Security Operations Engineer with 18+ years reducing incident risk, automating threat detection and response, and building secure, compliant cloud native environments. Automation is the throughline, turning manual security work into pipelines that hold up under pressure.
Security Operations
Incident response, detection engineering, post incident review, runbooks & SLAs.
Security Automation
Python · Bash · PowerShell · Node.js · Ansible · Terraform.
SIEM & Detection
Splunk · Sumo Logic · Sentinel · Darktrace · ELK · QRadar.
Cloud Security
AWS · Azure · Cloudflare · Supabase · infrastructure as code.
Vulnerability Mgmt
Automated scanning, triage & remediation in CI/CD pipelines.
Compliance & Audit
SOC 2 · ISO 27001 · HIPAA · Vanta · Drata · evidence automation.
fewer SIEM false positives on a national cloud platform
faster incident response through automated triage
reduction in repeat incidents via structured post incident review
faster SOC 2 / ISO 27001 audit cycles through evidence automation
- Led incident response in high pressure operational environments, protecting mission critical services.
- Streamlined ITIL based processes, raising efficiency and compliance.
- Automated SIEM alert triage and enrichment in Python, Bash and Node.js, cutting false positives 42% and improving response time 28%.
- Integrated automated vulnerability scanning into CI/CD and delivered hardened cloud infrastructure via Ansible and Terraform.
- Improved SOC dashboards and automated monitoring for 24% faster incident response across critical infrastructure.
- Built Python detection scripts, Ansible patching workflows, and automated backup and recovery to strengthen disaster recovery readiness.
- Delivered enterprise asset management implementations, upgrades and integrations across energy, transport and public sector.
- Scripted custom integrations in Python and Bash; automated access management and audit evidence.
- Published open source security automation tools and ran vulnerability assessments and red team simulations.
- Delivered cybersecurity workshops and community awareness programmes.
Mentoring the next generation of security practitioners, from fundamentals through hands on offensive security.
Paper under peer review · IEEE 2026. Ongoing research in secure infrastructure and security automation.
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