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Security · Cloud · AI Architect

Assil Abdulrahim

Cloud Security Consultant Director · Cloud Architect Director · IAM Consultant · .NET Director

Trusted advisor to CIOs & CISOs and founder of 365Architect. I turn complexity into clarity — architecting secure Azure & AWS migrations, identity, governance, and DevSecOps for finance, healthcare, retail, and government. Recognized as one of the best cloud security consultant directors and cloud architect directors for regulated enterprises.

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Glenside, PA · USA EN · AR (Multilingual) 20+ Years

● Available 20+ Years 365Architect CEO CISM · CCSK

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20+

Years in Enterprise Security

40+

Professional Certifications

Agile Teams Led at Scale

Regulated Sectors Served

Independently verified · Microsoft Learn 22 Active certs 29 Exams passed 110 Modules 82h Training View transcript

Profile

The bridge between
security and architecture.

/ 01 — about

Assil Abdulrahim

Founder & CEO
365Architect
Glenside, PA · USA

For two decades I've helped Fortune-class enterprises modernize legacy platforms and move to the cloud without trading away security. I work where the stakes are highest — finance, healthcare, retail, and government — partnering with leaders at organizations like Santander, Walmart, Publix, and F5.

As a Cloud Security Consultant Director, Cloud Architect Director, IAM consultant, and .NET Director, I fill the gap between security experts and technical architects. Most teams have one or the other; compliance and cloud migration break down in the space between them. I speak both languages and bridge that gap — from boardroom strategy down to the IaC pipeline.

Security-first thinking is in my DNA. I design secure-by-default systems that pass the hardest audits — HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, NIST, FedRAMP — and still fuel innovation. And I pair that with a forward bet most consultancies haven't made yet: private, on-prem AI that keeps your intellectual property entirely your own.

Trusted advisor to CIOs / CISOs / BISOs $2M project insurance Full-cycle: roadmap → implementation EN · AR

What I do

Capabilities

/ 02 — capabilities

Cloud Security Architecture

Secure-by-design reference architectures, threat modeling, and security baselines across Azure & AWS environments.

Threat ModelingSecurity BaselinesDefense-in-Depth

Identity & Access (IAM)

Federated identity, SSO, MFA and Zero Trust. Entra ID / Azure AD P2, PIM/PAM, Okta, Auth0, PingFederate, ADFS.

Zero TrustSSO / MFAPIM / PAM

Cloud Migration & Landing Zones

Large-scale, low-disruption migration to Azure & AWS — landing zone design, networking, governance, and monitoring per Well-Architected.

Landing ZonesWell-ArchitectedNetworking

Governance, Risk & Compliance

Gap analysis & attestation against CSA CCM, ISO, NIST, SOC2, FedRAMP. Azure Policy, Blueprints, Purview, data governance.

HIPAA / PCI-DSSCSA CCM · NISTMicrosoft Purview

DevSecOps & IaC

Secure CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code that ship fast and stay compliant — Terraform, ARM, PowerShell automation.

Secure CI/CDTerraform · ARMPowerShell

AI-Driven Security & Private LLM

On-prem AI for anomaly detection, semantic search and compliance classification — ML.NET, Azure AI, GraphRAG, vector search.

Private LLMGraphRAGAnomaly Detection

The forward bet

Private AI Lab

Fully private, on-premises AI ecosystems I designed and built — multi-model, zero-knowledge, and vendor-independent. Your IP never leaves your perimeter.

/ 03 — ai_lab

~/brainnest365 — secure node On-prem · Zero-knowledge

# BrainNest365 & CodeNest365 — private AI ecosystems

assil@blackwell:~$ inference --engine ollama --local

✓ DeepSeek-Coder-V2 · Qwen3-Coder-Next · Kimi

assil@blackwell:~$ graphrag index --leiden --hardware NVIDIA-Blackwell

✓ knowledge graph built · architectural discovery −60%

assil@blackwell:~$ qdrant search --hybrid --vectors

✓ hybrid RAG · vector search optimized

assil@blackwell:~$ aider --pair --refactor

✓ AI-assisted refactor · IP stays on-prem

Local LLM Orchestration

Multi-model local inference via Ollama — DeepSeek-Coder-V2, Qwen3-Coder-Next, and Kimi running entirely in-house.

GraphRAG Knowledge Indexing

Leiden community-detection pipeline on NVIDIA Blackwell that cut architectural discovery time by ~60%.

Qdrant Vector + Hybrid RAG

Optimized vector search and hybrid retrieval over a secure, self-hosted knowledge base.

Agentic & Voice Workflows

Aider AI-pair-programming plus Whisper + TTS voice AI — automation without sending data off-site.

Track record

Experience

/ 04 — experience

2021 — Present

Founder & CEO — Security & Cloud Consultant

365Architect · Glenside, PA

Lead enterprise cloud security, architecture, migration, and IAM consulting across finance, healthcare, and retail.
Engineer Azure Policy, Blueprints, baselines, and custom controls to enforce governance and maintain secure posture.
Run SSP, SRCR, and ISAR reviews and gap analyses against CSA CCM, ISO, and NIST for attestation and remediation.
Architect AI-driven security controls (ML.NET, Azure AI) and a private GraphRAG node for on-prem, vendor-independent automation.

