15+ years designing enterprise-grade security, observability and compliance platforms — from global financial institutions to critical national infrastructure.
What I do
I work with organisations that need serious Splunk and observability capability — architecture, implementation, security operations and compliance at enterprise scale.
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Design and delivery of enterprise Splunk deployments — Search Head Clusters, Indexer Clusters, Deployment Servers and Splunk Validated Architectures. On-premise and cloud.
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Splunk Enterprise Security design, deployment and tuning. Building global security monitoring platforms, incident detection pipelines and operational response frameworks.
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Full-stack observability strategy and implementation. Metrics, traces, logs and synthetic monitoring — delivering real operational intelligence across complex distributed environments.
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Architect of the world's first global payment processing platform assessed to Level 1 PCI-DSS. Deep expertise in compliant monitoring and evidence frameworks for regulated industries.
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Moving enterprise workloads to the cloud securely, scalably and resiliently. Presented best-practice approaches on behalf of Amazon Web Services and Splunk at industry events.
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Turning operational data into actionable insight. Executive dashboards, business reporting, data ingestion strategy and performance optimisation across the Splunk platform.
Background
A Splunk Certified Architect with over 15 years delivering global, scalable compliance and security platforms — on-premise and in the cloud. I've worked with some of the world's largest financial institutions, acquiring banks, global telephony providers and critical national infrastructure operators.
I've presented best-practice cloud and security approaches on behalf of Amazon Web Services and Splunk, and remain a recognised, active contributor to the Splunk community.
Thought Leadership
I write about Splunk, observability, AI tooling and best practices on Substack. Real-world perspectives from 15 years in the field — no fluff.
Engagement
I engage through HTSUK Limited as a specialist contractor or consultant, typically on a day-rate or scoped-project basis.
Embedded day-rate engagements via HTSUK Limited
Scoped delivery — architecture, implementation, review
Strategic guidance on Splunk, observability and security posture
I start by understanding your environment, your data, and what you actually need to achieve — not what a sales process has told you to buy.
Solutions designed to Splunk Validated Architectures and industry best practice — built to scale, not just to pass an audit or meet a deadline.
I work closely with your team throughout. The goal is capability — not dependency. You should understand what's been built and why.
I'll tell you what I think, including when a different approach would serve you better. That's the value of an independent specialist.
Contact
Whether you have a specific requirement in mind or want to explore how I might help, I'm happy to have a conversation.