Chibuzo Ukegbu

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Experienced Cybersecurity and Multi-Cloud Engineering professional with a strong foundation in DevOps and Secure Software Development. Expert in designing and securing cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Cloud. Proficient in implementing CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and automation with a deep understanding of cybersecurity frameworks. Skilled in Python, Java, and containerization technologies, committed to continuous learning and excellence in cross-functional team collaboration. 2 Core Competencies

• Specializations: ML Systems Penetration Testing, Safety in ML and LLM Systems, Bias Detection in AI

• Cloud Platforms: AWS(Above average), Azure (Above average), GCP (Above average), Oracle Cloud (Above aver- age), Kubernetes (Above average), Docker (Above average)

• DevOps Tools: Jenkins(Average), Ansible(Average), Terraform(Above Average), Git, CI/CD Pipelines

• Cybersecurity: Threat Analysis, Incident Response, Security Audits, Compliance (ISO 27001, GDPR), Nessus, Wire- shark (above average), Metasploit (Above average)

• Programming: Python(Above average), Java (Average), Bash (Above average), PowerShell(Beginner), SQL (Above average), Secure Coding Practices

• Infrastructure Management: Linux/Unix Administration (Average), Network Security (Average), Firewall Manage- ment (Average), Active Directory (Average)

• Database Technologies: SQL(Above average), NoSQL (Beginner), RDBMS (Above average)

• Soft Skills: Problem-Solving, Team Collaboration, Project Management, Communication 3 Professional Experience

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Boise State University Boise, ID

Graduate Research Assistant August 2021 - Present

Security and Compliance: Taken hands-on security graduate classes such as Software security, Critical-Infrastructure- Security(pen-testing), Cyberphysical systems security, Data Science, Machine Learning, Large scale Data Analysis; the projects of these classes can be found at my Github Implemented and maintained security policies and procedures to comply with ISO 27001 and GDPR in my research experiments. My research conducted regular security audits and risk assessments, focusing on ICS and cyberphysi- cal safety and security.

Published three academic papers concerning ICS PLC program verification and vulnerability and safety violation detection at various international conferences - see my Google Scholar page for my academic pubs

Cloud Infrastructure: Designed and managed secure, scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure using Terraform and Ansible, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery while on Multicloud Bootcamp (currently).

DevOps Integration: Integrated security into the CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and Docker, Kubernetes improving deployment speed and system reliability. This is an ongoing Bootcamp - Multi-cloud Bootcamp which has so far increased my confidence in DevOps

Incident Response: Led incident response efforts, mitigating attacks and minimizing downtime using a Live Lab environment for Graduate class projects that involved threat detection with SIEM tools like Splunk and ELK.

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Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic - a College Unwana, Nigeria Senior Researcher/Instructor April 2012 - July 2021 1

Secure Development: Advised development teams(students) on secure coding practices and conducted code re- views to identify security vulnerabilities early in the SDLC development cycle.

Automation and Orchestration: Automated repetitive security tasks, reducing manual errors and improving team efficiency. Developed scripts in Python and Bash for automation, introduced them to CI/CD with Github, and recorded over 10 students who worked in the Software Industry. For proof, here is one of my student’s profiles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamonuwa/

Training and Awareness: Developed and delivered security training to enhance the security awareness of all em- ployees, significantly reducing phishing incident rates at the college by using reward games to make it fun. This helped reduce phishing and vishing incidents by 50% of the original rate

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PZ Cussons Ltd Aba,Nigeria

IT Engineer Intern July 2006 - June 2007

Setting up and maintaining IT equipment: Setting up IT equipment such as firewalls and wireless routers, ensur- ing the stability and security of our IT infrastructure, using both physical admin and technical security controls to achieve low latency.

Performing technical security assessments: Conducting code audits and design reviews has led to a remarkable 25% reduction in security vulnerabilities across our systems.

Communicating security risks to developers: Developed and delivered security training to enhance the security awareness of all employees, significantly reducing phishing incident rates at the college by using reward games to make it fun. This helped reduce the incidents to half its original values 4 Projects

• On-premises to Cloud migration of IT department and IAM security provisioning in AWS

• Migration of On-premises Enterprise Database and application servers to AWS using AWS EC2 and RDS services using security best practices (ongoing)

• For want of space, other projects can be found on my GitHub and medium.com accounts 5 Education

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Boise State University Boise, ID

Ph.D., Computing (Cybersecurity Emphasis- [graduating Summer or early Fall 24]) Aug 2021 - Present

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National Open University of Nigeria Abuja, Nigeria MSc, Information Technology July 2014 - Jan 2016

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Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Nigeria

Postgraduate Diploma, Computer Science July 2012 - Jan 2014

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Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Unwana, Nigeria

Higher National Diploma, Computer Science July 2004 - Nov 2008 6 Certifications

• Certified Cybersecurity (CC) - ISC2

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (Pending)

• System Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) - ISC2 (Pending) 7 Professional Development

• Multi-Cloud and DevOps Bootcamp - Comprehensive training covering AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Cloud plat- forms, focusing on cloud architecture, security best practices, and DevOps methodologies. 2

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