Thomas Gracie
Cyber Security
17 Laird Street, Dundee,Angus
Summary
Proactive Analyst/Consultant ready to stand between businesses and threat actors. Lifelong student of developments in threat detection and mitigation. Adept at assisting with every stage of cybersecurity management, from preventive measures to disaster mitigation and recovery.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Technical Analyst
Virgin Money
Remote
11.2021 - Current
- HIred as a contractor for Virgin money to oversee and implement a new ITM solution.
- Involved in all aspects of the project from initial pilot testing to deployment including, Use Case development, rule creation, all standard operating procedures, supporting documentation, training delivery, reporting, and general operation of the application.
- Worked closely with the project team and management to ensure targets were met in expected timeframes in accordance with business expectations.
Tier 3 Security Operations Analyst
NatWest Bank/RBS
Edinburgh, Lothian
07.2021 - Current
- Handled alert escalations from level 1 and 2 analysts.
- Performed triaging of alerts from various EDR solutions, IPS & IDS systems.
- Developed SOP documents and Playbooks. Also responsible for email triage and routine maintenance checks on SOC applications.
- Designated Threat Hunter within the SOC..
- Worked closely with senior management to maintain optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete projects.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
Cybersecurity Consultant - Tier 2
Kivu Consulting
Dundee, Angus
01.2020 - 05.2021
- Created cybersecurity best practice communications to educate staff against known threats and potential vectors of attack.
- Liased and negociated with high level APT groups on behalf of clients.
- Monitored and responded to alerts from several EDR solutions from clients who had experienced Ransomware attacks.
- Acted as an escalation point to multiple other analysts, performing in depth analysis, client liaison and utilising SIEM data.
- Regularly contributed to client forensic investigations.
- Responsible for training and monitoring new recruits to meet expected standards.
- Implemented a uniform approach to alert handling and analysis techniques amongst all analysts and adapted team culture to a supportive environment.
- Consistently reviewed SOC tooling to ensure maximum functionality.
- Lead Threat Hunter within Kivu MSS team.
Security Operations Analyst
Raytheon Technologies
Glenrothes, Fife
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Hired by Raytheon to assist with the rebuild and modernisation of their internal SOC.
- Personally tasked with the development of all analyst SOP documentation, Tooling, implementing malware analysis capability, forensics investigations and SIEM management.
- Designed staffing structure for the SOC and conducted interviews for both engineering and analyst positions.
- Acting Senior analyst within 6 months.
- Traveled throughout the UK on a regular basis managing multiple high-profile projects and reporting to senior leadership directly.
- SC level security clearance obtained.
Customer Service Specialist
British Telecom
Dundee, Angus
06.2003 - 08.2012
- Duties mainly involved dealing with high-level customer complaints and resolving these to match the needs of the business and the customer.
- Devised innovative strategies to improve customer satisfaction scores and meet company goals.
- Conferred with customers about concerns with products or services to resolve problems and drive sales.
- During my employment with BT, I was seconded multiple times to various long-term roles including, IT support, Training Delivery, Team Coaching, Team Management, and Project Development.
- Surpassed performance goals by approaching all interactions with resourcefulness, organization and customer-centric solutions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Ethical Hacking (HONS) 1st
Abertay University
06.2014 - 11.2018
Skills
Competent in both windows & Linux platforms
Qualities
- Independent Learner
- Professional Attitude
- Motivated
- Team Player
- Analytical
- Organized
- Adaptive
- Confident
- Approachable
References
Eric Malzahn - Former Associate Director Kivu MSS
Kivu Consulting Inc
Email – eric.malzahn@cybersheath.com
.
Gurvinder Singh - Senior Digital Forensics /Incident response Consultant
Kivu Consulting Inc
Email- gdhiman@kivuconsulting.com
.
Graeme McDonough - Cyber Threat & Vulnerability Manager
Raytheon UK
Queensway Industrial Estate
Fullerton Road
Glenrothes
KY7 5PY
01279 407753
email – graeme.mcdonough@raytheon.co.uk
Timeline
Technical Analyst
Virgin Money
11.2021 - Current
Tier 3 Security Operations Analyst
NatWest Bank/RBS
07.2021 - Current
Cybersecurity Consultant - Tier 2
Kivu Consulting
01.2020 - 05.2021
Security Operations Analyst
Raytheon Technologies
01.2019 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Ethical Hacking (HONS) 1st
Abertay University
06.2014 - 11.2018
Customer Service Specialist
British Telecom
06.2003 - 08.2012
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