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NISHISHA

Security Engineer โ€“ Cloud Security

United States

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Security Engineer with 4+ years of experience building cloud-native security programs across AWS environments. Expertise in identity enforcement, CSPM, threat detection, and GRC evidence pipelines. Experienced with SOC 2, Wiz, AWS security services (IAM, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub), and Python automation. AWS Certified Security โ€“ Specialty.

Skills

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)9/10
AWS IAM9/10
Identity & Access Management9/10
AWS GuardDuty9/10
AWS Security Hub9/10
AWS CloudTrail (9/10)Wiz (8/10)AWS Lambda (8/10)GRC Evidence Pipelines (8/10)Python (8/10)SOC 2 Compliance (8/10)Threat Detection & Response (8/10)Prisma Cloud (7/10)SIEM (Splunk, ELK) (7/10)ISO 27001 / NIST CSF (7/10)MITRE ATT&CK (7/10)Bash/PowerShell (6/10)Terraform (6/10)SAST/DAST (6/10)Kubernetes & Container Security (6/10)

Work Experience

Security Engineer II โ€“ Cloud Security

Amazon

Nov 2025 โ€” Present

Owned cloud-native security stack across distributed AWS environments. Designed and implemented AWS security architecture covering IAM, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and Security Hub. Operationalized Wiz for CSPM, built GRC evidence pipelines and Python/Lambda automation reducing manual effort by 40%.

Data Engineer โ€“ Security

SEMO

Feb 2025 โ€” Nov 2025

Built security data pipelines and GRC evidence collection workflows integrating AWS telemetry into SIEM platforms. Evaluated IAM configurations, enforced least privilege, and reduced alert noise by 25% through enrichment and correlation techniques.

Security Engineer

T-Mobile

Jul 2024 โ€” Feb 2025

Built cloud-native threat detection capabilities across AWS environments with MITRE ATT&CK-aligned detection rules. Developed Python/Lambda automation reducing manual effort by 30% and integrated SAST/DAST into CI/CD pipelines reducing production vulnerabilities by 20%. Supported SOC 2 evidence collection.

Security Engineer

Accenture

Oct 2020 โ€” Dec 2022

Designed and implemented cloud-native security programs for enterprise clients covering AWS IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, and VPC security. Configured Wiz and Prisma Cloud for CSPM, communicated findings to CISOs, and built Python automation reducing critical vulnerabilities by 20%.

Education

University at Buffalo, SUNY

MSc ยท Data Science and Applications

2023 โ€“ 2024

JNTU Hyderabad

BTech ยท Computer Science and Engineering

2017 โ€“ 2021