornton and Globacom, I reduced external threat exposure by 30%, improved detection accuracy by 35%, cut manual audit preparation time by 40%, and led remediation of 100+ high-risk vulnerabilities annually while improving MTTD/MTTR through incident response optimization.
I automate security controls with Terraform and Python, embed security into CI/CD pipelines, and enforce compliance with NIST, ISO 27001, GDPR, SOC 2 and CIS Benchmarks—collaborating cross-functionally to improve resilience and audit readiness.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Cloud Security Engineer
Grant Thornton
Sep 2023 - Present (1 year 11 months)
Designed and maintained secure multi-cloud architectures on AWS and Azure supporting 24/7 enterprise operations with 99.99% uptime, implementing network segmentation and Palo Alto/Cisco controls to reduce external threat exposure by 30% and improve detection accuracy by 35%. Automated compliance audits and security tooling with Terraform and Python, cutting manual audit prep time by 40%, reducing
Cloud Security Engineer
Globacom
Jun 2021 - Jul 2023 (2 years 1 month)
Engineered secure AWS and Azure architectures meeting CIS Benchmarks and GDPR, developed granular IAM policies that reduced unauthorized access incidents by 30% and implemented WAF and network segmentation to harden cloud environments. Automated alerts and remediation with AWS Lambda and Azure Functions to shorten SOC response times and led compliance readiness to achieve zero non-compliance findi
SOC Analyst
Interswitch
Apr 2019 - May 2021 (2 years 1 month)
Monitored payment systems via SIEM (Google Chronicle, Splunk, QRadar) and executed incident response playbooks to reduce MTTR by 20% while investigating fraud and targeted attacks using MITRE ATT&CK. Automated SOC workflows with Python and SOAR integrations to boost efficiency by 30% and managed remediation across 500+ systems, cutting critical vulnerabilities by 40%.
Junior SOC Analyst
Computer Warehouse Group
Dec 2017 - Mar 2019 (1 year 3 months)
Monitored and triaged 50–80 daily SIEM alerts using Splunk and QRadar, assisted malware and phishing investigations, and supported vulnerability scanning with Nessus to remediate risks. Contributed to containment and reporting processes that reduced MTTR for low-level incidents by 10–15%.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Bamenda
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2013 - 2016
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the University of Bamenda from January 2013 to May 2016.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
Interested in hiring chick?
You can contact chick and 90k+ other talented remote workers on Himalayas.
Message chickFind your dream job
Sign up now and join over 100,000 remote workers who receive personalized job alerts, curated job matches, and more for free!
