Ibrahim Waziri
Insider Risk Lead, Global Risk & Compliance, Cloud CISO at Google
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolIbrahim Waziri is a cyber and national security leader with a Ph.D. focus in network and cloud infrastructure security and eight years of hands-on experience in government-focused cloud security and risk programs. Currently leading Insider Risk for Global Risk & Compliance and serving as Cloud CISO at Google, he previously shaped Azure’s mission engineering, GRC, and CELA security programs at Microsoft. He blends technical depth—evidenced by contributions to production-grade projects like Kubernetes (containerd/configuration for Windows GCE)—with policy and program leadership across public sector, academia, and think tanks. An active fellow in ShareTheMicInCyber and former adjunct professor, he translates research-grade security insights into operational controls and product requirements. He holds an active clearance and a track record of making complex cloud security controls auditable and automatable in high-assurance environments.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc. Applied Engineering (Network & Virtualization Security), M.Sc. Applied Engineering (Network & Virtualization Security) at Georgia Southern UniversityPh.D. Information Security (Network & Cloud Infrastructure Security), Ph.D. Information Security (Network & Cloud Infrastructure Security) at Purdue UniversityHND Electronics Engineering (Telecommunications), HND Electronics Engineering (Telecommunications) at Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi
Hausa, English
Github Skills (13)
windows10
kubernetes10
containerd10
kubernetes-pods10
gcp10
go9
cloud-infrastructure9
infrastructure9
docker8
dockers8
automation-testing7
automations7
automation7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
kubernetes/kubernetes
Mar 2021 - Oct 2021
Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:43 reviews, 11 commits, 13 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Ibrahim primarily focused on configuring and updating containerd within the Kubernetes environment, specifically for Windows-based GCE deployments. Their contributions include updating containerd versions, adjusting configuration settings, and ensuring the correct paths for runtime binaries. They added a termination hook to the startup script and refined service checks, suggesting a focus on automation and reliability.
containersschedulingdockergradeproduction-grade
GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes-engine-windows-tools
Apr 2021 - Jun 2022
Contributions:14 reviews, 8 commits, 13 PRs in 1 year 2 months
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