Skill set
Gethin in a few words
Experienced security architect and consultant with deep technical knowledge and expertise in cloud security (Azure, AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure), security compliance standards, security engineering, risk management, and threat intelligence. Proven ability to deliver security compliance and share industry best practices across finance, public sector, facilities & services, retail, and defence industries.
Experience
- Trikog Cyber SecurityCybersecurity ConsultantSeptember 2021 - Today (3 years and 8 months)Contractual security review & architecture alignment: providing expert advice to SMEs on satisfying client security requirements and meeting compliance obligations (eg. ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, CAF).
- Ahold DelhaizeCloud Security ConsultantRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)April 2022 - December 2024 (2 years and 8 months)• Security oversight for cloud infrastructure and central engineering services.• Security design and review for two re-architecture cycles of the core cloud hub and landing zone infrastructure in Azure.• Security design for reusable building blocks to standardise and secure the majority of Azure resources used in the organisation.• Security design review for the introduction of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Oracle Exadata database hosting, and secure migration of legacy services from a managed on-premises datacentre to an Oracle Cloud VMware Service deployment.• Security strategy and alignment in global and regional architecture forums.
- SodexoCybersecurity ConsultantSeptember 2021 - April 2022 (7 months)• Azure subject matter expertise (including security architecture, design and configuration) for secure, scalable and resilient cloud architectures.• Defining authorisation, granular access control, and data encryption/masking technologies to improve data access control, and enhancing security logging, monitoring, and alerting.• Development of secure designs for ADLS Gen 2 data lakes.• Security assessments of Azure architectures and services and development of authorised security configurations and secure design patterns for the architecture library.
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Education
- BSc (1st Class Hons) Intelligence and Information Security SystemsStaffordshire University2016
Certifications
- Microsoft Certified Cybersecurity Architect ExpertMicrosoft2025
- CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security ProfessionalISC²2017
- ISO/IEC 27001 Lead ImplementerBSI2016
- Azure Security Engineer AZ-500Microsoft2020
- AWS Certified Security Engineer – Specialty SCS-C01Amazon2020
- TOGAF Enterprise Architecture FoundationTOGAF2025
- Cisco Certified Network Associate Cyber OperationsCisco2019
- CEH – Certified Ethical HackerEC-Council2016
- Intelligence and Security Operator Class 1, 2 & 3UK Ministry of Defence2015
- Information Risk Management for HMG Practitioners IS1 & IS2UK Defence Academy2015
- APMP – Association for Project Managers ProfessionalAPM2015
- Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Command, Leadership, and ManagementUK Ministry of Defence2015
- Level 4 Leadership and ManagementILM2012