Morgan MacKechnie
Information Security Engineer
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January 2017 - now
Networking and Security Lead
Acteon owns and manages a portfolio of specialist firms serving the offshore energy industry.
- Served as a technical authority and final escalation point for matters of networking, security, and linux
- Defined and implemented Acteon's security policy and audit program
- Designed and implemented the group's Incident Response and Reporting processes
- Delivered several group wide security training initiatives, including messaging and simulated phishing campaigns
- Delivered SAML Authentication in Ocserv to cover Anyconnect capacity shortfalls, enabling unprecedented numbers of staff to work remotely during the COVID-19 crisis
- Successfully managed security aspects of multiple corporate acquisitions, including Active Directory and Office365 migrations
- Led selection and implementation of multiple key security technologies
- Performed security testing of web applications prior to deployment
- Provided secure web hosting for the group's portfolio of operating companies
CiscoCrowdstriketenable.scNessusSplunkLinuxAWSAzureDockerOffice365PythonCPowershellnginx
January 2013 - January 2017
Global IT Manager
An Acteon Group company providing specialist riser engineering services to the deepwater oil and gas industry.
- Defined and implemented global IT strategy and policy
- Hired and led the global IT team
- Planned and executed several complete site infrastructure refreshes, delivering reliabilty and performance in a cost effective manner
- Planned and executed office fit-outs and moves in several countries
- Selected and led implementation of several key business technologies, including security and business continuity products
- Relocated to the United Kingdom in October 2013
CiscoActive DirectoryExchangeVMwareAWSLinuxPythonSharepointAsteriskCitrixSolaris
October 2008 - January 2013
Systems Administrator, Houston Office
An Acteon Group company providing specialist riser engineering services to the deepwater oil and gas industry.
- Designed and implemented a modern VOIP implementation using Asterisk
- Planned and executed a successful virtualisation program, migrating core services to VMware in a performant and cost effective manner
- Oversaw IT services successfully while local head count tripled, maintaining performance and availability of services
- Many trips offshore to service riser monitoring kit, including three weeks spent offshore during the Deepwater Horizon response
- Successfully provided for a sudden and massive growth in demand for staff equipment and compute capacity during the Deepwater Horizon incident
- Hired and led a successful local IT team as the organisation grew
CiscoActive DirectoryExchangeVMwareLinuxPythonXenAsterisk
August 2003 - July 2008
Submarine Sonar Technician
United States Navy
- Responsible for the maintenance and operation of the sonar systems aboard a 688i class nuclear submarine
- Ship's network administrator as a collateral duty, providing support and maintenance of the ship's internal LAN
- Responsible for both physical and logical security of shipboard IT systems
LinuxUnixWindowsActive DirectoryExchange
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2017 - Now
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