Cyber security engineering, cloud security, and blue-team operations Limerick, Ireland · On-site

Fyaz Ikram

Senior Cyber Security Engineer for cloud security, SIEM and SOAR operations, and secure automation.

Cyber Security Engineer within Engineering & Operations at Dell Technologies, currently advising on cloud security across AWS, GCP and Azure spanning IaaS, PaaS and SaaS environments. Brings a strong blue-team foundation across SIEM and SOAR operations, firewall policy management, cryptography and PKI, compliance, and security automation. Holds a BSc (Hons) in Internet Systems Development, complemented by professional experience in software and web development, freelance delivery, and founding an early-stage venture.

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4+ yrs

Dell Technologies · security eng & ops

cloud platforms · AWS · GCP · Azure

cybersecurity engineering rotations completed

30+

professional certifications

software & security projects

BSc (Hons)

Internet Systems Development

Operating principles How I approach security work

01 / Principle

Detection-led defence

Effective security operations begin in the data. SIEM and SOAR pipelines convert raw telemetry into actionable signal, surfacing threats and accelerating triage before incidents escalate.

02 / Principle

Automation at the core

Manual audits and policy reviews do not scale. Disciplined scripting and automation reduce operational toil, minimise human error, and shorten mean time to respond.

03 / Principle

Security engineered into the cloud

Across AWS, GCP and Azure, security posture and compliance are designed into the architecture — embedded throughout IaaS, PaaS and SaaS rather than applied retrospectively.

Current work

Current engagement

2024 to present

Cloud Security · Cloud Operations / Dell Technologies

Advising on cloud security operations across the three major cloud providers — AWS, GCP and Azure — spanning IaaS, PaaS and SaaS environments, and applying established blue-team detection, response and automation practice across multi-cloud operations.

SECTORTechnology / Enterprise

SCOPECloud Security · CloudOps

PLATFORMSAWS · GCP · Azure

MODELSIaaS · PaaS · SaaS

01Advise on cloud security operations (CloudOps) across AWS, GCP and Azure within Dell's Cyber Engineering & Operations organisation.
02Secure workloads across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS delivery models within complex multi-cloud environments.
03Strengthen cloud security posture and drive configuration consistency across all three major cloud providers.
04Apply blue-team SIEM and SOAR detection and response capability across cloud operations.
05Leverage security automation and scripting to reduce manual effort and streamline operational processes.
06Collaborate cross-functionally on cloud compliance, controls and governance.

3 selected programs

Selected work

CLOUD SECURITY 2024 → Present Selected work 01/03

Multi-Cloud Security & CloudOps

Dell Technologies

Advising on cloud security operations across AWS, GCP and Azure — securing IaaS, PaaS and SaaS workloads, strengthening posture and configuration consistency, and embedding blue-team detection and automation across multi-cloud operations.

Scope

›Cloud operations (CloudOps) across AWS, GCP and Azure
›Securing workloads across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS delivery models
›Cloud security posture and configuration management
›Detection, response and automation embedded across multi-cloud

Focus

3 CSPs

AWS · GCP · Azure

IaaS·PaaS·SaaS

delivery models secured

Blue Team

SIEM/SOAR practice in cloud

SECURITY ENG & OPS Jul 2022 → Jul 2024 Selected work 02/03

Security Engineering Rotations

Dell Technologies

A four-rotation engineering programme of approximately six months per team — spanning Infrastructure & Asset Management (Compliance), Network Security (Policy Management), Cryptography Services and Cybersecurity Consulting — underpinned by automation, data visualisation and audit-ready evidence.

Scope

›Asset audits, standards and exceptions analysis, and Power BI dashboards
›Splunk dashboarding and firewall policy management
›Certificate issuance and revocation across Cryptography Services
›Stakeholder advisory across Cybersecurity Consulting

Focus

4 × 6 mo

rotations completed

Audit-ready

compliance & evidence

Automated

manual processes

SIEM · BLUE TEAM Mar 2021 → Aug 2021 Selected work 03/03

SIEM Monitoring & Threat Hunting

Dell Technologies · Internship

Security Monitoring Services internship driving customer insight into security data — using Splunk to capture, index and correlate real-time data into dashboards, reports and alerts, while supporting threat hunting and audit and compliance activity.

Scope

›Splunk capture, indexing and correlation of real-time security data
›Security analytics, alerting and dashboards
›Threat-hunting support and KFS database monitoring
›Audit and compliance support

Focus

Splunk

SIEM real-time pipelines

Real-time

dashboards & alerting

Threat

hunting support

7 roles / 2017 to present

Experience

Career overview / 7 roles / 9 yearsMar 2017 to present

TUS

Jul 2024 to Present

Dell TechnologiesCLOUD

Senior Cyber Security Analyst · Cloud Security Advisor

Cloud SecurityAWS · GCP · AzureCloudOpsNetwork Security

Limerick, Ireland·Full-time · On-site

›Advise on cloud security operations (CloudOps) across AWS, GCP and Azure.
›Secure workloads across IaaS, PaaS and SaaS delivery models.
›Deliver network engineering and security operations within Cyber Engineering & Operations.
›Lead cyber operations, security research and information security analysis.
›Apply blue-team SIEM, SOAR and automation practice across multi-cloud security.

