Deep knowledge of cloud security architecture, IAM, networking, encryption, logging, monitoring, workload protection, governance, and enterprise network security, including segmentation, firewalls, proxies, VPNs, DNS security, secure web gateways, IPS, load balancing, ZTNA, and SASE. Professional Certifications: Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, PCNSE, AWS Certified Security- Specialty, AWS Certified Advanced Networking- Specialty, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, GIAC certifications, or equivalent credentials.