I'm Derryn Edwards, a self-taught tech enthusiast with 12+ years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, DevOps and automation. I thrive on architecting rock-solid platforms with a security-first mindset.

🛠️ Core Strengths

  • Security & Risk Mitigation
    Architected and led org-wide security programs (SOC2, ISO27001, NIST CSF), incident response drills, and golden-image pipelines to keep threats at bay.
  • Cloud & DevOps
    Designed cost-efficient, highly-available architectures on AWS, Azure & on-prem; built CI/CD and GitOps pipelines with Terraform, Ansible, ArgoCD, and Kubernetes.
  • Automation & Tooling
    Reduced manual toil by 90% via Python and Go scripts, Ansible playbooks, and self-service developer platforms with ephemeral environments.
  • Monitoring & Observability
    Rolled out APM & monitoring for 120+ apps, using Splunk, Elastic Cloud, Datadog, and custom dashboards to drive MTTR down to minutes.

đź“ś Career Highlights

RoleImpact
Sr. DevOps Engineer
X-Team / NewsCorp (02/2025–Present)		 Crafting one-click local dev environments; automating multi-cloud EKS clusters; building resilient CI/CD pipelines.
Sr. DevOps Engineer
BairesDev / Bessemer Trust (10/2024-Present		 Leading organization-wide DevOps culture and strategy with automation and industry best practices.
Sr. Platform Engineer
CatenaMedia (05/2024-05/2025		 Designing developer's platform to improve developers' experience by providing self-service solutions.
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Skan AI (06/2024-11/2024)		 Implementing enterprise monitoring with ELK Stack; leading security initiatives such as SOC2 and ISO27001 compliance from a DevOps perspective.
Sr. SRE Platform Manager
McGraw Hill (09/2024-11/2024)		 Pioneered “Project Horizon” cost-optimization; built self-service dashboards & automated cost-controls.
Global IT SRE/DevOps Director
San Services (11/2013–05/2024)		 Leading a global team of 10 SREs; cut infra costs by 25%; migrated legacy → Kubernetes; automated deployments end-to-end.
Global IT Cybersecurity Director
San Services (11/2013–05/2024)		 Leading and implementing Cybersecurity programs; implementing NIST CSF with CIS Controls; leading PCI DSS, Cyberinsurance, and ISO27001 compliance.

🎓 Education & Certifications

  • BBA, UNITEC (Expected Mar 2027)
  • Certifications
    • ISACA CISM
    • ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity
    • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
    • Udacity Nanodegrees: Security Architect, Go, Cloud DevOps, Cybersecurity for Leaders

🎖️Derryn Edwards - Credly

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