ANDREW MAKIN PROPERTIES LTD

Property Specialist

Blue Jellyfish Solutions Ltd

Technical Copywriter and Content Writer

Owner of Warm Welcome Properties

Trivium Packaging

Jumped aboard a newly formed Security Department in the metal packaging manufacturing industry.

o	Used phishing simulation tools to design, execute and analyse the results of an external attack as part of a company-wide security awareness campaign.

o	Provided technical and security assurance to the change advisory board (CAB).

o	Assessed the topology, function, and future suitability of on-premises firewalls

o	Developed user guides for past and current secure remote user access solutions.

o	Designed proposals for future secure remote access to services using zero-trust network access solutions.

o	Proposed the future securing of the Trivium network through Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) technology aligning with Trivium’s cloud-first services policy.

o	Provided governance risk and compliance for the transfer of services from Ardagh to Trivium, providing security assurance.

o	Collaboratively engaged with other IT teams in the organisation to solve problems, providing security consultancy and guidance where required.

Security Architect

Redcentric

->  Designed functionally secure network connectivity solutions across both public and private clients adhering to general and specific regulatory compliances, providing fully costed options.

->  Produced accurate and complete documentation for both customer contract sign-off and for internal solution delivery.

->  Presented solutions in written, oral and presentation formats across media including conference call, collaboration presentation and in-person meetings

->  Designed the migration of eight NHS Foundation Trusts and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) from the N3 network to the new Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) comprising 160 sites ranging from single GP practices to large hospital sites hosting data centres.

->  Provided technical design authority (TDA) services for the largest NHS CCG including secure connectivity to the public internet, the HSCN, internal connectivity and secure on-premise firewalls.  Designed additional post-delivery functionality including secure remote access and QoS to the solution.

->  Designed connectivity solutions to public cloud services including AWS and Microsoft Azure including to and from the NHS HSCN, customer sites and the internet.

->  Engaged with vendor solutions engineers and account managers to leverage device functions that sit outside the conventional Redcentric portfolios.

->  Designed innovative shared platform infrastructures to leverage the resources of physical firewalls, ensure compliance with NHS Digital is maintained and provide highly functional and cost-effective connectivity between CCGs and NHS Foundation Trusts.

->  Designed novel test environments for customers including the design of functional mock branch sites for training environments.

->  Provided subject matter expertise for developing Redcentric products including SD-WAN.

->  Engaged with the Redcentric bid teams to respond to customer RFI and RFPs, formulating bid libraries and generating cost models.

Senior Solutions Architect - Presales

Vodafone

I designed security solutions for Vodafone customers through interpretation of requirements arising from bid documentation, formal work engagements and existing customer service meetings.  I ensured the right solutions are designed within the scope of increasing security and functionality whilst ensuring compliance and budget commitments are met.

•	Designing customer security solutions

•	Tailoring company portfolio of products to customer bids

•	Communicating security and network product developments to internal design and delivery teams

•	Constructing internal and external solution design literature

•	Vendor collaboration

•	Internal security subject matter expertise

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