Jul 2022 to Jul 2024

Dell TechnologiesSECURITY

Cyber Security Analyst · Engineering & Operations

SplunkPower BIFirewall PolicyCryptography

Limerick, Ireland·Full-time · On-site · Rotation Programme

›Completed a four-rotation engineering programme of approximately six months per team.
›Rotation 1 — Infrastructure & Asset Management (Compliance): asset audits, standards and exceptions analysis, automation and scripting, and Power BI data visualisation.
›Rotation 2 — Network Security (Policy Management): Splunk dashboarding and analysis, firewall policy management, automation, and data cleansing.
›Rotation 3 — Cryptography Services: certificate issuance and revocation, compliance and regulatory support, automation and metric tracking.
›Rotation 4 — Cybersecurity Consulting: advising stakeholders on security requirements, controls and best practice across the organisation.

Mar 2021 to Aug 2021

Dell TechnologiesINTERNSHIP

Cyber Security Analyst · Security Monitoring Services

SplunkSIEMThreat Hunting

Ireland·Internship

›Drove customer insight into security data and KFS database monitoring.
›Delivered security analytics and alerting; supported threat hunting and audit and compliance.
›Used Splunk to capture, index and correlate real-time data into reports, alerts, dashboards and visualisations.

Apr 2021 to Apr 2022

ReachProductSTARTUP

Founder · Self-employed

EntrepreneurshipProductWeb

Limerick, Ireland·Self-employed

›Founded an early-stage venture connecting customers with the best sources for a range of products and services.
›Owned product, brand and go-to-market end to end as sole founder.

Sep 2019 to May 2022

TU of the ShannonEDUCATION

Internet Systems Development Tutor · Class Representative

TutoringMentoringRepresentation

County Limerick, Ireland·Part-time

›Tutored first- to fourth-year students across a range of subjects and projects on the Internet Systems Development course.
›Served as Class Representative, gathering peer feedback on academic matters and presenting at Class Rep Forums and Staff–Student Committee meetings.
›Engaged with students and faculty to continually improve teaching, learning and academic services.

Jun 2020 to Jun 2020

FreshInFREELANCE

Freelance Web Developer

Web DevContentMarketing

Tamil Nadu, India·Part-time · Remote

›Designed and built the FreshIn website and produced its online content.
›Developed and delivered the online marketing strategy for the business.

Mar 2017 to Apr 2017

Lufthansa TechnikAEROSPACE

TQM Aerospace Internship

AerospaceContinuous ImprovementOperations

County Clare, Ireland·Work Experience

›Supported the continuous-improvement team with data-sheet completion and process documentation.
›Assisted in implementing a new system for tracking repairs across different aircraft.
›Supported bay managers on SQDPS walks across each bay.

11 domains / 60+ tools and technologies

Technical capabilities

01Cloud Security8

AWS Azure GCP IaaS PaaS SaaS CloudOps VMware

02Security Operations7

SIEM SOAR Threat Hunting Incident Response Security Monitoring Alerting Log Analysis

03SIEM & Analytics6

Splunk SolarWinds SEM Power BI Data Visualization Data Analysis Dashboards

04Cryptography & PKI4

Certificate Lifecycle Key Management Encryption Crypto Compliance

05Network Security5

Firewall Policy Policy Management NGFW Web Attack Detection NAC

06Compliance & GRC6

GDPR NIST CSF ISO 27001 Asset Audits Standards & Exceptions Regulatory

07Programming7

Python C C++ Java JavaScript SQL PHP

08Web Development6

HTML CSS JavaScript Bootstrap PHP CodeIgniter

09Automation & Scripting4

Python Bash Metric Tracking Process Automation

10AI & Machine Learning4

Neural Networks Machine Learning Data Analytics AI Foundations

11Tools & Platforms6

Power BI Splunk Microsoft Office Firebase Git / GitHub Agile / Scrum

Selected from 30+ credentials

Certifications

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA/Issued Apr 2026

01/09

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations

Amazon Web Services/Issued Nov 2021

02/09

Certified SOAR · Operator, Developer & Analyst

Siemplify / Google Cloud/Issued May 2022

03/09

Splunk 7.x Fundamentals (Parts 1–3) & Advanced

Splunk/Issued 2021

04/09

GDPR Compliance: Essential Training

LinkedIn Learning/Issued Jul 2022

05/09

Ethical Hacking for Beginners

Simplilearn/Issued May 2022

06/09

Cloud & Virtualization Concepts

VMware IT Academy/Issued Jul 2021

07/09

Entrepreneurship & Small Business (ESB)

Certiport · Pearson VUE/Issued May 2022

08/09

Agile Fundamentals: Scrum & Kanban

Udemy/Issued Sep 2022

09/09

3 institutions

Education

DEGREE / Limerick, IE

Sep 2018 to May 2022

BSc (Hons), Internet Systems Development

TU of the Shannon

Coding · Islamic · Gaming · Kickboxing societies

AWARD

Hons

COURSE / Tamil Nadu, IN

Jun 2019 to Jul 2019

C, C++, Python & Advanced Python

Sai Infosys

Programming fundamentals intensive

AWARD

Cert

SECONDARY / Limerick, IE

Sep 2013 to May 2018

Leaving Certificate

Coláiste Chiaráin

History · Geography · Maths · English · Biology · Economics

AWARD

L.Cert

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Looking for a cyber security engineer across cloud, blue-team operations, or security automation?

Available for senior cyber security engineering and cloud security opportunities, based in Limerick, Ireland.

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