Hi, I'm Hemza 👋
Public Cloud Engineer
Azure Infrastructure · Security · Governance · Automation
Azure Public Cloud Engineer specialised in security, governance and policy-driven automation.
- active enterprise & public-sector customers
- 8
- active enterprise & public-sector customers
- Azure resources under security & governance
- ~23,000
- Azure resources under security & governance
- Secure Score improvement (UK South environment)
- ~40% → 93%
- Secure Score improvement (UK South environment)
- Critical/High vulnerabilities remediated
- 400+
- Critical/High vulnerabilities remediated
About
I'm an Azure Public Cloud Engineer with hands-on experience engineering and operating Microsoft Azure environments for enterprise and public-sector customers. I specialise in Azure security and governance, particularly Azure Policy and policy-driven automation. By combining infrastructure engineering with security and governance, I turn customer requirements into Azure implementations that are secure, well governed and easy to support.
What I do
Azure Policy & policy-as-code
EPAC, preventive guardrails and automated remediation.
Security posture management
Defender for Cloud, Secure Score improvement and remediation of Critical/High findings.
Azure Landing Zones & governance
Management group hierarchies, Azure transformations, and cleaning up and standardising existing environments.
Infrastructure as Code
Bicep and Terraform, deployed through CI/CD with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
Azure Virtual Desktop
Golden images, host pools and AVD rollouts.
Security advisory
Recurring security meetings with customers, collaboration with SOC teams, and turning recommendations into implementations.
Customers & sectors
- SD WorxHR & payroll services
- FluviusEnergy & utilities
- EESC-CoREU public sector
- AperamSteel manufacturing
- VIBLife sciences research
- D'IeterenAutomotive & mobility
- PortimaInsurance technology
- VEKAPublic sector – energy & climate
- AzelisSpecialty chemicals
Work Experience
Featured customer work
A selection of Azure engagements across security, governance and infrastructure.
Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
AZ-900 · Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate
SC-500 · Microsoft
Skills
Security & Governance
Infrastructure
IaC & Scripting
DevOps & Automation
Education
Hogeschool Gent
Applied Computer Science
Sep 2022 – Jun 2024
Languages
- Dutchnative
- Englishfluent
- Frenchintermediate
Get in touch
Whether you're a recruiter, a potential client or a fellow cloud engineer, feel free to reach out.