Michael Oketch Email & Phone Number

Nairobi County, Kenya

Gaborone, Botswana

• Develop and implement comprehensive cloud security strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Assess current security practices, provide recommendations for, and implement improvements
• Demonstrate subject matter expertise on AWS services, emphasizing security best practices.
• Design and implement secure containerization strategies using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Ensure the security of containerized applications throughout the development and deployment lifecycle.
• Utilize Terraform to define and provision infrastructure as code, ensuring security controls are embedded in the deployment process.

South Africa

• Manage and execute cloud security solutions across lifecycle strategy, design, implementation and operations
• Participate, lead and jointly deliver security evaluation reports on cloud providers (GCP, Azure, AWS), cloud native platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.), and Software as a Service solutions
• Establish security requirements for cloud-based solutions by evaluating business strategies and requirements; researching cloud infrastructure security standards such as ISO 27000 series, NIST, CSF, and CSA
• Expertise in performing Threat Modeling, generating security architectural requirements to software development and product teams
• Assess overall cloud security posture. Redesign or evolve the posture as necessary to meet all the needs of a modernization of security within organization
• Design, build, and optimize secure cloud deployments across the major cloud service providers

Nairobi, Kenya

• Design, implement and deploy cloud security platforms to support and mitigate security threats, risks and technology vulnerabilities using tools like Qualys, Tenable
• Provide advanced level technical support and monitor resources (EC2 RDS DB, EBS volumes, Lambda Functions, S3 buckets) by utilizing AWS native services such as Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail
• Build and maintain operational tools for deployment, monitoring, and analysis of AWS infrastructure and systems
• Collaborate with product and engineering on security during design, development, testing phases
• Maintain and debug day-to-day infra operations while assisting engineering teams with security concerns
• Work with DevSecOps and developers team to establish a secure cloud platform through automated, repeatable processes with leverage on tools like Trivy, Anchore

Nairobi, Kenya

• Lead Security reviews and enhancement for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, containers and other virtualizationtechnologies are in line with its related security trends
• Support cloud architects in developing secure enterprise solutions on public cloud platformsRecommnended and coordinated implementation of corrective actions to close remediation items
• Centralized management of Anti-Virus software.
• Maintenance and support of McAfee, Sophos, Crowdstrike, Trend Micro and Microsoft security products
• Overseeing and assist in managing the design and implementation of cloud security solutions
• Own all aspects of cloud security product definition including vendor integration, platform integration and monitoring for cloud platforms including but not limited to AWS, Azure and Google Cloud

Nairobi

• Data Privacy Implementation measures, Application and Network security assessement
• Compliance Training NIST, ISO 27001 and GDPR
• Researched on the ever evolving OWASP top 10 Web Security Application risks
• Set up virtual security lab to practice Log Analysis, Network Monitoring, Linux OS, Network Security, SIEM management infrastructure(AlienVault, Elkstatch, Suricata, Security Onion)

Nairobi

• Evaluate the infrastructure security exposure and readiness for installation of new HID/NID system
• Assisted in performing ISO 27001, PCIDSS compliance audits
• Reviewed and updates clients' information security policies, procedures in compliance with international and governmental standards (ISO 27001)
• Deploying, installing, configuring ESSET antivirus
• Conducted professional vulnerability assessment & penetration testing tasking for various clients
• Safeguard information system assets by identifying and solving potential and actual information security problems

Nairobi, Kenya

• Provided support to staff in security-related activities Policies/Standards/Procedures/Guidelines, remediation activities. incidents and data calls
• Assisted in developing and maintaining documents to assess current security support for all systems within the network.
• Monitored and analyzed network traffic, investigated and documented any security incidents and provided advice and recommendations to managers on any IT related issues
• Troubleshoot system and network problems, diagnosing and solving hardware or software faults
• Planning and undertaking scheduled software/operating system maintenance upgrades
• Setting up new user accounts and profiles into the domain, mail system and biometric door access & solving password related issues

Nairobi

• Configuring & installing network devices such as PABX, routers, Switches and company servers
• Training client staff members on how to operate newly installed devices and how to handle common hardware or software problems when they arise
• Providing technical network support for clients on phone. emails and in person.
• Compiling daily reports on field work client visitations also writing work tickets
• Manage cable systems and setting up server patch panel holder
• Attending technical training seminars and boot camps

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Telecommunications ( Cryptography & Network Security)

Activities and Societies: Strathmore Blades Basketball Team I completed a variety of coursework spanning security for cloud, networks.

High School, Kcse