Cloud Security Architect & Cloud Engineer

PRISCA AKONDI

CLOUD ENGINEER CLOUD SECURITY ARCHITECH AWS & AZURE

Maryland, United States (Remote) 240-***-**** ******.******@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Cloud Engineer and Cloud Security Architect with 8+ years of experience building and securing enterprise cloud environments across AWS and Azure. Skilled in AWS Control Tower, Organizations, IAM Identity Center, Terraform, cloud networking, security controls, CI/CD, and Kubernetes. Experienced with FedRAMP and NIST-aligned environments, automation, compliance documentation, and secure cloud operations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud & Governance: AWS, Azure, AWS Organizations, Control Tower, IAM Identity Center, SCPs, multi-account architecture

Security: CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty, Security Hub, KMS, Secrets Management, Zero Trust

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation

Networking: VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Route 53 Resolver, VPN, private endpoints

Containers & DevOps: EKS, Docker, CI/CD, Git workflows

Compliance & Operations: NIST RMF, FedRAMP, runbooks, ADRs, SSPs, POA&Ms, audit documentation

Optimization: AWS Backup, cost optimization, Reserved Instances, right-sizing, FinOps

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cloud Security Architect Armavel, LLC Remote

Dec 2024 – Present

Designed secure AWS GovCloud and enterprise multi-account environments for federal and enterprise workloads.

Implemented AWS Organizations and Control Tower governance with OUs, SCPs, account baselines, and centralized security controls.

Configured IAM Identity Center federation using SAML 2.0 and role-based permission sets.

Designed secure networks using Transit Gateway, VPC segmentation, private endpoints, VPN, and Direct Connect.

Automated landing zones and infrastructure with Terraform and CloudFormation; added IaC security and compliance checks to CI/CD.

Created ADRs, runbooks, SSPs, POA&Ms, and audit-ready cloud documentation.

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Capital City Nurses Healthcare Services Remote

Oct 2023 – Nov 2024

Built AWS infrastructure for Development, QA, and Production using Infrastructure as Code.

Managed highly available EKS environments and improved cloud performance and reliability.

Implemented IAM governance, encryption, logging, key rotation, Config, GuardDuty, Security Hub, and CloudWatch.

Automated deployments with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Git-based CI/CD workflows.

Reduced cloud costs through Reserved Instances, right-sizing, and usage optimization.

DevOps Engineer Infosys Remote

Sep 2022 – Sep 2023

Designed scalable AWS environments using VPC, EC2, Auto Scaling, Route 53, RDS, and load balancing.

Implemented IAM policies, MFA, secure S3 controls, and encryption standards.

Built Terraform deployment automation with CI/CD and infrastructure validation.

Supported hybrid connectivity, monitoring, centralized logging, governance, and incident response.

Cloud Engineer Lifematters Silver Spring, MD

Jan 2017 – Sep 2022

Built highly available AWS environments with disaster recovery, automated scaling, and secure networking.

Containerized workloads with Docker and automated operations using Python and Bash.

Implemented cross-account networking, VPC peering, centralized monitoring, and infrastructure automation.

Supported cloud governance through configuration baselines, security monitoring, and compliance reporting.

EDUCATION

University of Buea

CERTIFICATIONS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

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