About

Senior cyber security engineer with 10+ years across hybrid cloud, on-prem, and MSP environments. Focused on rapid security uplift for SMEs: Microsoft 365 hardening, firewall configuration, vulnerability assessments, incident response, and governance reviews.

Approach: outcome-driven, minimal disruption, clear documentation, and handover.

Core Capabilities

• Office 365 / Azure security baselines (MFA, CA, mail hygiene, logging)
• Firewall hardening (Fortigate, pfSense, Palo Alto)
• Windows / GPO uplift aligned with Essential 8
• Vulnerability assessments and remediation plans
• Incident response and compromise cleanup
• Policy review and development (Essential 8, ISO 27001, NIST CSF)
• GRC gap assessments and roadmaps
• Log analysis, threat hunting, investigations
• Awareness programs and phishing simulations
• Business continuity and IR plan development/testing