Cyber Security Leader | 15+ Years Experience | Critical Infra, Cloud, OT
Actively Looking for Work
Summary
I am a multi‑disciplinary Cyber Security Leader and Strategic Advisor with 15+ years of experience spanning cyber security, cloud architecture, IT/OT infrastructure, and national‑level resilience uplift. I specialise in bridging complex technical engineering requirements with high‑level executive strategy, enabling organisations to achieve secure‑by‑design outcomes at scale. My work focuses on translating regulatory obligations — including SOCI Act, SoNS, ISO 27001, and AI governance — into repeatable operational processes that strengthen enterprise resilience and uplift security maturity across critical environments.
Core Skills & Expertise
- Strategy & National Policy: Critical Infrastructure advisory (SOCI Act, SoNS), enterprise cyber roadmaps, AI governance frameworks, and regulatory alignment for large‑scale organisations.
- Architecture & Complex Engineering: Cloud security architecture, Global Site Patterns, secure‑by‑design principles, application whitelisting for ephemeral workloads, and IT/OT network convergence.
- Resilience & Governance: Technical leadership for international incident recovery missions, Virtual CISO advisory, Essential Eight assurance, NIST alignment, and enterprise risk uplift.
- Certifications: SABSA SCF, Azure Security Engineer (AZ‑500), AWS Solutions Architect Associate, ISACA AI Governance / AI Threat Landscape / AI Fundamentals, PRINCE2, ITIL.
Work Experience & Achievements
- International Incident Recovery Leadership: Mobilised overseas as Technical Lead for a joint government mission, restoring critical national infrastructure and rebuilding sovereign capability after a major cyber breach.
- Long‑Term Enterprise Uplift & Virtual CISO: Led a 4+ year strategic advisory engagement for an ASX‑100 technology provider, developing Global Site Patterns, uplifting security architecture, and implementing an ISO 27001‑aligned ISMS to meet SoNS obligations.
- Large‑Scale Vendor & Workload Security: Designed application whitelisting for decentralised static and ephemeral server fleets at Australia’s largest financial institution. Delivered a third‑party connectivity assessment covering 5,000 vendors for a major bank.
- Critical IT/OT Infrastructure Hardening: Led OT network security uplift across multiple mining sites in the Bowen Basin, delivering hardened architectures and improved operational resilience.
Desired Opportunities
- International Incident Recovery Leadership: Mobilised overseas as Technical Lead for a joint government mission, restoring critical national infrastructure and rebuilding sovereign capability after a major cyber breach.
- Long‑Term Enterprise Uplift & Virtual CISO: Led a 4+ year strategic advisory engagement for an ASX‑100 technology provider, developing Global Site Patterns, uplifting security architecture, and implementing an ISO 27001‑aligned ISMS to meet SoNS obligations.
- Large‑Scale Vendor & Workload Security: Designed application whitelisting for decentralised static and ephemeral server fleets at Australia’s largest financial institution. Delivered a third‑party connectivity assessment covering 5,000 vendors for a major bank.
- Critical IT/OT Infrastructure Hardening: Led OT network security uplift across multiple mining sites in the Bowen Basin, delivering hardened architectures and improved operational resilience.
Desired Opportunities
Seeking a senior leadership role driving enterprise‑wide cyber security transformation, critical infrastructure resilience, cloud security architecture, and AI governance uplift. Interested in organisations operating in national security, energy, telecommunications, financial services, and large‑scale digital transformation environments.