Review and evaluate projects using repeatable methodologies to ensure privacy, regulatory and policy requirements are identified.Create and maintain a set of IT Security standards and baselines with respect to software design and development in line with Beazley's policies, external regulations and industry best practices.Act as a consultative function to Enterprise Architecture to ensure all solution designs adhere to these standards and baselines, taking the lead for security-focused solution designs.Work with all relevant IT teams to ensure any migration to services in the cloud have appropriate security controls in place.Act as a member of the Technical Design Authority group to review upcoming technologies.

Working for the Head of Information Security to provide 3rd party supplier assuranceIncluding deep analysis of Office 365 security stack

Management and maintenance of all Beazley infrastructure technologies, including data centres.Management, leadership and development of UK Infrastructure team, ensuring strategic alignment with the US and RoW infrastructure teamsDrove IT Infrastructure change projects to enable the business strategy of profitable growth within business risk appetite while fully aligning with the global IT strategyResponsibilities:• Delivery of the global infrastructure strategy, policies and procedures • UK infrastructure services including servers, storage and virtualisation• UK desktop services including Citrix, Appsense and Microsoft• Procurement and implementation of UK IT infrastructure and support• IT infrastructure vendor management, managing to budget• Provision of information and advice to the Global Head of Infrastructure and Operations, highlighting infrastructure risks and issues as appropriate.

Supporting the Manager of Information Security & Governance (IS&G) in ensuring that data within the BBC is protected, in accordance with the needs of the business and according to Information Security principles of availability, integrity and confidentialityDuties• Support the Manager of Information Security & Governance in ensuring that data within the BBC is protected, in accordance with the needs of the business and according to Information Security principles of availability, integrity and confidentiality• Develop innovative ways of securing information to improve output quality, to give competitive advantage, and to deliver efficiencies within the BBC’s information security framework• Identify gaps in operational security and recommend processes and technical solutions to address these gaps• Ensure that Information Security policies and related standards and guidelines are applied to requests from the business• Deliver Information Security consultancy across a wide range of technology issues to technology and business leaders and their teams across the BBC.• Undertake reviews of new project and programme requests and ensure that formal risk assessments are carried out as necessary• Manage relationships with key personnel within BBC technology providers and ensure that all issues or problems are followed up and dealt with appropriately• Undertake account management roles with key divisional teams, becoming their first point of contact for assistance and adviceHighlights• Responsible for security governance across all Future Media projects including all online activities (including iPlayer) and strategic movement of development and operations to a DEVOPS structure using leading edge cloud technologies• Responsible for governance of major Technology, Distribution and Archive projects such as Lync and Radio distribution• Thorough understanding and application of ISO27001 and the Data Protection Act

Towergate is Europe's largest independently owned insurance intermediary, offering 200 specialist insurance products and employing more than 3,500 people in 100 offices. The Group controls in excess of £1.5bn of Gross Written Premium on an annualised basis.Duties• Design, integrate and govern architectural solutions of significant value to the business.• Facilitate change whilst maintaining best practise.• Align business and information services goals.• Develop technology strategy and architecture vision.Highlights• Responsibility for design and governance of B2B and B2C eCommerce solutions with multi-million pound revenue for Towergate companies incorporating disparate front and back-office systems, web services and data streams (including aggregators), operational CRM and MI from concept through to implementation. Working closely with application developers, delivery teams, strategic partners, IT and the business I was responsible for maintaining the project technical vision delivering on-time and to budget. • Strategic Technology Presentations to Senior IT Management

Duties• Designing architectural solutions and design throughout the life cycle including: requirements capture, use cases, proposal preparation, solution design, project and service delivery, with specific focus on Infrastructure.• Research, design, prototype and deliver solutions into production as required to meet the needs of the business.• Subject Matter Expert for the Microsoft elements of Infrastructure to support applications delivery into the Citrix / thin client space.• Assisting in the provision of operational excellence of all customer services and business systems.Highlights• Successful design and implementation of over 50 projects ranging from simple to complex deployments to tight budgets and timescales.• Design and Implementation of highly resilient clustered Exchange 2003 environment.• Design and costing of highly resilient enterprise wide CRM and governance of implementation by outsource partner allowing businesses across Towergate to achieve significant savings and marketing opportunities.• Implementation of Business Intelligence infrastructure from disparate corporate trading systems.

Maintenance and development of infrastructure across 16 countries in Europe with 2000 usersPlanning and implementing technology projects across EuropeUndertaking R&D relevant to the businessDeveloping and maintaining Technology StrategyTechnical lead for Active Directory migration with budget of $1million. Broadcast network - 24/7 operations.Infrastructure lead in a strategic cross-departmental team focused on converging IT and Broadcast technologies. We worked on data-storage systems suitable for broadcast use, video-over-IP, asset management & scheduling systems and pioneered the use of SMS messaging in live programmes.Chief firewall engineer for totally redundant Internet solution to bring Internet hosting in-house and numerous revenue creating projectsSecurity specialist to businessShort listing and selection of strategic partners and support companiesIntegration of acquired companies in to infrastructureMigration of development systems to VMWarePlanning and implementation of upgrade to Citrix Metaframe systemsPlanning and implementation of upgrade from Exchange from 4.0 to 5.5 and Outlook Web Access and planning Exchange 5.5 to 2003 migrationInfrastructure representative at Change Control and Project Control board meetings

Visiting Record Companies as “Technical Expert” to facilitate selling digital downloads on Ministry of Sound websiteImplementation and Support of Ministry of Sound Web and Media ServicesImplementation and Support of Site ServerMaintenance of SQL7.0 ServerLoad balancingReporting on Site usage using Site Server Reporting Tools

Network planning and administration including backups and DRSupport of server applications and hardwareY2K planning and implementationConfiguration and support of all workstations and in-house software, including remote accessSupport of all members and exchanges on bespoke LCH products and systems including site visitsUpgrade of network OS from NT3.51 to NT4.0Revision of LME membership proceduresAdministration of Mitel Phone System

Support of 400 users on Windows 3.x and Netware NOSPC and laptop configurationStandardisation of entire 5th floor hardware and softwareAnalysis of response statisticsTraining of users, and drawing up simple manualsTraining on Trading Floor