Professional Experience
25+ years.
Defence to enterprise.
From infrastructure engineering to directing security architecture for PROTECTED workloads — a career built on real-world delivery, team leadership, and hard-won accreditations.
Career Timeline
Director, Microsoft Security
EDUC4TE
- ›Microsoft 365 SharePoint Online governance, security uplift, and compliance
- ›Active Directory Certificate Services remediation and ESC vulnerability mitigation
- ›PowerShell-driven auditing and reporting for Queensland Local Government Authority
- ›Security controls implementation with Dynamic Groups for risk mitigation
Director, Security Architect – Defence & National Security
Avanade
- ›Scaled security consulting team from 8 to 100+ members — largest Security Talent Community within Avanade worldwide
- ›Achieved premier Microsoft Security Certified Partner status
- ›Led design and delivery of Bupa iRBS (PROTECTED workload): 100% ISM/IRAP compliance, Essential 8 ML2
- ›Delivered S2IX secure-by-design PROTECTED workload business process automation for Defence
- ›Championed Women in Security initiative, increasing diversity by 35%
Technical Architect – Global Mining Corporation
Avanade
- ›Designed and delivered hybrid Office 365 and Azure platform for 50,000+ users
- ›Built secure Azure B2B Extranet for 50+ external partners
- ›Executed "Secure by Design" Essential 8 program, achieving Maturity Level 2
- ›Approved by client Security Architecture Review Board — on time and on budget
SharePoint Infrastructure Technical Lead – National Telecommunications
Avanade
- ›Designed and built 7 SharePoint environments via PowerShell automation, reducing deployment time by 60%
- ›Built and mentored offshore team achieving 95% migration success rate
- ›Migrated content from multiple sources into SharePoint 2013 at 90% data efficiency
- ›Led AvePoint DocAve v6.x migration for national telco with 5,000+ users
Principal Consultant · Senior Portal Consultant · ICT Systems Administrator
Earlier Career
- ›Just SharePoint – Principal Consultant (Mar 2010 – Apr 2011)
- ›Queensland Rail – Senior Portal Consultant (Feb 2009 – Mar 2010)
- ›Myriad Technologies – Senior SharePoint Consultant (Jul 2008 – Feb 2009)
- ›Queensland DETA – Team Leader, Systems Implementation (Jan 2008 – Jul 2008)
- ›Queensland Education – ICT Systems Administrator (Jul 2003 – Sep 2004)
Key Engagements
Selected client engagements with verified public outcomes. Client names reflect publicly referenced organisations or are anonymised where confidentiality applies.
Queensland Local Government Authority
Government
Optimised Microsoft 365 SharePoint Online administration, governance, and security. Implemented Guest and External User access auditing and introduced Dynamic Groups to uplift security while maintaining operational priorities.
20%
Operational efficiency gain in 4 weeks
100%
Guest access visibility via auditing
Global Motoring Corporation
Enterprise
Assessed and remediated Active Directory Certificate Services vulnerabilities using Purple Knight IOE analysis. Implemented additional AD security controls while minimising downtime during recovery.
40%
Security posture improvement
44
Critical IOEs remediated
Bupa – intelligent Referral & Booking System (iRBS)
Defence & National Security
Led secure greenfield delivery of iRBS in Microsoft Azure for Australian Defence Force healthcare. Achieved ISM/IRAP PICTA within 60 days of go-live, advancing to Essential 8 Maturity Level 2 while maintaining 99% uptime.
100%
ISM/IRAP compliance
E8 ML2
Essential 8 Maturity Level 2
99%
Uptime maintained
−30%
Security implementation timeframe
S2IX – Defence Collaboration Platform
Defence & National Security
Delivered secure-by-design S2IX platform providing PROTECTED workload business process automation, enabling secure document collaboration and management online and offline for defence clients.
PROTECTED
Workload classification achieved
ISM
Compliant architecture delivered
Global Mining Corporation
Enterprise
Delivered hybrid Office 365 and Azure platform for 50,000+ users. Built secure Azure B2B Extranet for 50+ external partners. Achieved Essential 8 Maturity Level 2 and Security Architecture Review Board approval.
50k+
Users on hybrid platform
E8 ML2
Essential 8 Maturity Level 2
50+
External partners on B2B Extranet
Certifications & Education
Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate
MCTS: SharePoint 2010 Configuration
Microsoft Certified IT Professional: SharePoint Administrator 2010
MCTS: MOSS 2007 Configuration
MCSE on NT4 and Windows 2000
Bachelor of Commerce (First Class) · Mumbai University · 1996
Publications
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed
Michael Noel & Colin Spencer
Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Unleashed
Michael Noel & Colin Spencer
Speaking
Microsoft Tech.Ed India 2011 – Speaker
SharePoint Conference Australia 2011 – Speaker
SharePoint Conference Southeast Asia 2010 – Technical Speaker
SharePoint Saturday – Speaker & Organizer (India, Brisbane, multiple events)
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