Shift Team Lead, NCC Group Ltd

November 2023 - Present

Currently leading a SOC team within a unique project for a client, joining the project early on where I have played a crucial role in establishing the SOC processes in place within it. Responsible for developing standard playbooks such as for OOH and escalation processes, regular 121s with the team ensuring they are progressing well and providing mentoring where possible. I have also been responsible for conducting interviews as the project team expands and leading collaborating between the SOC team and other teams within the project.

Senior SOC Analyst, Adarma Security

August 2022 - November 2023

Over a year experience as a Tier 2 SOC analyst at an MSSP. Acting as a shift lead for a 5-person team. With roles including, first responder to live attacks, training and mentoring new starts, improving security processes through the creation and maintence of playbooks, use case and continious threat hunts.

SOC Analyst, Adarma Security

June 2021 - August 2022

Over a year of experience as a Tier 1 SOC analyst at an MSSP, gaining expertise in handling security alerts across various industries. My role involved utilising cyber tooling such as Splunk, CrowdStrike Falcon, and Microsoft Defender/Sentinel to triage alerts and perform threat hunting across client estates.

Malware Analyst Intern, ClamXAV

June 2021 - June 2021

Completed an internship at ClamXAV, where I shadowed a Senior Malware Analyst and gained experience of day-to-day activities including monitoring the MacOS threat landscape. As well as performing malware analysis on several macOS malware samples and developing a Python script to help automate analysis utilising Venator-Swift and VirtualBox.

Ethical Hacking BSc, Abertay University

August 2017 - June 2021

Studied for 4 years at Abertay University on one of the leading cybersecurity courses in Europe and first Ethical Hacking degree in the world, graduating with a first (4.0 GPA). Modules covered a wide variety of cyber security topics including:

• Penetration Testing
• Secure Web Development
• Digital Forensics
• Computer Networking
• Software Development
• System Internals
• Exploit Development