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Peter User

@peteruser7

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Cloud security engineer delivering Zero Trust, CSPM/CWPP, and DevSecOps automation.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior cloud security role embedding Zero Trust and DevSecOps, with cross-functional collaboration, measurable security KPIs, and opportunities to architect compliant, scalable cloud platforms.

I am a cloud security engineer with 8+ years securing AWS, GCP, and Azure workloads using Zero Trust principles, CSPM/CWPP tools, and DevSecOps automation to reduce risk and MTTR.

I design scalable guardrails with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible, harden identities (Okta, IAM/ABAC), and operationalize SIEM/SOAR/XDR to provide auditable, compliant platforms aligned to SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, PCI and HIPAA.

My work includes deploying CSPM/CWPP (Prisma Cloud, Wiz, Lacework), embedding security into CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CodePipeline), and implementing detection & response pipelines with CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Splunk and Datadog to accelerate containment and reduce false positives.

I partner cross-functionally to deliver resilient, cost-effective cloud platforms—building DR/runbooks, automating asset discovery and patching, producing executive KPIs, and enabling secure APIs and container workflows to keep production safe and compliant.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Cloud Security Engineer

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Khaime AI

Mar 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)

Drove CSPM/CWPP posture across AWS/GCP, implemented Zero Trust with Okta and least-privilege IAM, and built detection/response pipelines that reduced misconfigurations and improved containment speed through playbooks and tuned alerts.

Wiz Okta Terraform CloudFormation Jenkins Splunk Datadog)CloudTrail Datadog

Cloud Security Engineer

Grant Thornton

Mar 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year)

Led VM and vulnerability programs integrating Tenable, Security Hub, and GuardDuty; standardized IaC guardrails and implemented SIEM/SOAR use cases that accelerated CVE remediation and reduced false positives via enrichment.

Tenable Security Hub GuardDuty Terraform CloudFormation Splunk Okta CI CD Kubernetes

Cloud Security Engineer

Nordstrom Inc.

Oct 2019 - Feb 2023 (3 years 4 months)

Deployed Prisma Cloud across multi-cloud for misconfig detection and runtime protection, automated audit evidence to support SOC 2/ISO recertifications, and centralized logging and secrets management to reduce exposure and MTTR.

Prisma Wiz Splunk Datadog)KMS Secrets Manager CI CD AMI Hardening Datadog

Security Engineer

Brazil Electronics

May 2016 - Sep 2019 (3 years 4 months)

Architected hybrid network and multi-account AWS patterns, automated secure environment provisioning with Terraform/CloudFormation, integrated Okta for token-based RBAC, and operationalized native AWS security services for governance.

Terraform CloudFormation Okta VPC CloudTrail GuardDuty IAM

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Lagos State University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with coursework covering programming, algorithms, and systems relevant to cloud and security engineering.