Profile Summary

I have 10 years of diverse technical cybersecurity experience in security engineering, SOC operations, Incident Response, Cloud Security, GRC, system, and network engineering. I have led the cybersecurity operations center (SOC) and Incident Response team for a Global MSSP and have delivered major security engineering projects.

Hands-on leadership experience as a Co-curator of Birmingham Global Shapers of the World Economic Forum and MSSP SOC team lead. Currently pursuing a PhD in Cybersecurity Research in AI-driven cyber threat detection and secure AI adoption for security engineering.

Education

• PhD Cybersecurity | Nasarawa State University Center for Cyberspace Studies – In-view (2024 – present)
  Research Area: Cybersecurity and AI: Cyber Threat Detection and AI
• MSc Cybersecurity | Birmingham City University, UK (2020 – 2021)
• BSc Mathematics | University of Ilorin (2011 – 2015)

Cybersecurity Certifications

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) | 2020
• Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) | 2018
• Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing and Switching (CCNA) | 2016

Microsoft Certifications

• Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) | 2024
• Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200) | 2024
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) | 2022

Akamai WAF Certifications

• Akamai WAF Automation and DevOps | 2025
• Akamai Fraud Management (WAF and BOT Security) | 2025
• Akamai Web Application & API Protection (WAF and BOT) | 2024

Splunk Certifications

• Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin | 2023
• Splunk Enterprise Certified Architect | 2023
• Splunk Enterprise Deployment Practical Lab | 2023
• Splunk Core Certified Advanced Power User
• Splunk Core Certified Power User | 2023
• Splunk Core Certified User | 2023

Core Competencies

• Cybersecurity Research
• SIEM, SOAR & EDR Management
• Security Architecture
• Cloud Security – Azure, AWS
• Incident Response
• SOC and CSOC Operations
• Information Security Analysis
• Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
• Security Engineering
• Threat Intelligence
• DevSecOps
• Leadership

Technical Proficiencies

• Security Engineering: Planning, deployment, and management of cybersecurity tooling
• Security Consulting: Leading security projects and program delivery
• SIEM Tools: Azure Sentinel, Splunk, Google Chronicle (SecOps), IBM QRadar
• EDR: Microsoft Defender XDR, SentinelOne, Tanium, CrowdStrike, etc.
• Incident Response: Tier 3 SOC, MITRE ATT&CK, Threat Intel, NIST, SANS IR
• Cloud Platforms: Azure (primary), AWS, GCP
• Web & API Security: Akamai WAF, BOT Protection
• GRC: ISO 27001, CIS Controls, Cyber Essentials
• IaC & Automation: Terraform, Bicep, GitHub, Bash, PowerShell, Python
• DevSecOps Tools: SonarQube, Snyk
• Languages & Tools: SPL, KQL, Nessus, Qualys, LogicApps

Work Experience

• Cyber Security Engineer | Mark & Spencer, London
  June 2024 – Present
  Technical SME on Akamai WAF (Web and API Protection) and Cloud Security. Built modern web & API security and Azure security stack.
• Cyber Security Engineer | Virgin Media O2, London
  January 2024 – June 2024
  Led SOC transformation project migrating from Splunk to Google Chronicle SIEM. Developed SOAR automations and managed API integrations.
• Cyber Security Engineer | UBS Bank, London
  January 2024 – June 2024
  Optimized SOC detection and response, and enhanced Splunk SIEM use cases and detections.