Susheel Thapa
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Career & Credentials

Experience & Education

Career timeline across cloud security engineering and SOC operations, academic background at IOE Pulchowk, and industry certifications.

01.

Work Experience

Detailed career history, cloud architecture, and security operations responsibilities.

Jan 2026 — Present

Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Nexus Cloud Defense

Engineering automated cloud compliance, container security, and IAM least-privilege architectures across multi-cloud environments.

  • ›Architected terraform-managed AWS security landing zones with automated GuardDuty and Security Hub event routing.
  • ›Implemented container scanning and runtime defense across Kubernetes clusters using Falco and Trivy.
  • ›Engineered zero-trust service mesh authentication and mTLS encryption using HashiCorp Consul.
  • ›Automated secret rotation pipelines with AWS Secrets Manager and Vault.
AWSTerraformKubernetesDockerCI/CDVaultPython
Jun 2024 — Dec 2025

Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst

Vanguard Security Operations

High-velocity threat detection, incident triage, and forensic log correlation in enterprise hybrid infrastructure.

  • ›Monitored and investigated high-severity security incidents across Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk SIEM.
  • ›Authored custom KQL detection rules mapping to MITRE ATT&CK tactics.
  • ›Led incident response workflows for brute-force attacks and privilege escalation anomalies.
  • ›Developed automated containment playbooks using Azure Logic Apps.
Microsoft SentinelKQLSplunkAzurePythonMITRE ATT&CK
02.

Education & Academic Background

Formal academic foundations in computer engineering and technology.

Oct 2020 — Sep 2024

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Institute of Technology & Engineering•Kathmandu, Nepal

Academic Performance: First Class with Distinction

  • ›Specialization: Distributed Systems & Network Defense
  • ›President, Information Security Research Guild
03.

Certifications & Credentials

Industry-validated expertise across Microsoft Azure, Security Operations, and Cloud Foundations.

Aug 2025

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft • AZ-305•Verify Credential↗

Design identity, governance, monitoring, data storage, and business continuity infrastructure.

Feb 2025

Security Operations Analyst Associate

Microsoft • SC-200•Verify Credential↗

Threat mitigation using Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel SIEM.