Technologist with experience in Software Consulting, Cyber Security, and Data Analytics
Hire MeDownload CVPassionate, solutions focussed individual with expertise in software development, data analytics, & cybersecurity. Demonstrated ability to communicate & coordinate with stakeholders at all levels. Possesses strong requirement elicitation & project management skills as well as deep technical competency, with a passion for giving back to the community & supporting others. Brings an adaptable, high attention-to-detail approach to all tasks. Loves to explore creative technical solutions while ensuring positive outcomes for all involved.
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January 2022 - Present
- Primary SME for the analytics and reporting of mandatory cybersecurity training completion within the entire Transport for NSW cluster (approximately 30,000 staff).
- Wrote python scripts to extract data from other systems, transformed the data using PostgreSQL, and finally loaded the data into PowerBI for presentation to stakeholders. This process of automation has reduced a 7-hour weekly task to just minutes.
- Liaised with stakeholders like Directors and Deputy Secretaries to coordinate the roll out of new training for staff, in order to raise the maturity levels of the organisation in accordance with the Essential Eight framework.
- Created an educational cybersecurity-themed escape room for Year 10 students as part of a Department of Education and Investment NSW initiative.
- Assisted in the creation of marketing collateral to raise awareness of cybersecurity threats throughout the business.
- Participated in the evaluation and hiring of other staff.
August 2021 - January 2022
- Maintained and developed new features for several internal software applications using Java, PHP, and MySQL. These applications processed millions of records each month and were used to prosecute non-compliant heavy vehicle operators.
- Designed and implemented a microservice that communicated with several third party APIs and saved data into the MySQL databases.
- Assigned roles and permissions to staff who required access to the systems/data.
- Used Tableau to visualize truck intercept data and identify which areas had the most non-compliance.
- Documented the setup and maintenance procedures of the systems.
- Performed my work with consideration of ISO 27001 and ISO 9001.
January 2020 - August 2021
Six month rotations
- Performed a gap analysis of existing procurement processes compared to best practice processes specified by Buy NSW scheme SCM0020.
- Created learning resources and implemented process changes to ensure the branch was deemed compliant in future procurement audits.
- Facilitated several risk register workshops.
- Wrote briefing notes and proof-read contracts for high value procurements.
- Listed several tenders and quotes on eTender.
- Participated in the evaluation panel to award a vendor with a high six-figure contract.
- Responsible for the creation of purchase orders and processing of goods receipts.
- Served on the COVID-19 taskforce, responsible for ensuring information disseminated to the Transport cluster staff was accurate and up to date.
- Acted as an admin of the CMS behind stayinformed.com.au.
- Planned, organized, and managed the creation of the internal 2020 Year in Review video for Sydney Trains.
- Made site visits across the Sydney Trains network to write stores for the Customer Operations newsletter named “@TheCentre”.
- Helped coordinate 30 and 40 Year Long Service Awards.
- Assisted with running several live-streamed events using software such as OBS.
- Influenced, implemented, and performed QA of a new cyber security platform (Splunk Phantom). This saves many hours of work a week by automating the process of identifying, responding to, and reporting malicious content in large volumes of emails.
- Trialled and evaluated a new risk analysis methodology (F.A.I.R). Delivered a presentation that identified its pros and cons compared to existing processes.
- Helped transition and improve cyber awareness training content into an eLearning module.
- Delivered cyber awareness training to a class of approximately 30 TfNSW employees.
- Created and maintained a SharePoint site to centralize and consolidate knowledge within the Cyber Defence team.
February 2019 - November 2020
- Each semester, graded assessments and provided feedback for approximately 30 students in the subject “Software Development Studio”.
- Lectured, graded assessments, and provided feedback for 120 students in the subject “Database Fundamentals”.
- Delivered tutorial material, graded assessments, and provided feedback for 30 students in the subject “Business Requirements Modelling”.
- Answered students’ enquiries in-class, at face-to-face consultation sessions, and online through email/discussion board.
January 2019 - December 2019
- Worked on-site at Qantas HQ, alongside Qantas’ own development team, on the Qantas Business Rewards program.
- Responsible for helping my team plan sprints, convert user requirements into feature implementations, and quickly address bugs/incidents raised to us.
- Operated in a strict Agile environment with daily stand-ups and bi-weekly planning, grooming, and retrospective sessions for two-week sprints.
- Implemented several new APIs that is being used in a Production environment, and extensively documented it in Confluence.
- Worked in adherence with Test Driven Development ideologies and set up CI/CD pipelines to automate testing and deployment.
- Gained exposure to a number of AWS services such as Elastic Beanstalk and SQS.
May 2017 - December 2018
- Worked in a tight-knit team of seven people which provided support (in accordance with ITIL) to over a thousand devices using ServiceNOW, SCCM, and JAMF.
- Performed tasks such as lease rollovers, remote desktop support, hardware disassembly and troubleshooting, and general IT consulting.
- Managed a project to create PowerShell scripts, with the purpose of automating the migration of thousands of Active Directory permissions.
- Created a web page used by the OH&S team for inducting people with the safety policies of UTS.
2020 - 2021
University of New England
As part of the NSW Government PSC Graduate Program, I was required to complete a Diploma of Government. This Diploma has given me an in-depth understanding of how the Australian government works at both the State and Federal level, especially through the study of key policies and legislation. The Diploma also teaches communication and collaboration strategies best suited for the public sector.
2015 - 2018
University of Technology, Sydney
This degree provided me with education in all aspects of computing and information technology such as networking, software development, cyber security, and business requirement modelling. I majored in "Enterprise Systems Development", which gave me the opportunity to specialize in software development. I learned to code in object oriented languages and gained exposure to best practices such as Test Driven Development and CI/CD.