Cloud Security Professional

Brandon
Coston

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner  ·  Google Cybersecurity Certificate

I build and secure cloud infrastructure — from IAM least-privilege architectures and OIDC pipelines to automated security monitoring and incident response workflows. Five years in the electrical trades taught me that safety-first thinking and zero-error discipline aren't optional. I brought both into cloud security.

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Background

About Me

I transitioned into cloud security from five years as a journeyman electrical apprentice with IBEW Local 302 — where I specialized in commercial and industrial electrical systems and operated under strict safety codes and zero-error standards.

That background shapes how I approach security work. I look at an AWS VPC diagram the way I looked at an industrial electrical blueprint — methodically mapping architecture, identifying risk, and securing the flow before anything goes wrong.

I'm targeting cloud security, SOC analyst, and junior cloud engineering roles — with a focus on the Northern Virginia/DC federal and DoD market and California-based opportunities.

  • AWS Cloud Practitioner ✓ PASSED
  • Google Cybersecurity Certificate ✓ PASSED
  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate IN PROGRESS
  • CompTIA Security+ PLANNED

Work

Projects

AWS Cloud Security Lab ↗

Hands-on cloud security project covering IAM least-privilege design, S3 exposure simulation and remediation, EC2 network auditing, CloudTrail investigation, and a secretless CI/CD pipeline via GitHub Actions OIDC.

AWS IAM S3 CloudTrail OIDC GitHub Actions
Automated Job Scraper ↗

A scheduled GitHub Actions pipeline that searches multiple job boards, applies multi-layer filtering (experience, location, salary, relevance), tracks seen jobs, and delivers a daily HTML email digest.

Python GitHub Actions Adzuna API USAJobs API Gmail SMTP
Clip Manager ↗

An event-driven file management system that detects new media files, triggers a tkinter GUI for classification, renames files with structured naming, and sends real-time Discord webhook notifications.

Python tkinter Discord Webhooks Task Scheduler Windows
Gaming Stats Tracker ↗

Automated data collection system pulling player statistics from the Riot Games API and tracker.gg, logging performance history to CSV, and generating weekly reports on a nightly schedule.

Python Riot API tracker.gg CSV Logging Task Scheduler

Technical

Skills

Cloud

AWS EC2
AWS S3
AWS IAM
AWS VPC
CloudTrail
GuardDuty
Security Hub

Security

IAM least-privilege
OIDC federation
Security Groups / NACLs
Incident investigation
Access reviews
MFA enforcement
CIS Benchmarks

DevOps

GitHub Actions
CI/CD pipelines
Git
Python
Bash / Linux CLI
SSH

IT Support

Help desk triage
Ticket management
Account provisioning
Network troubleshooting
Windows / macOS
Technical documentation

Connect

Get in Touch

I'm actively seeking cloud security, SOC analyst, and IT support roles. Open to remote and California-based opportunities.