Skills
Technical Skills
Verified, hands-on experience only. Every skill listed has been applied in a real project, deployment, or professional environment.
Cybersecurity & SOC
SIEM (Security Onion)Incident Response & InvestigationThreat Detection & Network MonitoringVulnerability AssessmentLog Analysis & Digital ForensicsPenetration Testing (Kali Linux, Burp Suite, Metasploit)Web Application Security (SQLi, XSS, OWASP)MITRE ATT&CK FrameworkISO 27001 / NIST CSFDevSecOpsUK GDPR & Regulatory Compliance
Cloud & Infrastructure as Code
AWS (EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, CloudFront, ALB, Auto Scaling, IAM)Microsoft Azure (VM, VNet, NSG, Load Balancer, MySQL Flexible Server)Terraform (IaC)Multi-Cloud Architecture (AWS + Azure)CloudFront & CDNHigh Availability & Auto ScalingPrivate Networking & Subnet Design
DevOps & Automation
CI/CD PipelinesGitHub ActionsDockerLinux (Ubuntu / CentOS)NginxGit & GitHub (PR workflow)Agile / Scrum (Jira)Agentic DevOps (Claude Code / MCP)Node.js / PM2Python (scripting)
Enterprise IT & Infrastructure
Enterprise Architecture & Systems ModernisationMicrosoft 365 & Azure AD / IntuneIdentity & Access ManagementDisaster Recovery & Business Continuity PlanningEndpoint Protection & MDMVMware VirtualisationWindows Server Administration (2008–2022)MySQL & Microsoft SQL ServerVPN & Remote AccessIT Governance & Compliance (Financial Services)
Currently in Training
Active DMI programme assignments — added to the portfolio as each is completed.
Ansible (in training — DMI Programme)
Kubernetes / K8s (in training — DMI Programme)
Certifications & Education
MSc Cybersecurity
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
Awarded 2025
CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)
CompTIA
Exam Scheduled August 2026
MCSA: Windows Server 2012
Microsoft
Certified
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Microsoft
Certified
Ultimate Agentic AI DevOps with Claude Code
Udemy
Completed 2026