SantanderWalmartPublixF5

2019 — 2021

Senior / Principal Architect (Director-level)

Infosys · Bentonville, AR

Led a 55+ member cross-functional team of developers, architects, and leads; owned hiring and delivery for the vertical.
Rescued and re-architected a multi-billion-dollar platform with cloud-native, event-driven, microservices design.
Led 9 Agile Scrum teams modernizing pharmaceutical systems alongside HIPAA auditors for full regulatory adherence.
Advised executive leadership on technical governance; shaped multi-million-dollar engagements end to end.

2018 — 2019

Principal Identity Services Architect

Independent Consultant · Greater Philadelphia

Built a centralized federated identity platform integrating Okta, Auth0, Azure AD, Google, and social providers.
Migrated legacy identity to cloud AAD with hybrid identity, SSO, MFA, PingFederate, CA SiteMinder, and ADFS.
Delivered OAuth 2.0 / OIDC solutions, full CI/CD pipelines, and IaC via PowerShell and ARM templates.

2016 — 2018

Chief Architect, SVP

SICOM · Lansdale, PA

Built a microservices integration platform connecting 37+ POS payment devices — cutting integration from months to weeks.
Delivered the flagship E-Payment system and Sicom.Framework, doubling company profits through expanded market reach.
Achieved PCI-DSS certification with third-party auditors; built enterprise security frameworks in .NET 4.5.

2015 — 2016

Security Architecture / Principal Architect

NIH / NIAID · Rockville, MD

Architected secure, Level-3-mature RESTful APIs that passed the first security scan with zero vulnerabilities.
Drove a TOGAF-aligned architecture roadmap and introduced DevOps practices and automated deployment pipelines.

2013 — 2015

Microsoft Architect

Deloitte · Camp Hill, PA

Owned enterprise security architecture; built a Fine-Grained Access framework on WIF for claims-based authN/authZ.
Delivered reusable security components (SiteMinder emulator, HTTP modules, policy-based auth) across all .NET app types.

Proof

Selected engagements

/ 05 — case studies

Banking & Finance

Santander

Cloud Security & Migration
via 365Architect

Challenge

A global, systemically-important bank needed to harden its security posture and move regulated workloads to the cloud — without disrupting operations or failing audits.

Approach

Architected the cloud security and migration strategy; enforced governance through Azure Policy, Blueprints, and custom security baselines; ran SSP, SRCR, and ISAR reviews with gap analyses against CSA CCM, ISO, and NIST; and implemented identity and Zero-Trust controls.

Audit-readyGovernance enforced as code across regulated cloud workloads, with baselines and remediation mapped to CSA CCM, ISO & NIST.

Retail · Pharmacy / HIPAA

Walmart

Principal Architect
via Infosys

Challenge

A multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical platform required modernization at massive scale, under strict HIPAA regulatory oversight.

Approach

Led a 55+ member cross-functional organization and 9 Agile Scrum teams to re-architect the platform with cloud-native, event-driven microservices — working alongside HIPAA auditors to guarantee full regulatory adherence.

$B-scaleA multi-billion-dollar platform rescued and modernized to event-driven microservices, delivered HIPAA-compliant by 9 coordinated Scrum teams.

Payments · Point-of-Sale

SICOM

Chief Architect, SVP

Challenge

Fragmented integrations across 37+ POS payment devices stretched delivery to months and blocked market expansion.

Approach

Built a microservices integration platform, the flagship E-Payment system, and the reusable Sicom.Framework — then drove PCI-DSS certification with third-party auditors.

2× profitIntegration time cut from months to weeks, company profits doubled, and full PCI-DSS certification achieved.

Credentials

Certifications

40+ professional certifications across cloud, security, data, and architecture — most available to download below as PDFs, with 22 active Microsoft credentials independently verifiable on Microsoft Learn.

/ 06 — certifications

Cloud & Security

AWS Certified Security — Specialty PDF AWS Solutions Architect — Associate PDF

AWS Solutions Architect — Professional

Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert PDF Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate PDF ISACA CISM PDF CSA CCSK (v4) PDF

OCUP (OMG UML Professional) · Infosys Snowflake

Education

Academic foundation

/ 07 — education

2014

Master of Science

Project Management

Keller Graduate School of Management

Graduate study in program & project leadership

View diploma · PDF

2000

Bachelor of Science

Electrical Engineering

Tishreen University

Major in Electronics

Toolchain

Trusted across regulated industries Santander Walmart Publix F5 NIH / NIAID Deloitte SICOM Infosys

Contact

Let's make your cloud
secure by design.

Modernizing systems, hardening your cloud, or navigating a compliance-heavy migration? I take on short- and long-term engagements (Corp-to-Corp or remote). Let's talk.

Send a message

Email
abdulrahim.assil@gmail.com Phone
+1 (267) 566-4780 LinkedIn
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365architect.com

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$2M project insurance C2C / Remote Finance · Healthcare · Retail · Gov

Assil Abdulrahim

The bridge betweensecurity and architecture.

Capabilities

Cloud Security Architecture

Identity & Access (IAM)

Cloud Migration & Landing Zones

Governance, Risk & Compliance

DevSecOps & IaC

AI-Driven Security & Private LLM

Private AI Lab

Local LLM Orchestration

GraphRAG Knowledge Indexing

Qdrant Vector + Hybrid RAG

Agentic & Voice Workflows

Experience

Selected engagements

Certifications

Cloud & Security

Microsoft Azure & Data

Microsoft Development

Architecture & Project Management

Academic foundation

Project Management

Electrical Engineering

Let's make your cloudsecure by design.

The bridge between
security and architecture.

Let's make your cloud
secure by design.