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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Leading the implementation and management of advanced security measures utilising Cloudflare and F5 technologies to ensure robust protection and high availability.Enhancing security by integrating Salt API security solutions, leveraging extensive experience in infrastructure and cloud security.Collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and deploy secure, scalable solutions that meet organisational needs while ensuring high availability.Providing support in high severity incidents, ensuring quick resolution and minimal downtime.Implementing and managing monitoring and alerting systems using Splunk, Elastic, and PagerDuty to ensure proactive threat detection and response.Designing fit-for-purpose and cost-effective solutions to meet the evolving needs of the business.Developing an initial framework for an Information Security Guardians program to foster a proactive security culture within the organisation.Supporting the business and its customers by ensuring secure, reliable services and addressing security concerns promptly.Continuously improving security protocols and processes to stay ahead of emerging threats and vulnerabilities.Providing mentorship and guidance to junior engineers, fostering a culture of security excellence and innovation.

Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Leading a global security team of 6 engineers, 2 local and 4 remote, managing day-to-day as well as the teams strategy to align with the greater Security Team and business requirements. Project and resource planning, creating visibility to all relevant stakeholders. Managing vendors and commercials as well as strategic alignment within and Derivco and externally.Achievements:Remote Working Solution:Led the development and implementation of a remote work solution in response to the Covid pandemic, utilizing F5 technology to ensure secure and reliable access for all employees.Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure the solution met the needs of all stakeholders, including IT, HR, and executive leadership.Team Delivery:Led the team to consistently meet or exceed project deadlines and deliver high-quality solutions to internal and external clients.Developed and implemented processes and best practices to improve efficiency and reduce costs, resulting in significant savings for the organization.Leadership:Mentored and coached team members to support their personal and professional growth, resulting in several promotions within the team.Developed and implemented training programs and professional development opportunities to enhance the skills and capabilities of the team.Audits:Participated in successful audits for PCI and ISO compliance, ensuring the organization met all regulatory requirements and maintained a high level of security and data protection.Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and remediate any security vulnerabilities, resulting in improved security posture and reduced risk for the organization.Collaboration:Developed and maintained strong relationships with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, facilitating collaboration and communication across the organization.Fostered a culture of collaboration and teamwork, resulting in improved morale and job satisfaction for team members.

Durban Area, South Africa

Provide F5 solutions for Internal and Internet facing browser and client based applications. Provide technical review, maintain and support of the F5 BIGIP Infrastructure, which includes the LTM, GTM, ASM, AFM, iRules and Access Policy Manager. Lead the development and management of processes and procedures relating to F5 specific Network and Security services and to ensure relevant staff are trained to support these services. Drive the F5 specific infrastructure strategy of Network and Security services for the company and to undertake solution design for related projects. Key Achievements:Design, implement and support F5 custom solutions for Application Delivery and Load Balancing with F5 LTM, GTM, ASM, APM and ASM, on hardware versions such as VIPRION, iSeries, 10250v, 4000, 2000, VCMP(multi-tenancy) and Virtual Editions.Close collaboration with application developers to optimize current and future applications for delivery to customers.Support for mission-critical production systems relying on F5 Infrastructure.

Durban Area, South Africa

Provide design and support of global data centre and office networks, through collaboration with local and international Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for use by over 2000 internal users and global Internet-based based clients. A key contributor to site and data centre design, upgrades and maintenance while ensuring little to zero downtime. Consistently analyse systems and recommend solutions to reduce IT spend and overhead while increasing efficiencies. Travel to global locations to troubleshoot data centre issues, installation of new sites.Key Achievements:Designed and configured and customised solutions to reduce hardware footprint at a Canadian data centre that significantly reduced the IT overhead expenditure in both OPEX and CAPEX, which was rolled out to global data centre locations further maximising savings.Responsible for pre-installation, implementation, capacity planning, post-installation plans and formulating documentation for the above.Analyse industry best practices and recommend business implementation plans for the IT Networking Team.Proactively managed the network infrastructure to minimise business disruption and identified and drove initiatives to improve the quality and effectiveness of the infrastructure services.

Durban Area, South Africa

Analyzed customer needs and recommended product and service solutions based on their requirements and budget constraints. Designed LAN/WAN and unified communications solutions and networks. Responded to client RFPs and RFQs with technology recommendations and pricing platforms.Key Achievements:Cultivated relationships with suppliers and vendors to ensure consensus on customer solution development.Built and configured an array of tailored solutions including routers and IP voice platforms, and developed company network infrastructure data migration plans.

Durban Area, South Africa

Responsible for design and implementation of customer networks and upgrades. Responded to customer inquiries and resolved issues pertaining to service level agreements (SLAs). Drafted and updated customer documentation and performed spot checks on their networks to ensure performance was up to standards.

London, United Kingdom

Provided contracted services for the Royal Bank of Scotland and partnered with their network team on the migration of information and data to BT Global Services. Responsible for providing re-design, relocation, and 3rd-line support of network management systems.Key Achievements:Contributed capacity planning and provisioning for NMS upgrades, and design/re-design and 2nd-line support documentation of RBS' data centers, concentrator, and branch sites.Leveraged an array of technologies including, but not limited to, ATM, Frame-relay, Token Ring, ISDN, IP, VPN, and SNMP.Performed IOS upgrades on branch VPN routers and configuration of Cisco, Alcatel, and Extreme switches and routers.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

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Activities and Societies: Soccer, BasketBall, Drama Attended Linpark to do Electrician work as I wanted to become an Electrician.

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Activities and Societies: Soccer, Cricket, BasketBall Attended Maritzburg College from 2nd form to 5th Form