Odah Godwin

Cloud Security Engineer | Cybersecurity Analyst

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About

Highly motivated Cloud Security professional with hands-on expertise in AWS, Linux, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and advanced threat analysis. Adept at designing and implementing robust security controls to protect cloud infrastructure and align with strategic business objectives. Currently enhancing specialized skills in incident response and cloud defense through an intensive security bootcamp. Proactively shares practical tips on IAM least privilege on LinkedIn and contributes to GitHub security labs and cloud policy test cases.

Education

Chemical Engineering

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

Sep 2021 - May 2025

Certificates

Security Bootcamp (Cloud & Defense Track)

PWN Lab

Dec 2025

Security & Solutions Architect Explorer

AWS Cloud Quest

Aug 2023

Red Teaming Basics

TryHackMe

Jul 2023

Cloud Fundamentals

TryHackMe

Jun 2023

Projects

Supply Chain Security for Chemicals Research

Jan 2024 - May 2025

Conducted in-depth final year research on leveraging blockchain and cloud security to enhance data protection and traceability within the chemical supply chain.

Cloud Threat Detection Lab

Sep 2023 - Mar 2024

Developed and implemented a robust cloud threat detection lab within AWS to simulate and analyze various security threats, enhancing practical skills in cloud defense.

GitLab OIDC Misconfiguration Lab

Nov 2023 - Feb 2024

Conducted a comprehensive lab exercise focused on identifying and mitigating GitLab OpenID Connect (OIDC) misconfigurations to enhance secure identity management practices.

Skills

AWS Security

  • IAM
  • S3
  • EC2
  • KMS
  • GuardDuty
  • CloudTrail
  • Access Analyzer

Cloud Incident Response & Forensics

  • Threat Analysis
  • Detection Engineering

Identity & Access Management

  • IAM
  • Least Privilege
  • Role Assumption
  • Federated Identities

Linux Administration & Hardening

  • Ubuntu

SIEM Tools

  • Splunk
  • ELK

Vulnerability Assessment

  • Nmap
  • Burp Suite
  • ScoutSuite
  • Pacu
  • CloudFox

CI/CD Security

  • GitHub CI/CD
  • GitLab CI/CD

SOC Fundamentals

  • Alert Analysis
  • Playbooks

Security Tools

  • AWS CLI
  • Pacu
  • ScoutSuite
  • CloudFox
  • Burp Suite
  • Nmap
  • VSCode
  • Git
  • GitHub Actions