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Information Assurance Lead Lead Assessor for a large pan Government Private Cloud security solution. Working with the client and supplier to assure that the suppliers’ solutions meet the security requirements of the client. Responsibilities include managing workshops, assessing the quality of controls & suggesting improvements. Also, Identifying residual risk and audit requirements.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

IT Security Officer for a National police force. Responsible for; Securing the enterprise, liaising with service providers to manage control deployment. Managing risk to the estate. Planning of IT Health Checks, and the mitigation activities that are required to reduce the attack surface found during penetration testing. Policy creation and modification, vulnerability management, attack simulation creation.

Public Sector Client SCRUM Master​​​​​​ Feb 2022 – Apr 2022 Employed as a SCRUM Master/PM on a large-scale data transformation initiative. Responsibilities included engagement with senior stakeholders, running workshops to enable the planning of solutions, including the identification of KPI’s. Assisting with the breakdown of allocated in year funding to correct business areas.Managing a diverse team of SME’s, ensuring blockers were removed and supporting where needed.

Corsham, England, United Kingdom

Employed in a Technical Management Team providing Level 3 support to a Tri-Service fixed and deployable Operational ICS system containing over 100 points of presence and deployed globally.• Responsible for ensuring the network and system meets laid down security requirements, including system hardening, ACL and AV deployment.• Prioritise incidents and taskings, allocating resources depending on the operational impact to the network.• Manage 30 technical personnel (a mixture of… Show more Employed in a Technical Management Team providing Level 3 support to a Tri-Service fixed and deployable Operational ICS system containing over 100 points of presence and deployed globally.• Responsible for ensuring the network and system meets laid down security requirements, including system hardening, ACL and AV deployment.• Prioritise incidents and taskings, allocating resources depending on the operational impact to the network.• Manage 30 technical personnel (a mixture of service and civilian contractors), to ensure 24/7 support for the network, and the correct skill sets are available to the customer as they raise incidents and work orders.• Liaise with key stakeholders to understand their requirements prior to any deployment of points of presence, providing technical advice when required. Also brief the Service Design Authority and users weekly on issues/information that will affect the uptime of the network.• Part of the team that has been installing defensive cyber capability in both the fixed hub site and on deployed nodes, including full packet capture and log forwarding to allow hunt teams to work in the deployed space. Show less

Stafford

Responsible for a department of 48 personnel, managing approx. £3M of communications equipment, in a technical department, using both Tactical and Strategic telecommunications equipment. • Managed the careers of 48 Service personnel, this included leave management and deploying department members overseas, after ensuring they had completed the relevant in-house and outsourced training. The writing of appraisals which sit annual promotion boards at a Corps level (circa 4000 members) ensuring… Show more Responsible for a department of 48 personnel, managing approx. £3M of communications equipment, in a technical department, using both Tactical and Strategic telecommunications equipment. • Managed the careers of 48 Service personnel, this included leave management and deploying department members overseas, after ensuring they had completed the relevant in-house and outsourced training. The writing of appraisals which sit annual promotion boards at a Corps level (circa 4000 members) ensuring that they were at the required standard to give personnel fair representation.• Managed a project to improve technical training provision to the Regiment, liaising with outside agencies to acquire the relevant equipment to establish a viable cyber security training environment. • Deployed to Afghanistan to be the sole engineer to support the UK contribution to a multinational headquarters. Responsible for Satellite & Leased line network connectivity, high grade government encryption devices and level 1 & level 2 support for 4 different deployed networks. Gaining personal recognition from the senior UK military representative in the country (3 Star General -Senior Executive level).• Spent 6 months as the Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant (Senior stores accountant) – responsible for reshaping the Squadrons equipment holdings (approx. £2M in value) maximising the availability of communications assets for deployment. Show less

Nairobi

Employed as the technical lead responsible for a bespoke ICS network for over 300 users and the maintenance and repair of 85 deployable communications platforms, to ensure maximum availability to provide maximum training value for 10000 personnel a year who deployed to the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK).• Technical lead for the Phoenix network, spanning multiple sites and with a mobile element. Responsible for Level 1 to Level 3 repair to support the users. Responsible for the… Show more Employed as the technical lead responsible for a bespoke ICS network for over 300 users and the maintenance and repair of 85 deployable communications platforms, to ensure maximum availability to provide maximum training value for 10000 personnel a year who deployed to the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK).• Technical lead for the Phoenix network, spanning multiple sites and with a mobile element. Responsible for Level 1 to Level 3 repair to support the users. Responsible for the maintenance and accounting of high-grade cryptographic items.• Sole liaison for local businesses and multinational companies, that provided telecommunications services to BATUK, this included managing projects to bring new communications systems from development to live, such as Ka & Ku Band VSAT which enabled better throughput of information and support for deployed Units, including medical personnel carrying out humanitarian work.• Part of the team that carried out key stakeholder engagement with a multinational CEO to influence his team to install 3G/4G access to remote training areas, which had the secondary, welcome effect of improving the quality of life for local people in the area. Show less

Sheffield

Employed as a regular Army instructor with the Army reserve, responsible for improving technical training and maintenance across a reserve Unit.• Lead engineer for level 2 faults & projects.• Organised and lead in house training and knowledge transfer for reserve soldiers.