Hi, I'm Mark 👋

Cloud security & identity engineer — 13+ years of UK enterprise IT experience across identity administration, security operations and service leadership. Currently building a security-first Azure portfolio ahead of a return to the UK (Lincoln, September 2026).

🔭 What I'm working on

azure-secure-landing-zone — a zero-trust Azure landing zone in Terraform: hub-and-spoke networking, hardened storage (no public access, Entra-only auth, infrastructure encryption), private endpoints, Key Vault with managed identity. Deployed, verified, screenshotted, destroyed. Preparing for SC-500: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate (exam booked 27 Aug 2026) — with each study phase shipped as public lab work: Defender for Cloud, Sentinel/KQL detections, and securing Azure OpenAI with managed identity + Purview.

🛠 Certifications

MicrosoftAzure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) · Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)AWSSolutions Architect – AssociateHashiCorpTerraform Associate (004)In progressSC-500 Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate — Aug 2026

💼 Background

Identity & access management for 500+ users (Entra ID, SSO, MFA, Conditional Access), infrastructure operations, and service desk leadership in UK enterprise environments. British citizen — full right to work in the UK.

📫 Contact

LinkedIn · mark854uk@gmail.com