Feji C.

About Feji C.

Lead Cybersecurity Architect responsible for designing and guiding enterprise security architecture across a large, regulated healthcare environment. I focus on embedding security into cloud, identity, network, and application platforms while supporting clinical operations and protecting patient data. I partner with engineering and governance teams to reduce risk, align with HIPAA and industry standards, and ensure security enables and not slows care delivery

Experience

1. Lead Cybersecurity Architect - Data Analytics

   Bon Secours Mercy Health

   May 2024 — Present

   Serve as Lead Cybersecurity Architect for enterprise Analytics and AI platform security, owning end-to-end security strategy across cloud-native data and machine learning environments spanning AWS, Azure, and hybrid multi-cloud infrastructure. Architected security controls for Databricks platforms including Unity Catalog governance, cluster isolation, workspace hardening, data plane network segmentation, and secrets management to protect sensitive analytical workloads and AI pipelines.Designed Zero Trust security models across AI/ML data flows, feature stores, and model serving endpoints — embedding identity-aware access controls, least-privilege IAM, and workload segmentation across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS layers using Entra ID and Okta. Led DLP strategy for regulated data traversing analytics pipelines, applying classification-aligned policy enforcement and access governance across cloud storage, processing services, and downstream consumption layers.Embedded security-by-design into MLOps and data engineering CI/CD pipelines via policy-as-code with Terraform and Azure Logic Apps. Modernized cloud security posture through hardened WAF and network security architectures using Palo Alto, Azure Firewall, and Cloudflare — protecting AI-powered platforms from DDoS, bot abuse, and web-layer attacks. Maintained continuous threat detection across analytics infrastructure using Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Securonix, and Qualys.Partnered with data engineering, AI/ML, infrastructure, and compliance teams to align security architecture with regulatory obligations and data protection requirements across financial and healthcare platforms.

Education

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Graduate Certificate in Cloud Computing, Computer Science

  2019 — 2020

• Southern New Hampshire University

  Master of Science - MS, Cybersecurity

• Federal university of petroleum resources

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2009 — 2014

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Leadership
• Matlab
• Maintenance & Repair
• Troubleshooting
• C
• Smart Metering
• Electronic Instrumentation
• Power Electronics
• Power Distribution
• Tcp/Ip
• Cisco Ios
• Lan-Wan
• Routing Protocols
• Ethernet
• Open Shortest Path First (Ospf)
• Border Gateway Protocol (Bgp)
• Eigrp
• Vlan
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Azure
• System Center Configuration Manager (Sccm)
• Ethical Hacking
• Office 365
• Cloud Computing
• Ccie R&S
• Windows Intune
• Network Administration
• Active Directory
• Servers
• Technical Support
• Networking
• Cisco Routers
• Cisco Networking
• Microsoft Servers
• Cyber-Security
• Cisco Systems Products
• System Administration
• Internet Protocol (Ip)
• Internet Protocol Suite (Tcp/Ip)