Iβm a Cloud Security Engineer/Architect at H&M Group, driving large-scale security initiatives across more than 1650+ cloud subscriptions. With a background in cloud engineering, DevSecOps, and cybersecurity, I specialize in securing identities, workloads, and infrastructure in Azure and multicloud environments. Also actively involved in ISO27001 Standardization of the product.
I hold a Masterβs in Computer Science (Cyber Security & Distributed Systems) from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Over the years, Iβve worked across multiple organizations like Ericsson, Volvo Cars, Zenseact, Huawei Research, ADP India, BlackBerry, and Linux Foundation, where I contributed to building and scaling secure cloud-native systems.
- π‘ Cloud Security Architecture β Designing and scaling CSPM, CIEM, CNAPP, and IAM solutions.
- π Identity & Access Management (IAM) β Visualizing and remediating overprivileged identities, securing exposed assets, and strengthening access controls.
- β Azure Security Engineering β Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Update Manager automation, Azure Policies, governance at enterprise scale.
- βοΈ DevSecOps β Integrating security into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub, CodeQL, scanners, container security).
- π Vulnerability Management β Leading PoCs for unified VM platforms, Defender for Containers vs Wiz evaluations, Armis integrations.
- π Leadership & Scale β Leading a security engineering team, mentoring peers, and securing global-scale hybrid cloud environments.
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
- 4+ additional Microsoft Azure certifications
- Google Certified: Professional Cloud Architect
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
- Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer
- π₯ Microsoft Climate Hackathon Winner β Ranked #1 out of 422 teams
- π¨βπ« Hyperledger Mentorship Programme β Mentor, Linux Foundation
- π Volvo Group Scholarship β Chalmers University of Technology (100% tuition waiver + mentorship from Volvo)
- π Udacity Nanodegree β Azure Cloud Architect
Cloud & Security β Azure, GCP, Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Wiz, Armis, CSPM, CNAPP, CIEM, SIEM, DevSecOps
Infra & DevOps β Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes (AKS), Docker, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Observability (logging, monitoring, tracing)
Programming & Scripting β Python, Java, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell
Security Tooling β Nmap, Burp Suite, OpenVAS, Wireshark, CodeQL, MySQL security hardening
- π§ arunprakashpj@gmail.com
- πΌ LinkedIn
- π¦ Twitter
- π Curriculum Vitae
β‘ Fun fact: My first programming assignment was for a free coffee β β and Iβve been coding ever since.


