Abraham Kakooza Jerry

Cloud Engineer & Cybersecurity Specialist

ISC2 · Building AI Strategy Certificate Oct 2026
2 days → 5 min
Server provisioning with IaC
4+ yrs
Across cloud, cybersecurity & telecom
MSc
Cybersecurity, Grand Canyon University

A Seattle-based Software and Cloud Engineer with over 4 years of professional experience at the intersection of technology, cybersecurity, and telecommunications. I hold a Master's in Cybersecurity from Grand Canyon University. My expertise spans cloud infrastructure, statistical machine learning models, Python, and JavaScript.

As a Cloud Engineer for Pioneer Human Services, I specialize in security governance, CMMC compliance, and Sovereign Cloud environments. Previously, I engineered scalable IT infrastructure for Standard Bank Group, dropping server provisioning times from 2 days to 5 minutes using IaC tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible.

Beyond secure cloud architecture, I have a deep background designing Machine Learning models—from building LSTM neural networks for sales forecasting to developing custom NLP models for Luganda. In today's rapidly evolving Generative AI landscape, this dual expertise allows me to uniquely bridge the gap between training intelligent ML models and deploying them securely at enterprise scale.

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M.Sc. in Cybersecurity

Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ, USA

B.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering

Minor in Machine Learning and Data Analytics

Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Familiarity & Governance

  • Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
  • Sovereign Cloud Architecture & Security
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Data Protection & Privacy Compliance

Experience

Five roles, one trajectory — AI, cloud & security.

Cloud Engineer

(July 2025 - Present)

Pioneer Human Services

Security governance, CMMC compliance & sovereign cloud environments.

Hybrid Cloud Systems Engineer

(Jan 2024 - July 2025)

Spokane Tribe of Indians

Achieved 100% uptime and a 40% cost reduction through automated server management of Azure infrastructure.

Technical Program Manager

(August 2023 - Present)

Curious Learning

Steers delivery and open-source roadmaps for global literacy apps reaching millions of learners across emerging regions.

IT Infrastructure Software Engineer

(Jan 2021 - Jan 2024)

Stanbic Bank Uganda

Cut server provisioning from 2 days to 5 minutes with Terraform, CloudFormation & Ansible.

ML Engineer

(June 2021 - June 2022)

Makerere AI Lab

Machine learning engineering — LSTM forecasting & NLP models.

Selected Work

Three projects, three proof points — infrastructure, machine learning, and compliance.

Stanbic Bank Uganda

2 days → 5 minutes

IT Infrastructure Software Engineer · Jan 2021 – Jan 2024

Cut server provisioning from 2 days to 5 minutes with Terraform, CloudFormation & Ansible — turning a multi-day manual process into a repeatable IaC pipeline.

TerraformCloudFormationAnsible
Makerere AI Lab

Forecasting & NLP models

ML Engineer · Jun 2021 – Jun 2022

Built LSTM neural networks for sales forecasting and custom NLP models for Luganda — statistical machine learning on low-resource languages.

LSTMNLPPython
Pioneer Human Services

Compliance for sovereign cloud

Cloud Engineer · Jul 2025 – Present

Security governance, CMMC compliance, and sovereign cloud environments — building controlled, auditable cloud for regulated workloads.

CMMCSovereign Cloud

My Contacts

Feel free to reach out to me on any of the following platforms