Celal. D.

AI/ML Security & Cloud Security | DevSecOps & Kubernetes Expert | MSc in Computer Science

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

About

I am a dedicated AI Security and DevSecOps Specialist committed to building secure, scalable, and resilient systems in the age of rapid AI transformation. Leveraging 10+ years of experience and a strong foundation from my M.Sc. in Computer Science, I specialize in bridging traditional cloud defense with cutting-edge LLM and Generative AI security. My expertise is centered on the security lifecycle of modern applications and AI workloads across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP): * 🛡️ AI/LLM Security: Focused on mitigating novel risks like Prompt Injection, data exfiltration via models, securing RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures, and hardening LLM APIs and infrastructure. * ⚙️ Cloud & Container Security: Designing and implementing robust security controls for containerized applications (Kubernetes/EKS/AKS), APIs, and serverless functions, ensuring compliance through IaC (Terraform). * 🔁 DevSecOps & Automation: Integrating security into CI/CD pipelines (GitOps), using Python to automate security checks and testing, and driving "shift-left" practices across engineering teams. Whether I am leading an AI security review, architecting the security of a microservices mesh, or writing policy-as-code to enforce cloud governance, my approach is always hands-on and collaborative. I believe security must move at the speed of engineering—it must be baked in, not bolted on. I am always keen to discuss the next generation of security challenges in AI-driven enterprises. Let's connect to explore how we can harden your most critical systems.

Experience

  • principal application security engineer at U.S. Bank
    Dec 2021 - 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Cloud Security Architect at Vyaire Medical
    Dec 2019 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Cloud Security Architect at Panasonic North America
    Aug 2019 - Dec 2019 · 5 mos

  • Senior Application Security Engineer at John Deere
    Aug 2018 - Jan 2019 · 6 mos

  • Cloud and Application Security Engineer at Concept management company
    Sep 2015 - Sep 2018 · 3 yrs 1 mo