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DevSecOps & Policy-as-Code Track Record

Cliff Barbier

Enterprise Security Architect & Leadership Baton Rouge, LA https://cliffbarbier.com cliff@cliffbarbier.com

Focus & Summary

Enterprise security leader with 20+ years of experience designing defensible architectures across cloud governance, automated Policy as Code, and enterprise digital transformations without sacrificing developer speed. Specialized view focusing on automated pipeline guardrails, infrastructure drift elimination, and shift-left workflows.

Targeted Experience

Principal Enterprise Security Architect 2022 – 2025
NielsenIQ Remote
  • Architected automated Policy-as-Code baselines across AWS, GCP, and Azure CI/CD pipelines, preventing configuration drift prior to production deployment.
Senior Enterprise Security Architect 2015 – 2022
Equifax Remote
  • Replaced permanent developer access credentials with automated, short-lived IAM federation, eliminating credential leakage across multi-account topologies.
  • Engineered automated security compliance unit tests within continuous integration pipelines, cutting developer friction and review queue delays by 85%.

Certifications & Credentials