Samman Chouhan

About Samman Chouhan

Security Engineer focused on cloud security, detection engineering, and incident response across AWS and hybrid environments.I work hands-on with infrastructure, building and securing systems across Proxmox and cloud environments while identifying misconfigurations, investigating incidents, and implementing security controls to reduce risk.Previously, I’ve worked on large-scale AWS environments (200+ assets), building SIEM pipelines using CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and VPC Flow Logs, and developing detection rules aligned with MITRE ATT & CK for threats like IAM abuse, DNS tunneling, and brute force activity.I also build and automate security workflows using Python, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines, focusing on integrating security into infrastructure and improving detection and response capabilities.Areas of focus:• Cloud Security (AWS)• Detection Engineering & SIEM (Splunk / ELK)• Incident Response & Log Analysis• DevSecOps & AutomationCurrently seeking opportunities in Security Engineering, Cloud Security, and Detection Engineering.

Experience

1. Devsecops Engineer

   Saayam For All

   Feb 2026 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Embedded security gates into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions), reducing deployment risk and improving integrity by ~30%.Developed Python automation scripts for vulnerability scanning and policy enforcement across build and deployment stages.Built S3 compliance validation tooling, detecting 10+ critical misconfigurations (public access, missing encryption) acrosscloud resources.Contributed to Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi) for secure, repeatable cloud provisioning aligned with DevSecOps and least-privilege principles.

Education

• Medicaps University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Cloud Technology and Information Security

  2019 — 2023

• Illinois Institute of Technology

  Master's degree, Cybersecurity Engineering