About me

Hi, I'm Nigam Rathod

Cloud Security Engineer

Freelancer by choice. Team player by heart.

Open to full-time roles Taking freelance projects

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01 · My story

Who I am

I'm Nigam Rathod, a cloud security engineer from India. Most of my time goes into making cloud environments harder to break and easier to run: auditing AWS and Azure accounts, catching leaked credentials before attackers can use them, and turning fragile manual setups into code that anyone on a team can review.

I work in two ways and enjoy both. As a freelancer, I take on focused engagements such as a security review, a Terraform landing zone or a CI/CD pipeline with real security gates, and I deliver them end to end. I'm also looking for a full-time role, because the most interesting problems get solved by a team that owns a platform for the long run. If you're hiring, I'd like to hear from you.

My brain runs in two halves. The Core Stack is my craft: cloud security, DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform and AI agents. The Side Quests are what I build for fun: blockchain, games and 3D design. Each half improves the other. The 3D site you just walked through is a side quest, shipped with the same care I bring to production infrastructure.

02 · How my brain is wired

Core Stack & Side Quests

Click the head on the home page and you'll see the same split in 3D. The left side is what I'm hired for. The right side is what I build for fun.

Core StackWhat I do for work

The skills I'm hired for. I use them daily, keep sharpening them, and back them with real projects.

Cloud SecurityCore
AWS & Azure IAM hardening, CloudTrail forensics, honeytokens, CIS benchmark audits.
DevOps & CI/CDCore
GitHub Actions pipelines with secret scanning, image scanning and IaC linting built in.
DockerHands-on
Containerising services with small, non-root images that are scanned before release.
KubernetesGrowing
Network policies, pod security standards and Helm on multi-node lab clusters.
TerraformGrowing
Reusable modules and multi-account AWS guardrails, all as code.
AI AgentsHands-on
Multi-agent workflows with tool calling that automate real, repetitive work.

Side QuestsWhat I build for fun

Personal projects that keep me curious. I build them because I enjoy it, and I still ship them properly.

BlockchainPassion
Solidity smart contracts, token and DAO design (LaxiGam LXG).
GamingPassion
Browser games in Three.js. One is live at laxigam.com.
3D DesignPassion
Modelling, shaders and interactive web 3D, including this portfolio.

CertificationsAWS Cloud PractitionerAzure Fundamentals (AZ-900)EC-Council EHEEC-Council DFE

03 · Selected work

Things I've built

A few highlights. Every project is labelled honestly as Completed, In progress or Live.

Cloud SecurityCompleted

GhostCred

Honeytoken credential-trap system that detects unauthorized cloud access and alerts on compromised credential usage across AWS.

PythonAWS IAMCloudWatch

GitHub ↗

Cloud SecurityCompleted

CloudCoroner

Cloud forensics tool that parses AWS CloudTrail logs, flags anomaly indicators, and compiles structured post-incident forensic summaries.

AWS CloudTrailPythonForensics

GitHub ↗

DevOps & IaCIn progress

PipelineWarden

DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline template with automated secret scanning, container image vulnerability gating, and IaC linting.

GitHub ActionsDevSecOpsTrivy

AI & AgentsIn progress

Agent Lab

Autonomous multi-agent experimentation framework exploring collaborative task delegation, custom tooling, and state persistence.

PythonAI AgentsLangChain

GitHub ↗

Cloud SecurityCompleted

DeepVoice Shield

Real-time deepfake voice detection pipeline engineered to detect synthetic speech artifacts and mitigate vishing fraud.

PythonAudio ForensicsMachine Learning

GitHub ↗

3D & GamesLive

LaxiGam Game

Interactive 3D web experience and gameplay prototype featuring real-time shader graphics, custom character controls, and responsive spatial mechanics.

Three.jsWebGLJavaScript

Live site ↗GitHub ↗

See all 18 projects →

04 · Work with me

Two ways to work together

I'm open to a full-time role and I also take freelance work. Here's what each looks like.

Full-time

Join your team

Roles I'm looking for:

Cloud Security EngineerDevSecOps / DevOps EngineerCloud / Platform Engineer

What I bring:

A security-first habit: least privilege, logging and alerting from day one
An automation reflex: if I do it twice, it becomes code
Honest status updates: I say what's done, what's in progress and what's blocked
Fast learning, shown by moving from cloud fundamentals to IaC, Kubernetes and AI agents

Talk about a role

Freelance

Hire me for a project

Focused engagements, delivered end to end:

Cloud Security Review

AWS / Azure review covering IAM, logging, public exposure and a prioritised fix list.

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform modules and landing zones you can rebuild with one command.

DevSecOps Pipelines

CI/CD with Gitleaks, Trivy and Checkov gates that block issues before merge.

Containers & Kubernetes

Dockerise, deploy and harden services with sensible defaults.

AI Agent Automation

Agents that take repetitive internal workflows off your team's plate.

3D Web Experiences

Interactive Three.js sites and portfolios that stay fast on real devices.

Start a project

Secure by default

Security is part of the design from the start.

Automate the boring parts

Repeatable work becomes code, so it gets reviewed, tested and versioned.

Honest status

Every project here is labelled Completed, In progress or Private. No inflated claims.

Clear communication

Short updates, written decisions and documentation the next person can follow.

Let's build something secure.

Hiring for a cloud security or DevOps role, or need help with a project? Send me a message. I read every one.

nigamrathod.official@gmail.com LinkedIn ↗GitHub ↗