Tesserent / Thales
Mar 2024 — PresentDevSecOps Engineer · Melbourne
Sole DevSecOps engineer embedded within a managed security services team, taking full ownership of infrastructure, automation and internal tooling across a fleet of 150+ cloud and on-premises servers (Debian/Rocky Linux).
- Designed and maintained infrastructure-as-code pipelines using Terraform and Salt-SSH, enabling consistent, repeatable provisioning and configuration management across client and internal environments — considerably reducing manual effort.
- Built and maintained custom internal tools in Golang and Python to support SOC analysts and operational teams, including an automated darkweb breached-credentials monitoring and notification pipeline.
- Automated time- and resource-intensive tasks such as detailed monthly report generation pulling data from multiple sources to build charts and written reports — leveraging local LLMs via API to keep data on-prem and private.
Binance
Sep 2022 — Oct 2023API Solutions Engineer · Remote · Remote
Member of the Solutions Team, creating and maintaining open-source API Connectors in various languages, enabling traders to quickly and easily implement Binance functionality into their own software.
- Created and released new connectors in Go, Java, NodeJS, Python, PHP and more.
- Built an advanced AI Trading Bot and associated Backtester leveraging OpenAI's API to perform sentiment analysis on relevant news articles and tweets.
- Led initiatives introducing AI-assisted tools such as GitHub Copilot to increase team productivity.
Deloitte Australia
Mar 2020 — Sep 2022Cloud Security Engineer · Melbourne
Emphasis on DevSecOps — creating continuous assurance policies for AWS and GCP using Terraform and OPA (Open Policy Agent) with Python scripting.
- Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with AWS, Azure and GCP.
- Implemented end-to-end security solutions in Prisma Cloud and Fortify SCA/SSC.
- Integrated security pipelines in Azure DevOps.
Self-Employed
2016 — PresentAlgorithmic Crypto Trading Developer
Developing high-frequency market-making algorithms in Python via machine learning, continuously adapting to the ever-changing and volatile cryptocurrency market.
- Achieving strong results whilst integrating comprehensive risk-management measures.
- Primarily focused on profiting from volatility via hedged strategies on perpetual futures markets.
ANZ Bank
Jan 2018 — Jul 2018Cyber Security Engineer · Melbourne · Industry Based Learning
Worked within the Cyber Security Engineering team as part of an Industry Based Learning scholarship at university.
- Completed proof-of-concepts for products including Windows Defender ATP and Splunk.
- Conducted extensive feasibility testing for enterprise security solutions.
- Gained valuable insights into protecting large systems from attacks and infections.
SAP Melbourne
Jan 2015 — Jan 2015Intern · Melbourne
Awarded work experience at SAP's Melbourne office after winning the Young ICT Explorers competition in 2014 with a Bitcoin investment game. Shadowed the General Manager, gaining invaluable experience in the day-to-day operations of a global software company.