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Skills map

What I do, how deep, and where I have used it.

Proficiency: [###] expert   [##-] advanced   [#--] intermediate. The year is when the skill was last used in anger.

Cybersecurity, SOC and SIEM

The core specialism. SOC build and operations, Azure Sentinel SIEM, Defender XDR and E5, Zero Trust and IAM, grounded in NIST, ISO 27001, SOC-CMM, IEC 62443 and PCI DSS. Delivered under ECB, APRA and RBNZ oversight.

  • [###] Azure Sentinel SIEM 2023
  • [###] Microsoft Defender XDR 2023
  • [###] Zero Trust Architecture 2025
  • [###] Microsoft Entra ID and IAM 2025
  • [###] Conditional Access, PIM and MFA 2025
  • [###] SOC Design and Operations 2023
  • [###] NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2025
  • [##-] ISO 27001 2024
  • [##-] IEC 62443 OT Security 2024
  • [###] Enterprise Firewall Architecture 2018
  • [##-] PCI DSS Compliance 2013

used at:  Bank of Ireland / Marsh McLennan (2019-2021) / Middle East pipeline bid / First Data (PCI DSS)

Programme and Delivery Management

25 years of programme delivery to PMBOK/PMP and TOGAF discipline. Hybrid agile/waterfall, budget and P&L ownership, work-breakdown and requirements traceability. Home of the follow-the-sun and decompose-and-scale methods.

  • [###] Programme and Project Management (25y) 2025
  • [###] Hybrid Agile and Waterfall Delivery 2023
  • [###] PMBOK and PMP Methodology 2025
  • [###] Follow-the-Sun Delivery 2021
  • [###] Work Breakdown and Critical Path Planning 2023
  • [###] Requirements Traceability 2025
  • [###] TOGAF Enterprise Architecture 2025
  • [###] Budget and P&L Management 2023
  • [###] Risk and Issue Management 2025

used at:  Marsh McLennan (2013-2014) / Tesco / GroupM / Data#3 (PMP) / Marsh McLennan (2019-2021)

Cloud and Azure Delivery

CAF-aligned landing zones, Terraform and Bicep IaC, Azure DevOps CI/CD, and the full datacentre-to-cloud exit pattern in regulated environments. Intermediate AWS as a secondary cloud.

  • [###] Azure Cloud Adoption Framework 2025
  • [###] Azure Landing Zones 2025
  • [###] Terraform IaC 2025
  • [##-] Bicep IaC 2025
  • [###] Azure DevOps CI/CD 2025
  • [##-] Azure Container Apps 2025
  • [###] Office 365 and M365 2023
  • [###] Hybrid Cloud Strategy 2023
  • [###] Datacentre Migration and Exit 2021
  • [#--] AWS 2023

used at:  Boxcurve / Bank of Ireland / Money Advice Service / Marsh McLennan (2019-2021) / GroupM

AI Governance and Agentic Systems

An embedded edge inside regulated delivery, not the headline. AI governance and agentic AI on Azure OpenAI, with multi-agent orchestration and RAG over Qdrant. Designed and built as the Unity capability on Azure.

  • [##-] AI Governance 2025
  • [##-] Agentic AI Architecture 2025
  • [##-] Azure OpenAI 2025
  • [##-] Multi-Agent Orchestration 2025
  • [##-] Qdrant Vector Database 2025
  • [##-] Retrieval-Augmented Generation 2025
  • [##-] N8N Workflow Automation 2025

used at:  Boxcurve / Unity (built capability) / Tier-1 NZ bank

Leadership and Stakeholder Management

Leads through influence across pure matrix structures, at executive and C-suite level, and through crisis. NotPetya recovery, organisational change, and distributed remote delivery across time zones.

  • [###] Stakeholder Management 2025
  • [###] Matrix Leadership and Influence 2023
  • [###] Executive and C-Suite Communication 2025
  • [###] Crisis and Incident Response Management 2023
  • [###] Organisational Change Management 2023
  • [###] Distributed and Remote Team Leadership 2023

used at:  GroupM (NotPetya) / Tesco / Marsh McLennan (2019-2021) / Bank of Ireland

Networking and Infrastructure

Two decades of enterprise network and datacentre architecture (Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto, F5, VMware), now carried into modern full-stack engineering (Kubernetes, React, Next.js, FastAPI).

  • [###] Enterprise Network Architecture 2018
  • [###] Cisco Routing and Switching 2018
  • [##-] Arista Networking 2019
  • [##-] Palo Alto Firewalls 2019
  • [##-] F5 Load Balancing 2019
  • [###] Active Directory and Identity 2023
  • [##-] Kubernetes and Containers 2025
  • [##-] React, Next.js and TypeScript 2025
  • [##-] FastAPI and Python 2025

used at:  Tesco / Money Advice Service / Boxcurve (full-stack rebuild) / Kinetic IT (2002-2004) / Lehman Brothers (2004-2005) / Threadneedle Investments

Data Platforms and Analytics

Business intelligence with low-code application building and enterprise service platforms. Power BI and Power Platform expert; delivered Dremio Data-as-a-Service on Kubernetes, Dynamics 365 and ServiceNow.

  • [###] Power BI and Data Analytics 2021
  • [###] Power Platform 2025
  • [##-] Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025
  • [##-] ServiceNow ITSM and SIR 2023

used at:  Marsh McLennan (2019-2021) / Boxcurve

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