About Oualid
Senior Cybersecurity Consultant | Cloud Security Architect | ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14+ years of experience supporting financial institutions and large enterprises in Cyber Risk Management, Security Architecture, Cloud Security, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), Vulnerability Management, and Threat Modeling. Extensive experience in banking, insurance, and regulated environments.
English
Native or bilingual
French
Native or bilingual
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- BNP Paribas,Senior security consultantApril 2026 - Today (2 months)Montreal, QC, Canada•Participate in the SWIFT Customer Security Programme (CSP) assessment and compliance initiatives, ensuring alignment with SWIFT security controls and industry best practices.• Perform security risk assessments and vulnerability analysis using MITRE ATT&CK, CAPEC and MITRE D3FEND frameworks to identify threat scenarios and recommend mitigation strategies.•Contribute to the continuous improvement of the enterprise vulnerability management program by assessing security weaknesses, prioritizing remediation activities and tracking risk reduction initiatives.•Collaborate with cybersecurity, infrastructure and application teams to evaluate security controls and strengthen the organization's security posture.•Support governance, risk and compliance activities by providing security recommendations aligned with financial industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Morgan Stanley,Senior cloud security architectMarch 2022 - March 2025 (3 years)Montreal, QC, Canada• Led cloud security architecture reviews for enterprise applications, SaaS platforms and cloud integration initiatives across AWS and Azure environments.• Conducted security assessments of applications, systems and cloud platforms to validate security controls, identify security gaps and ensure compliance with internal security standards.• Performed threat and risk assessments, prioritizing security findings based on business impact, likelihood and regulatory requirements.• Collaborated with solution architects, engineering teams and business stakeholders to design secure cloud solutions and integrate security requirements into the project lifecycle.• Reviewed security blueprints, reference architectures and technical designs to ensure alignment with security best practices and enterprise security standards.• Identified potential security threats, attack vectors and architectural weaknesses across cloud-native and hybrid environments, recommending appropriate mitigation strategies.• Provided security guidance on identity and access management, data protection, network security, encryption and cloud governance controls.• Supported security governance and risk management initiatives by translating technical security risks into actionable business recommendations.
- National Bank of Canada,Senior Cyber Security AdvisorJune 2021 - March 2022 (9 months)Montreal, QC, Canada• • Ensure that risk considerations are improved at each phase of the development and deployment life cycle of a system• • Evaluate the posture in terms of risk of one or more business units;• • Proactively propose solutions to reduce the risk of future breaches;• • Produce, maintain and communicate indicators (progress, performance, risk)
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Education
- Bachelor engineeringÉcole de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)2014Bachelor engineering
- College degree in network and securityBois de Boulogne2011College degree in network and security
Certifications
- ITIL FoundationEXIN2015
- ISO/IEC 27001 Lead ImplementerPECB2016