Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. This is a working document, not a finished one. I have a mentor who continues to guide my direction, so what's past 2026 here is direction, not a fixed prediction.
I'm a Cybersecurity Analyst with 3+ years of IT Support experience, actively building toward Cloud Security Engineering. This is direction, not a claim that every stage is already reached.
Strengthening my transition from IT Support toward cloud-focused cybersecurity work: Azure administration, networking, identity, monitoring, Microsoft Security and cloud security.
Building stronger defensive security and automation capability while progressing toward SOC and cloud security responsibilities: blue team operations, investigation, automation and repeatable security workflows.
Cloud through DevOps, automation, secure CI/CD, containers and Kubernetes security. Proposed direction, not a booked plan yet.
Longer-term direction toward architect and principal-level security roles. Proposed, not a claim that any of these are underway.
Broader security engineering, cloud engineering and incident response capability across more than one cloud provider. Direction, not a guaranteed outcome, and not yet attached to any specific certification.
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After AI-901, the plan opens up rather than locking into a fixed sequence. I expect to keep developing deeper SOC work, Microsoft Security, Azure Security, detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response, security automation, cloud security and a working understanding of AI's security implications, all backed by practical projects and technical write-ups.
This section stays intentionally open. My mentor's guidance shapes it as I go, so treat everything past this point as direction, not a fixed prophecy.