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Bradford, Gb

Responsible for onboarding clients to Google SecOps (previously Chronicle). writing custom logstash-style parsers, YARA-L rulesets, and SOAR (Siemplify) playbooks.I also write leverage GCP and Python to create bespoke integrations for SecOps SIEM and SOAR.Working towards Google PCSE, Check Point CCSE, and BTL2.

Birstall, England, United Kingdom

Built, delivered and maintained a bespoke SIEM based on Kubernetes and Wazuh in a HA bare-metal configuration.Responsible for on-call SOC escalation an resolving technical outages.Configuration management using TheForeman and troubleshooting infrastructure (RHEL servers, Firewalls, Switches)One-to-one mentoring and fortnightly group training for SOC Analysts.Lead onboarding engineer for Rapid7 InsightIDR (Certified Specialist).

Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Developed bespoke rulesets and data normalisation parsers for new log sources.Used Mitre ATT&CK to investigate SIEM and IDS alerts, including within PCI environments.Performed threat hunting and informed clients of relevant CVEs, with clear mitigation steps to protect their estate.Explained Nessus scan results to MSSP clients to enhance their security landscape.

Toronto, Canada Area

Hosted 2019 NBA Champions celebration event, coordinating with managers and servers to provide high-quality hospitality in a fast-paced environment.Primary duties include client communication, food running and setting/resetting of tables while traveling in Canada.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Designed and implemented a better communication protocol in embedded C to reduce lag time between luminaires by over 50%. Advocated for and ported code to meet the Barr Group Embedded Standard, increasing code and documentation quality. Tracked code changes using git source control.Implemented and maintained a Python program to automatically backup experimental results to Atlassian Confluence and our internal server, adding metadata in order to track our progress more easily.Used Ansys HFSS to identify and address inefficient power transmission, sharing my work through technical reports and team meetings.