About Kamrul
I’m a cybersecurity engineer with over 10 years of experience specializing in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) frameworks, including ISO 27001, GDPR, NIST, and PCI-DSS. I have deep expertise in Microsoft security and compliance solutions such as Azure, Microsoft 365, Purview, Defender, Sentinel, and Logic Apps. I help organizations strengthen their security posture, achieve compliance, and automate security operations.
English
Native or bilingual
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- Connells GroupLead Security & Compliance EngineerAugust 2025 - Today (10 months)• Develop and maintain security documentation, policies, and procedures.• Plan, design, and implement security solutions for Microsoft 365 services• Configure Microsoft Purview (Compliance, Data Catalogue, DLP, Insider Risk, AI security etc) to meet regulatory requirements.• Configure and manage Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) security, including conditional access, identity protection, and MFA• Configure role-based access control (RBAC) and privileged identity management• Deploy and manage Microsoft Defender for Endpoint• Ensure compliance with industry standards (ISO 27001 , GDPR and PCI-DSS)
- University of Wolverhampton (Via IQF)Cyber Security ArchitectFebruary 2025 - July 2025 (5 months)• Define security reference architecture for M365 aligned with Zero Trust• Perform risk assessments, gap analyses, and architecture reviews.• Develop roadmaps for identity, device, threat, and data protection capabilities.• Collaborate with IT, compliance, risk, and business stakeholders to align security with business needs.• Design and implement secure identity architectures using Microsoft Entra ID• Design privileged identity management and Define conditional access policies• Design and Implement single sign-on (SSO), federated identity and MFA• Design a defence-in-depth strategy leveraging Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Office 365, Identity, and Cloud Apps.• Establish incident response strategy with Microsoft Sentinel for SIEM/SOAR.• Architect endpoint detection and response (EDR) with Defender for Endpoint.• Design and implement Microsoft Purview solutions with Data classification, Sensitivity Labelling, DLP, Insider risk Management, retention, communication compliance and DSPM for AI.• Define compliance frameworks (GDPR, ISO and NIST) leveraging Purview
- Microsoft (Via Experis)Security and Compliance EngineerDecember 2023 - January 2025 (1 year and 1 month)• Provide advanced technical and advisory support for Microsoft security and compliance products, such as Microsoft Azure, M365, Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Entra.• Collaborate with enterprise customers and partners to address security and compliance challenges. Guide clients through setup, configuration, and troubleshooting of Microsoft security solutions, ensuring alignment with best practices and frameworks like CIS, ISO 2700X, NIST, PCI-DSS, and GDPR• Assist in configuring security policies, including antivirus, firewall, endpoint detection and response (EDR), and attack surface reduction (ASR) rules in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. Support compliance policies in Microsoft Purview, such as DLP.• Investigate security alerts and incidents and threat hunting within Microsoft Defender and sentinel environment using KQL.• Provide support with onboarding devices for Microsoft Defender XDR solutions (Defender for endpoint) using Intune, configuration manager and local script.• Take ownership of customer's issues and clearly explaining technical concepts.• Create a trust-based relationships with clients through empathy and transparency.• Organized and conducted workshops and knowledge transfer programs for Microsoft clients and staff, provided progress overviews, and gathered feedback to ensure continuous improvement and alignment with organizational objectives.
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Education
- MSc in Information SecurityRoyal Holloway, University of LondonMSc in Information Security
- Bachelor of Business InformationUniversity of East LondonBachelor of Business Information