Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Experienced Information Security practitioner with a strong background across Security Engineering, Consulting, Analysis, and Operations. I’m passionate about building practical, scalable security solutions that help organizations protect their people, data, and reputation. With hands-on experience spanning both technical and advisory roles, I bring a balanced perspective, translating complex security challenges into clear, actionable strategies. My work focuses on strengthening cyber resilience, improving detection and response capabilities, and embedding security as a natural part of everyday operations. I thrive in collaborative environments where innovation, continuous improvement, and measurable outcomes drive results.
SOC investigations Security incident response for existing customers & "parachute-in" Threat intelligence analysis & development Threat hunting Vulnerability assessments SIEM architect & deploy Configuration reviews & tests Pen. testing Consulting & guidance Pre-sales Reviewing tools & processes in use Coaching junior colleagues Engineering
My duties included but not limited to: Developing IR process & policy Escalations and project work from other client sites as senior technician. At client site; Server maintenance for approximately 20 virtual servers and their physicals hosts. This includes ensuring external accessibility of faculty resources. Workstation maintenance of several hundred computers. Account maintenance for over 1500 users on an Active directory federated servers system with the use of single sign on throughout a range of external services including office 365 and Google apps for business. Network maintenance for an enterprise grade network using technology such as VLANs for network security and multiple SANs for data retention and security. The maintenance and expansion of an enterprise grade wireless network. Assisting with setting up a secure and usable enterprise firewall system that made use of deep packet inspection. Daily assistance with staff using these services and technologies as well as managing a network of Konica Minolta printers Making recommendations about new services based on the clients needs. Whilst not required at the site, my passion for security has seen me implement more secure remote sign in procedures, deploy a SIEM on domain connecting it to all appliances and monitoring the events to create a security baseline, creating an automated network appliance config backup system as well as creating a live monitoring map for all of the more than 100 network appliances with automated alerts when any appliance goes down.