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Lovert Njeck

Hyattsville,MD

Summary

Experienced and certified Cloud Security Professional with in-depth knowledge of OWASP Top Ten, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and extensive experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and SonarQube. Proficient in ATO Assessment, SOC report analysis, CSA, and Cloud Control Matrix. Seeking to leverage skills and certifications (CCSP and CISSP) to contribute to a dynamic and progressive security team. Experience working with IAM to create new accounts, roles, and groups. Experience in creating alarms and notifications for EC2 instances using Cloud Watch. Experience involving configuring S3 versioning and lifecycle policies to backup files and archive files in glacier. Utilize EBS to store persistent data and mitigate failure by using snapshots. Configured AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Groups and Users for improved login authentication. Experience in deploying and monitoring applications on various platforms using Elastic Beanstalk. Experience in Configuring an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), VPC Peering, and Database Subnet Group for isolation of resources in the cloud. Experience in designing high availability applications on AWS across availability zones and availability regions. Environment – AWS (EC2, Auto-Scaling, S3, Elastic Beanstalk, ELB, RDS, VPC, Direct Connect, Route53, Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation, IAM, SNS). Experience in encryption in the cloud and on-premises server Cybersecurity Specialist with proficiency in online security research, planning, execution and maintenance. Skilled at training internal users on security procedures and preventive measures. Shrewd Security Specialist possessing 10 years acumen directly handling risk-related aspects of technology and data management. Maintains exceptional systematic compliance with policy and guidelines to assess vulnerability and protect crucial information. Thorough consultation throughout technology roadmap, design and launch. Factors latest protocols governing vulnerability assessment to determine internal security policy. Information Security Specialist with passion for aligning security architecture plans and processes with security standards and business goals. Extensive experience developing and testing security framework for cloud-based software. Versed in robust network defense strategies.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Information Security Specialist

Maryland Army National Guard (HHC 1-175TH IN)
02.2015 - Current
  • Provides computer system administration, local area network administration, and system/network security.
  • Investigated and resolved incidents of unauthorized access to sensitive information
  • Performed risk analyses to identify appropriate security countermeasures

AWS CLOUD SECURITY ENGINEER

VariQ
08.2018 - 09.2023
  • Oversee application architecture and deployment in cloud platform environments including public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid cloud
  • This included cloud adoption plans, cloud application design, and cloud management and monitoring.
  • Monitored and tested application performance to identify potential bottlenecks, develop solutions and collaborate with developers on solution implementation
  • Managed and monitored installed systems for highest level of availability

AWS CLOUD SECURITY ENGINEER. /SRE

Johnson Technologies
07.2015 - 05.2018
  • Leverage AWS cloud services such as EC2, auto-scaling and VPC to build secure, highly scalable, and flexible systems that handled expected and unexpected load bursts.
  • Performed first-level incident response and service resolution for cloud systems
  • Participated in architectural discussions to build confidence and promote customer success when developing new and migrating existing applications, software and services on AWS platform
  • Responded promptly to user requests for permission changes, new storage and expansion questions
  • Worked as technical leader alongside customers and infrastructure team and contributed to business development
  • Partnered with sales team to design solutions for customers and drive AWS adoption and revenue
  • Captured and shared best-practice knowledge among AWS community and presented sessions at industry conferences
  • Participated in system development life cycle from requirements analysis through system implementation

SPLUNK ENGINEER /DEVELOPER

12.2012 - 06.2015
  • Deploy, manage, and administer Splunk and other Splunk apps and products.
  • Integrated third-party tools and components into applications
  • Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements
  • Promoted experience with Kubernetes, Docker and Amazon Web Services
  • Corrected, modified and upgraded software to improve performance

Education

Masters in information technology - Information Technology

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH
06.2025

Skills

  • Python
  • CyberArk IAM
  • AWS Data Migration Service
  • AWS
  • Cloud Prisma
  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • Elastic Load Balancer
  • Remote Desktop Connection
  • Linux, Unix, Windows Server
  • Risk Management
  • Network Security Management
  • Vulnerability Assessment
  • IT Security
  • Threat Management
  • Cybersecurity
  • Information Governance
  • Firewall Management
  • Risk Assessment
  • Regulatory Compliance

Certification

  • CISSP
  • CCSP- In Progress
  • Security+CE
  • CGRC
  • AWS Security Specialty

Clearance

Secret

Personal Information

Relocation: No

Timeline

AWS CLOUD SECURITY ENGINEER

VariQ
08.2018 - 09.2023

AWS CLOUD SECURITY ENGINEER. /SRE

Johnson Technologies
07.2015 - 05.2018

Information Security Specialist

Maryland Army National Guard (HHC 1-175TH IN)
02.2015 - Current

SPLUNK ENGINEER /DEVELOPER

12.2012 - 06.2015

Masters in information technology - Information Technology

Southern New Hampshire University
  • CISSP
  • CCSP- In Progress
  • Security+CE
  • CGRC
  • AWS Security Specialty
Lovert Njeck