Marcus Oram
@marcusoram
I am a Cloud Infrastructure Leader driving secure multi-cloud transformations.
ZimbabweWhat I'm looking for
I am a dynamic, results-driven Cloud Infrastructure Leader with over 5 years of progressive experience managing large-scale cloud deployments and more than 2 years leading teams in cloud cybersecurity across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
I have led Azure migrations, automated DevSecOps pipelines reducing deployment times by 40%, directed a team of six to reduce MTTD by 35% through strategic deployments of Prisma Cloud, Cortex XDR, and CrowdStrike Falcon, and delivered Kubernetes and IaC solutions that improved provisioning time by 60% while aligning implementations with NIST and FedRAMP frameworks.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Manager, Enterprise Cloud Security
Advocate Health
Aug 2024 - Present (1 year 10 months)
Directed a team of 6 cloud security engineers across AWS, Azure, and GCP, deploying Prisma Cloud, Cortex XDR, and CrowdStrike Falcon to reduce MTTD by 35% while owning budgeting and cross-functional delivery.
Senior Cloud Systems Engineer
Deloitte
Aug 2023 - Present (2 years 10 months)
Delivered Azure cloud infrastructure and DevSecOps solutions for federal clients, enhancing system integrity and compliance and reducing deployment times by 40% through automated Azure DevOps pipelines.
Senior Cloud Systems Engineer
Advocate Health
Aug 2022 - Aug 2024 (2 years)
Architected and deployed Kubernetes clusters for AI/ML and enterprise applications, enforced Pod Security Admission per NSA guidance, and automated IaaS provisioning with PowerShell, Bash, and Ansible to cut provisioning time by 60%.
Cloud Engineer
ACP CreativIT
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022 (11 months)
Delivered full lifecycle Azure and Microsoft 365 deployments for SMB and enterprise clients, remediated critical security misconfigurations to improve tenant security scores by 25%, and authored operational runbooks.
Led a team of 8 CSMs supporting global Azure cost optimization and adoption, designing architectures that reduced annual spend by up to 35% while enabling increased cloud consumption.
Administered and optimized Linux and Windows hosting environments for high-traffic web properties, performing complex migrations and hardening to improve uptime SLAs and reduce incidents.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Western Governors University
Bachelor of Science, Information Technology
Pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at Western Governors University; program currently in progress.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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Location
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