Vivek K

About Vivek K

A self-driven team player with a passion for the cloud with experience in planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining system applications in the cloud, DevOps, configuration management, AWS, PCF, Google Cloud, and Azure Cloud in Linux and Windows environments, configuration management using GitLab, consul, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, continuous integration (CI), and continuous delivery (CD), using Jenkins, and containerization using Docker, Kubernetes, GKE, and EKS.

Experience

1. Security Engineer

   7-Eleven

   Mar 2023 — Present · Dallas, TX, US

   Streamlined processes for managing access controls and permissions, ensuring secure and efficient user management.• Implemented automated threat detection and remediation pipelines, significantly reducing the time to identify and address security issues.• Conducted and participated in technical assessments for compliance with major standards such as SOC1, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, and ISO. Developed and maintained compliance documentation and facilitated external audits.• Used AWS Config to analyze cloud infrastructure, build auto-remediation scripts for configuration drifts, and ensure compliance with internal policies.• Managed Jira for project tracking, creating workflows, and user access management, improving project transparency and accountability.• Facilitated the implementation of risk assessment and monitoring frameworks for SOC2 reporting. Conducted gap assessments and internal audits to ensure compliance. • Conducted third-party security-related vendor assessments to ensure vendors met security requirements, mitigating potential risks to the organization.• Participated in auditing end user access, ensuring timely removal of privileges as part of Identity and Access Management (IAM) processes.• Managed global vulnerability assessments, directed compliance variance investigations, and ensured timely documentation and reporting.

Education

• Southern Arkansas University

  Master's degree

  2022 — 2023

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK)

  Bachelor's degree

  2017 — 2021