Certifications and Achievements

Written by

Arbaaz Jamadar

Cloud Security & Application Security Engineer · OSCP · AWS Security Specialty · Master’s in Cybersecurity, University of Maryland

Summary

This page documents every certification and competitive achievement I have earned as a Cloud Security Engineer - from foundational security fundamentals through to advanced offensive security and cloud-native architecture.

My certification stack: OSCP/OSCP+ (Offensive Security Certified Professional - first attempt, 100/100), AWS Certified Security Specialty (SCS-C02), AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03), CompTIA CySA+, CompTIA Security+, and eJPT. Together these span offensive security, cloud security architecture, threat detection, and security operations.

My competitive rankings validate these credentials against a global field: 4th Worldwide in the Amazon AppSec CTF 2025 (HackTheBox), 18th Worldwide in the Wiz Cloud Security Championship (600+ participants), 878th Worldwide on HackTheBox, 100th Worldwide on CTFTime, 780th on YesWeHack, and Top 10% Worldwide on TryHackMe.

Rank 18 Worldwide: Wiz Cloud Security Championship 2025

Achievement post: 18th of 600+ globally in the Wiz Cloud Security Championship - real-world AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes misconfiguration challenges and the writeups produced from them.

OffSec Certified Professional (OSCP / OSCP+)

OffSec Certified Professional (OSCP / OSCP+) certification - earned on the first attempt with a perfect 100/100 score after a structured 3-month preparation.

Rank 4 Worldwide: Amazon AppSec CTF 2025 (Qualified for Austin Finals)

Achievement post: 4th globally in the Amazon AppSec CTF 2025 on HackTheBox - cloud, web, AI/ML, and secure coding tracks - earning a spot in the Austin (Amazon AUS16) Finals on September 26.

AWS Certified Security - Specialty (SCS-C02)

AWS Certified Security - Specialty (SCS-C02) certification: validates expert-level skills in incident response, logging and monitoring, IAM, infrastructure security, data protection, and AWS-native security tooling.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03)

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) certification: validates the ability to design secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized architectures on AWS aligned with the Well-Architected Framework.

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) certification: foundational AWS credential covering cloud concepts, security and compliance, technology and services, and billing/pricing.

INE eJPT (eJPTv2) Certification

INE eJPT (eJPTv2) certification - junior penetration tester credential covering network and web exploitation methodology, Metasploit, vulnerability assessment, and AD basics.

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) Certification

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) certification - foundational cybersecurity credential covering threats, attacks, vulnerabilities, architecture, identity, risk management, and cryptography.