VASANTHA YAMINI
Summary
Cloud Security Engineer with 4 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing secure cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud platforms. Skilled in applying security best practices, conducting vulnerability assessments, implementing threat detection strategies, and automating security processes to protect enterprise data and applications. Adept at combining cybersecurity principles with DevOps and software engineering practices to enhance compliance, resilience, and scalability in cloud solutions.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Security Engineer
Applogic IT Solutions India Private Limited
08.2020 - Current
- Designed and implemented end-to-end cloud security controls across AWS and Azure, reducing risk exposure.
- Automated security configurations using Terraform and Ansible, improving deployment times and eliminating human errors.
- Conducted vulnerability assessments and penetration testing across cloud workloads, remediating an average of issues within SLA.
- Monitored and responded to cloud security threats using GuardDuty and Splunk, reducing incident response time.
- Collaborated with DevOps teams to integrate security checks within CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
- Assisted in implementing IAM policies, role-based access controls, and key management solutions in multi-cloud environments.
- Performed compliance checks aligned with ISO 27001 and SOC 2, contributing to 100% audit readiness.
- Supported deployment of containerized applications with Kubernetes security best practices, ensuring secure service-to-service communications.
- Deployed logging and monitoring solutions (CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, GCP SCC) to increase visibility into cloud activity.
- Partnered with cross-functional teams to establish incident response playbooks, decreasing mean-time-to-detect (MTTD) and mean-time-to-respond (MTTR).
- Implemented risk assessment frameworks to identify vulnerabilities in cloud environments.
- Led cloud security strategy development, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
- Developed and maintained security policies for cloud infrastructure compliance.
- Conducted regular security audits, enhancing overall system integrity and performance.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate security best practices into DevOps processes.
Education
Master of Technology -
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Kakinada, India08-2016
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Cloud Security Services: AWS IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Azure Security Center, GCP Security Command Center
- Security Practices: Identity & Access Management (IAM), Network Security, Encryption, Secrets Management, Zero Trust Architecture
- Tools & Technologies: Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Git
- Vulnerability & Threat Management: Qualys, Nessus, Prisma Cloud, SIEM tools (Splunk, ELK)
- Compliance Standards: ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, HIPAA, GDPR
- Programming: Python, Bash, PowerShell
Certification
- AWS Certified Security – Specialty
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
- Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) – In progress
Projects
- Cloud Security Automation: Built automated pipelines integrating CIS benchmarking scans and compliance checks using Terraform + Jenkins.
- Threat Monitoring Dashboard: Designed a real-time SIEM dashboard in Splunk for multi-cloud log ingestion and anomaly detection.
- Zero Trust Implementation: Deployed micro-segmentation and identity-based access policies for containerized workloads across AWS and Azure.
Timeline
Cloud Security Engineer
Applogic IT Solutions India Private Limited
08.2020 - Current
Master of Technology -
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
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