Security is my day job.
Omani Reed, cloud security engineer in Alexandria, Virginia. Five years securing Microsoft 365 and Azure for government and contractor teams, now doing the same for small businesses that want AI without leaking client data.
CySA+, PenTest+, SC-900, AI-900, AZ-900. M.S. in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance.
years securing Microsoft 365 and Azure environments
government and contractor users secured across DoD mission partners
current certifications: CySA+, PenTest+, SC-900, AI-900
business day to hear back, every message answered by me
How I work
The short version of a long résumé.
Good security is practical. The risks I actually find are not exotic. They are settings nobody turned on, access nobody trimmed, and the gap between compliant on paper and safe in practice.
My working week is hybrid Azure and on-premises: tightening identity with Conditional Access and least privilege, tuning detection in Defender and Sentinel, and getting teams ready for NIST, Zero Trust and CMMC audits. When something has gone wrong, I have run the response end to end as the only responder.
For small businesses I bring the same work without a big firm around it. I turn on the controls already inside the tools you pay for, put AI to work on the paperwork that eats your week, and leave you owning every account and setting.
Where I have worked
Employer names and dates stay off the site. The full history and recommendations are on LinkedIn.
- Defense contractor
- Cloud Engineer, Cloud Security & IdentitySecuring Microsoft 365 GCC High, Azure Government, and hybrid AD for DoD mission partners; second-year contributor to an active CMMC Level 2 certification.
- Managed services firm
- System Administrator, Azure & Microsoft 365 SecurityAdministered and secured Azure and Microsoft 365 across multiple client tenants: identity, monitoring, and CMMC/ISO compliance.
- Enterprise
- Identity & Access Management AdministratorRan enterprise identity lifecycle (RBAC, SSO, federation, and MFA) with access-governance reporting.
- Federal agency
- LMS Helpdesk AnalystTier 1–2 support in a federal law-enforcement environment under strict security and access controls.
What I work in
The tools and frameworks behind the rows above.
Compliance & Accreditation
CMMC Level 2, RMF, NIST 800-53 / 800-171, SSP authoring & POA&M, ATO support · ISCM, DFARS / CUI, Zero Trust.
Cloud & Identity
Microsoft 365 GCC High, Azure Government, Entra ID, Conditional Access · PIM, RBAC / MFA / SSO, Entra Connect, Microsoft Intune, Azure Virtual Desktop.
Detection, Vuln & Tooling
Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Log Analytics / KQL, Splunk, ACAS / Tenable.sc, Nessus / Qualys, DISA STIG / CIS, PowerShell, Terraform (in progress).
Certifications and education
All current.
- CompTIA
- Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+)
- CompTIA
- PenTest+
- Microsoft
- Security, Compliance & Identity (SC-900)
- Microsoft
- Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
- Microsoft
- Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
- Western Governors University
- M.S., Cybersecurity & Information Assurance
- Virginia State University
- B.S., Criminal Justice
Want to know if I am the right fit? Book twenty minutes and ask me anything.
Or write to info@reedsourcellc.com and hear back within one business day. Hiring for cloud security? Availability and contract types are on the cloud security page.