Victory Arikpo

About

IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Professional with experience designing, securing, and managing enterprise IT environments across cloud and on-premise infrastructure. Skilled in IT operations, systems administration, cloud engineering, network administration, and cybersecurity operations. Experienced supporting software development teams, administering enterprise systems, and implementing secure, scalable infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible and modern security practices.

Work

AheadFitness

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IT Manager

Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

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Summary

Lead IT operations and cybersecurity initiatives supporting internal infrastructure and the AheadFitness mobile application.

Highlights

Lead IT security operations, endpoint protection, and access management across the organization.

Conduct security testing and quality assurance for mobile application releases before production deployment.

Monitor security events using SIEM tools and investigate suspicious activities.

Implement security policies, user access controls, and incident response procedures.

Coordinate vulnerability remediation and system hardening across enterprise systems.

CloudThriee

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Lead Cloud Engineer

Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

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Summary

Architect and deploy scalable cloud infrastructure while leading development of an AI-powered cloud security platform.

Highlights

Led development of an AI-driven cloud security platform integrating AWS, Azure, and GCP scanning.

Designed and deployed a production Kubernetes platform on AWS EKS using Terraform.

Built highly available cloud infrastructure including VPCs, RDS PostgreSQL, Redis, IAM, and Helm deployments.

Resolved complex Terraform state conflicts and Kubernetes bootstrap issues.

Improved cloud resource efficiency, reducing operational costs by 10%.

Automated SOC2 compliance checks and cloud security remediation workflows.

Fudrat Technologies

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IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity Professional

Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

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Summary

Provide infrastructure administration, cloud engineering, cybersecurity, and enterprise IT support.

Highlights

Manage enterprise cloud and on-premise infrastructure with 99.9% uptime.

Administer Windows and Linux servers supporting business-critical services.

Configure enterprise networking including routers, switches, firewalls, and wireless infrastructure.

Implement access controls, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, and security hardening.

Administer Microsoft 365 environments including licensing, email, and identity management.

Produce technical documentation, infrastructure diagrams, and operational procedures.

Resolve complex infrastructure and security incidents across cloud and enterprise environments.

Bravort

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Cybersecurity Engineer

Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

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Summary

Supported offensive security engagements and vulnerability management initiatives.

Highlights

Identified and responsibly disclosed critical vulnerabilities in production web applications.

Conducted penetration testing across web, API, and network environments.

Delivered technical reports with proof-of-concept findings and remediation recommendations.

Facilitated cybersecurity and VAPT training engagements.

Supported vulnerability management and incident response activities.

Fudrat Technologies

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Lead VAPT Engineer

Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria

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Summary

Performed Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT) engagements for web applications and APIs.

Highlights

Led VAPT engagements against web applications and REST APIs.

Tested authentication, authorization, session management, and business logic.

Validated vulnerabilities using Burp Suite, Nessus, and Nmap.

Produced executive and technical security reports with remediation guidance.

Education

Bravort Institute of Technology

FCT, Abuja, Nigeria, Nigeria
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Certificate Program Cyber Security / Information Security

Languages

English

Fluent

Skills

Programming & DevOps

FastAPI, Docker, Git & GitHub, Bash, PowerShell, Nginx.

Databases

PostgreSQL, Redis.

Networking

TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, OSPF, NAT, ACLs, VPN, Routing & Switching, Firewalls, Wi-Fi Infrastructure.

Compliance

SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, GDPR, NDPR.

IT Operations

Windows & Linux Server Administration, Microsoft 365 Administration, IT Asset Management, Backup & Disaster Recovery, Technical Support, Vendor Management.

Cloud

AWS (EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, Route 53), Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, Ansible.

Operating Systems

Windows Server, Ubuntu Linux.

Security

Burp Suite, Nessus, Nmap, Wazuh, Wireshark, Metasploit, SIEM, OWASP Top 10, Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing (VAPT), Security Monitoring, Identity & Access Management, Security Hardening, Incident Response, API Security Testing, Mobile Application Security Testing, Threat Modelling, Secure Code Review, Risk Assessment.

Projects

Network & Systems Administration Projects

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Summary

Executed various projects focusing on secure network architectures, automation, server hardening, security monitoring, and infrastructure assessments.

Certificates

DevSecOps

Udemy

Cloud Computing

Udemy

DevOps

Udemy

Application Security

Udemy

Web Application Pen-Testing

Udemy

Cloud Security

Udemy

SOC 1-3

Udemy

Networking

Udemy

CCNA

GIZ