prashanth Naidu

Designed and implemented Azure Key Vault solutions for secret management, certificate lifecycle, and cryptographic key governance in regulated financial environments. - Built Terraform modules from scratch to provision Key Vault, managed identities, private endpoints, and encryption-at-rest configurations; established module standards for team-wide reuse. - Designed secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins with integrated Key Vault secret references, automated compliance gates, and encrypted artifact handling. - Developed Python and Go scripts to automate key rotation, secret expiry alerting, and encryption workflow management. - Used Ansible for OS hardening, configuration management, and compliance baseline enforcement across Azure VMs. - Configured IAM, RBAC, and Conditional Access policies using Azure Active Directory, enforcing least-privilege access across cloud infrastructure. - Provided Key Vault access logs, encryption architecture diagrams, and policy documentation for internal security and compliance audit teams. - Monitored cloud security posture using Azure Security Center and Sentinel, implementing automated remediation for misconfigurations and Key Vault policy drift. - Coordinated cloud security deliverables across Agile sprints in JIRA with Information Security, Risk, and Audit stakeholders.

- Architected secure Azure environments for a HIPAA-regulated healthcare organization, applying security-by-design principles across data ingestion, processing, and reporting tiers. - Developed Terraform modules from scratch for Key Vault, encryption configurations, and network security controls; maintained module library with versioning and peer review processes. - Configured Azure Key Vault for certificate management, secret storage, and key rotation policies across multiple application workloads. - Built and maintained secure CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins incorporating automated secret injection via Key Vault, security scanning, and infrastructure validation. - Implemented Ansible playbooks for system hardening, patch orchestration, and configuration compliance across cloud VMs. - Wrote Java and Go utilities to manage encryption workflows, automate key access auditing, and enforce certificate expiry policies. - Enforced Zero Trust network security using NSGs, Azure Firewall, and private endpoints. - Delivered encryption evidence, Key Vault design artifacts, and audit trail exports for compliance assessments.