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United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Responsible for the design and implementation of enterprise-level solutions for HM Governmental customers.Lead cross-functional technical teams to deliver high-quality solutions on time and within budget.Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure solutions meet business requirements and objectives.Ensure compliance between business strategies, enterprise transformation activities and technical directions, to ensure business needs are met and benefits are realised.Creation of project documentation, including detailed proposals and technical high level design documentation.Provided SME level technical support to customers, resolving issues in a timely and efficient manner.Manage vendor relationships and negotiations to ensure successful delivery of solutions.

Customer Site

Lead engineer for all project delivery and BAU work on customer site for the project.Point of contact for all technical issues on customer site.Management of Virtual environment hosted on VMware VCF.System management of Oracle SOA 12c suit.

Customer Site

Primary responsibilities while at Boeing were:The design and configuration of the Cross Domain security solution, in support of the multi-classification distributed synthetic training environment project (Gladiator). Provide information assurance and engineering best practices guidance to project delivery team.Development of a DLP policy and configuration of McAfee ePO DLP rule sets, to facilitate the import and export of system data.Creation of low level design documentation in support of overall system accreditation.Configuration of Microsoft Svr 2016 Suit, including AD DS, GPO, Exchange and Skype services. RHEL 7.9 configuration and commissioning, including AD Domain services integration and air-gapped REPO service. Hardening of all RHEL servers via CIS-CAT Benchmark tools.Management of Virtual environment hosted on VMware VCF.Cisco Fire Power ASA rule configuration.

Brussels Region, Belgium

Responsible for the project planning, design and delivery of information assurance solutions within a high assurance environment. Delivery into full service SMTP & ICAP Guard Solutions, Broadcom (Symantec) ASG Web Proxy and McAfee ePO.Attending NATO Office of Security project meetings, providing IA advice and guidance, to assist in policy decision making.Creation of project documentation including detailed proposals and technical low level design documentation.Development of nDLP rulesets, by leveraging Regex engines within the solution. Configuration of McAfee Linux & Windows Host Firewall, DLP and SolidCore Policies.System integration with customer’s enterprise environment, including LDAP, NTP and SIEM. In-depth technical training to the end customers cyber security engineers.A senior member of a small team; responsible for the accreditation of multiple IS networks within the NATO political Head Quarters.

Europe

I had a keen focus on team influence and development. I led by example and developed my team to conduct themselves competently and professionally within the high tempo and very accountable environment.Primary responsibilities included secure cross-domain solutions architecture in a technical pre-sale’s capacity. Complete technical delivery and implementation of secure solutions, inline with National Cyber Security Centers’ best practices. (https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/)With the ability to understand a customer’s requirements; be it public or private sector, and create detailed documentation including proposals, customer facing reports and product training.Communicate effectively with all members of a business; including board level, enabling clear precise communication throughout all interactions.Other responsibilities included onsite SME level support to numerous customers, including:North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO), Ministry of Defence (MoD) and European Union Agency For Law Enforcement (Europol).

Customer Site

3rd line maintenance of ALIS systems, running Windows Server 2012R2.Management of virtual hosting environment.Routine backups of system databases and system files.Daily management of Audit logs using Splunk. User account management.Management of McAfee ePO.Testing and implementation of system hardware and software updates.Point of contact for Aircraft maintainers and Aircrew for all ALIS system issues.Completed all relevant courses to carry out my role to the highest standard.My role was vital to the airworthiness of the UK F35 fleet.

Worldwide

A physically and mentally robust leader capable of operating in austere environments.Management of engineering teams, ensuring all operational output were executed to the highest standard.Ensured all team members worked to the latest engineering authority standards.Support and encourage personal and professional development of all team members.3rd line maintenance of multiple RHEL and Windows environmentsConfiguration of backup solutions.Management of NetApp storage arrays.Prep and recover of mission databases.Manage user accounts using LDAP servicesMaintain Cisco networks across global sites.Carry out and test full system hardware and software updates.Successfully deployed as the Detachment Engineering Commander on the first UK Rivet Joint operation.Management of multiskilled teams.