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Kennedy Ongowo

@kennedyongowo

Security Engineer at Maryland Department of Information Technology supporting threat hunting, incident response, and cloud security across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

United States

Message

At Maryland Department of Information Technology, I support threat hunting, incident response, and security monitoring across enterprise systems using SIEM and EDR tools.

I apply cloud security practices across AWS, Azure, and GCP, guided by MITRE ATT&CK and NIST frameworks.

At Scale AI, I trained and evaluated large language models by labeling and reviewing text and image datasets. I also performed sentiment analysis, entity recognition, and prompt-response scoring, and received Star Performer recognition for multiple consecutive quarters.

In the Air National Guard (USAF), I contribute to mission readiness and operational support. My background also includes digital support work in customer service, data entry, and virtual assistance.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Security Engineer

Current

Maryland Department of Information Technology

Oct 2024 - Present (2 years)

Support threat hunting, incident response, and security monitoring using SIEM and EDR tooling across enterprise systems. Apply cloud security practices across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments in line with MITRE ATT&CK and NIST frameworks.

Threat Hunting Incident Response SIEM Splunk Sentinel EDR Crowdstrike AWS Azure GCP MITRE ATT&CK NIST

Current

Military Service

Current

Air National Guard (USAF)

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 9 months)

Serve in the Air National Guard as part of the USAF, contributing to mission readiness and operational support.

Current

AI Data Trainer & Quality Analyst

Current

Scale AI

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 9 months)

Trained and evaluated large language models by labeling and reviewing text and image datasets, directly supporting model performance improvements for major tech clients. Performed sentiment analysis, entity recognition, and prompt-response scoring to support ongoing model quality improvements.

AI Data Annotation LLM Training Text Labeling Image Labeling Sentiment Analysis Named Entity Recognition Prompt Engineering Slack Zoom

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Stratford University

Master's Degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

2020 - 2021

Master's Degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance from Stratford University, completed from October 2020 to December 2021.