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NIALL BARKER

Newbury,Berkshire

Summary

I am a passionate cyber security and IT project manager with more than 12 years' experience across multiple industries including insurance, retail, public sector, energy utilities, financial services and telecommunications. I have excellent leadership and communication skills with experience of business transformation delivery, IAM and PAM strategic planning, cloud and on-premise IT deployments and cyber threat analysis.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience

Work history

Cyber Security Project Manager

Travis Perkins Hybrid
09.2023 - Current
  • Managing a SOC upgrade project to widen the coverage of a Splunk SIEM solution to include the Travis Perkins AWS and GCP cloud environments as well as the full on-prem (Windows / Linux) estate
  • Supporting the rollout of a managed third-party MDR SOC solution including the integration between both ServiceNow instances
  • Daily reporting of progress & issues to senior stakeholders including CISO and CIO
  • Delivery of a successful POC and subsequent implementation of a XM Cyber AD analysis and hardening solution across the Travis Perkins domains
  • Enabling a successful POC and follow-on implementation of a KnowBe4 information security training and awareness solution including integration with the Travis Perkins Thrive HR learning platform
  • Scoping for the delivery of a new PAM solution across the Travis Perkins business
  • Supporting the Travis Perkins GRC function with PCI DSS compliance remediation
  • Working with both Agile and Waterfall delivery methods including weekly reporting into the Travis Perkins PMO

IAM Project Manager

Admiral Group
02.2022 - 09.2023
  • Managing a large identity access and privilege access management programme across the Admiral UK insurance and banking business
  • Driving a PAM (CyberArk), IGA(Saviynt) strategy to mitigate cyber risk and adopting a zero trust environment
  • Implementing automated JML processes across the Admiral UK business
  • Migration of privilege access passwords from LastPass to CyberArk privilege password vault
  • Rollout of CyberArk privilege session management and password rotation across Admiral's tier one AD and GCP cloud domain accounts
  • On-boarding of a managed third-party SOC service including integration of ServiceNow instances
  • Third party supplier management of consultants and technology providers
  • Leading RFPs to procure relevant tooling and delivery partners
  • Managing the delivery of remedial tactical and strategic work streams to meet audit remediation
  • Providing programme governance and reporting to board level
  • Full responsibility for the complex programme lifecycle including outcome planning and financial tracking
  • Producing project and programme artefacts to meet governance milestones
  • Delivery using Agile and Waterfall methodology
  • Building a programme delivery team including both IAM and PAM product owners
  • Managing dependencies to support a cloud migration initiative.

Security Project Manager

Verizon Home
02.2021 - 02.2022
  • Managing the delivery of network security projects within the security portfolio of National Grid account on both UK and US sites
  • Leading the upgrade of core firewalls within the customer datacentres
  • Full responsibility of the complex programme delivery lifecycle including outcome planning and financial tracking
  • Programme delivery using Agile and Waterfall methodologies
  • Change management of network and security changes in a highly regulated environment
  • Working across company and client departments to meet project milestones
  • Enforcing strong stakeholder engagement and communication of senior customer management

Security Project Manager

GE Aviation
Cheltenham
09.2020 - 12.2020
  • Successfully managed the mitigation of software vulnerabilities to protect key assets across the GE Aviation UK estate
  • Managing the deployment of additional Nessus vulnerability scanners within new data centres
  • Obtained SC clearance
  • Helping to maintain compliance with CAS, MOD and Cyber Essentials standards
  • Conduit between the cyber security team and the infrastructure operations teams.

ICT Programme Manager

Oxford City Council
Oxford
12.2018 - 05.2020
  • Responsible for delivery a programme of work to enable the council to be PCI DSS and ISO 27001 compliant across all payment channels (Web, MOTO, face to face and telephone)
  • Successful system replacement of the council's payment system with an Azure cloud based fully PCI compliant platform
  • Security assurance against the PSN and Cyber Essentials framework
  • Successfully managed delivery of a ‘better ways of working' business transformation programme including flexible working IT projects
  • Conduit between technology teams and the city council's business teams
  • Driving change through a complex local government organisation by taking technical and non-technical staff on the journey
  • Managing RFPs for equipment and service tenders
  • Managing key stakeholders across a city council
  • Building business cases and taking them successfully through local government financial governance
  • Full project lifecycle management from requirements capture to completion and lessons learned reviews.

