Anand Thakkar is an experienced AWS Security Engineer at Leidos since June 2024, previously serving as a Platform Engineer at BPD Zenith from November 2022 to June 2024 and a Cloud Engineer specializing in AWS and Azure at SERVERPERSON for a brief period. With a background in designing resilient and high-performance architectures, Anand has a strong focus on security and scalability of AWS resources, applications, and data. Prior professional roles include Azure Engineer, Azure Cloud Developer/DevOps, and Frontend Developer at SERVERPERSON from June 2019 to September 2022. Anand holds an MSc in Clinical Drug Development from Queen Mary University of London and an MBA in Marketing from the London Institute of Technology and Research, along with a Bachelor's degree in Pharmaceutical Science from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.