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I am a customer focused problem solver with a passion for using technology to help achieve business objectives. I have 15+ years’ experience solving multidisciplinary problems for businesses from large enterprises to SME’s. Having previously built and lead an IT Operational Security team monitoring global operations, testing, deploying, tuning and managing tools for SIEM, Vulnerability Management, File Integrity Management, Data Classification, Data Leakage Prevention, etc. I got involved in supervising a PhD R&D project utilizing machine learning technologies for network security situational awareness. This has lead to my current role supervising further PhD research and leading a team of ML engineers and data scientists to implement operational improvements and efficiencies based on the latest ML technology.Technology competencies include:C# ◦ Ruby ◦ Perl ◦ Java ◦ JavaScript ◦ VBA ◦ C/C++ ◦ MySQL ◦ LDAP ◦ Linux ◦ Windows Server ◦ Shell ScriptInternet Protocols (POP/IMAP/SMTP/DNS/HTTP) ◦ WaveMaker ◦ Q Radar ◦ Nexpose ◦ Titus ◦ Symantec DLPI successfully built-up and sold an IT Outsourcing business that served the SME market. We built, installed, managed and supported hardware and software solutions that allowed our customers focus on their business knowing that their IT was looked after. In previous roles, I led projects to deliver Identity Management solutions for large organisations, which included detailing and building out servers to specification, deploying and customising software solutions using multiple languages to fit the customer requirements. I have also spent time on dedicated software development projects porting software between platforms and working with kernel mode device drivers and more recently I have delivered web front ends to MySQL data using WaveMaker.I am a detail oriented professional with a strong ability to focus in on the areas that drive the overall solution and I enjoy bringing together multiple technologies or steams needed to deliver the vision.I have an honours degree in Electronic Engineering specialising in Optical Telecommunications and a Technician Engineering Diploma in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications.

Listed skills include Unix, Software Development, Linux, Cloud Computing, and 49 others.

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  Dublin Institute Of Technology

  Electronics, Telecommunications