Gautham Kb

About Gautham Kb

As a seasoned Cloud Security Architect with over 11 years of experience, I specialize in designing and implementing robust security architectures across various cloud platforms. My expertise spans network, web, and mobile domains, where I excel in penetration testing and identifying security gaps. I am proficient in leveraging cloud security solutions and integrating security into all phases of the SDLC.My leadership abilities are marked by my capacity to coordinate and direct all phases of security testing and architecture. I thrive in managing, motivating, and leading project teams to achieve outstanding results. My technical skills enable me to identify and address security vulnerabilities effectively, ensuring robust protection for organizational assets.

Experience

1. Cloud Security Architect

   Fivesky

   Dec 2022 — Present · Baltimore, MD, US

   Responsible for cloud security architecture on 9 critical teams which include core financials and cloud platform security, reviewed internal and external IT projects and applications for risk and adherence to security policies, standards, and industry best practices.• Defined, designed, and secured infrastructure application architectures within primary tenants of Availability, Integrity, and Confidentiality• Participated in system specification review process to ensure system requirements can be translated into valid software architecture.• Created Security control tables for various components in AWS & Azure which include IAM policies, Key management systems (KMS), VPC/VNET integrations, logging, and monitoring with CloudTrail and other default logging mechanisms defined in organization policies.• Implemented cloud security guardrails from the scratch.• Delivered Cloud Security Architecture on assigned projects built using Azure Resource Manager, Azure IaaS, PaaS offerings and services in Azure Commercial offerings and the AWS equivalent products and services.• Securely onboarded various complex applications on Azure and AWS.• Successfully handled LZ2 to LZ4 migrations on Azure.•Delivered Cloud Security projects and managed delivery teams within scope of capabilities defined for Practices and Statement of Works (SOW)•Supported with designing, testing, and implementation of complex security solutions to meet security and regulatory requirements for cloud environments.• Contributed and acted as author, for cloud security documentation including standards, specifications, and Security Reference Architectures.• Experience with Cloud/SaaS security, infrastructure security, key management, web application security, cyber security attack scenarios/kill chain, threat actors and controls, threat modelling, vulnerability assessments, information security governance.

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Science