Senior Project Manager

Vodafone UK
Newbury
12.2014 - 12.2018
  • Technology Security
  • Delivered a large IAM and PAM programme across the VF UK business to introduce a management platform built around Sailpoint identity management and CyberArk privilege access management
  • The role comprised the development of an IAM strategy and implementation
  • The key objectives were to meet with CAS(T), SOX and PCI DSS compliance requirements and was a multi-year delivery with a budget of £5M+
  • Successfully led the deployment of a SIEM solution using Splunk technology and on-boarding of applications before handing over operations to the UK SOC team
  • Led the deployment of an automated server patching platform based on BMC Bladelogic technology
  • The scope of the project initially included 10,000 servers, databases and network devices in the VF UK IT estate and was integrated with Tenable Nessus Vulnerability Management
  • Successfully delivered a security solution for the mobile VF-UK DNS estate built around F5 BIG-IP and BIG-IQ architecture
  • This was deployed into 5 key MTX sites in the UK mobile estate and successfully transitioned into the Technical Operations teams for BAU service.

Programme Manager

NTT Security
Theale
10.2011 - 11.2014

Software Test and Integration Manager

LogicaCMG / Acision
Reading
10.2003 - 07.2011

System Engineer

BAE Systems
02.1994 - 09.2003
  • Roles from Graduate to Software

Education

MSc - Computer Science

Anglia Polytechnic University

Beng (Hons) - Electrical and Electronic Engineering

University of Bradford

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Portsmouth Sixth Form College
Mathematics, Physics and Electronics

Skills

  • Identity access and privilege access management
  • Zero trust
  • SIEM implementations and on-boarding of key assets
  • Asset protection and vulnerability management
  • Firewall refresh delivery
  • Governance risk and compliance
  • Security incident and event management
  • Data leakage protection controls
  • Complex business change within highly regulated environments
  • Change management
  • Delivery of cloud and on-premise IT infrastructure
  • Full programme lifecycle management of software and IT delivery
  • Delivery using Agile and Waterfall methodologies
  • Strong Stakeholder management up to C-Level
  • Supplier and third-party management
  • Team leadership and management
  • Prince 2
  • PMP
  • MSP Programme Management
  • MoP Portfolio Management
  • Use of MS Project, JIRA and Google Workspace
  • Technology delivery areas: NIST, CAS, Cyber Essentials, PCI DSS, ISO27001, Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, Saviynt, CyberArk, Sailpoint, SIEM (Splunk, Qradar and RSA), Nessus VM, Bladelogic APM, LDAP, Infrastructure including WAN, LAN, Network Firewalls (Checkpoint, Cisco FTD, Juniper, Palo Alto)

Interests

In my spare time, I am a run leader for my local running club, I also enjoy playing tennis, travelling and attending a gym.

Timeline

Cyber Security Project Manager - Travis Perkins Hybrid
09.2023 - Current
IAM Project Manager - Admiral Group
02.2022 - 09.2023
Security Project Manager - Verizon Home
02.2021 - 02.2022
Security Project Manager - GE Aviation
09.2020 - 12.2020
ICT Programme Manager - Oxford City Council
12.2018 - 05.2020
Senior Project Manager - Vodafone UK
12.2014 - 12.2018
Programme Manager - NTT Security
10.2011 - 11.2014
Software Test and Integration Manager - LogicaCMG / Acision
10.2003 - 07.2011
System Engineer - BAE Systems
02.1994 - 09.2003
Anglia Polytechnic University - MSc, Computer Science
University of Bradford - Beng (Hons), Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Portsmouth Sixth Form College - ,

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