Douglas Macdonald

# Senior Cloud & Security Architect

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## About Me

I am a Senior Cloud & Security Architect with a track record of delivering enterprise-scale transformation. I align technology strategy with business growth, enabling secure digital operations across global environments. I am known for leading high-impact cloud migrations, modernising legacy infrastructure, and embedding resilience and automation at scale. My expertise combines cross-platform knowledge, team leadership, and board-level influence to turn complex challenges into measurable outcomes. In my current role, I serve as a cloud and security consultant for financial clients, where I am responsible for the secure delivery of high-availability workloads across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. I have designed and deployed hybrid Kubernetes environments, integrated security tooling into CI/CD pipelines, and led IAM modernisation initiatives. I am also passionate about mentoring engineers and leading strategic workshops with clients.

## Skills

### [SaaS](https://jobicy.com/talent/saas.md)[Kubernetes](https://jobicy.com/talent/kubernetes.md)[Compliance](https://jobicy.com/talent/compliance.md)[Azure](https://jobicy.com/talent/azure.md)[Risk Management](https://jobicy.com/talent/risk-management.md)[CI CD](https://jobicy.com/talent/ci-cd.md)[Training](https://jobicy.com/talent/training.md)[Team Leadership](https://jobicy.com/talent/team-leadership.md)[Automation](https://jobicy.com/talent/automation.md)[DevOps](https://jobicy.com/talent/devops.md)[Mentoring](https://jobicy.com/talent/mentoring.md)[Grafana](https://jobicy.com/talent/grafana.md)

## Education

QA ltd  2017  Cyber Security Professional

SQCF level 8

## Experience

Cloud Security Architect @ GFT  Oct 2021 - Present Cloud and security consultant for financial clients, responsible for secure delivery of high-availability workloads across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.

Cloud Operations Engineer @ Technology One  Jan 2018 - Oct 2021 Owned cloud operations for a SaaS platform supporting over 1,300 public sector clients across the UK and Australia.

Global IT Support Specialist @ Amazon  Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 Delivered secure infrastructure solutions supporting Amazon’s high-scale B2C systems.

IT Executive @ DM Design  Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 Contained and recovered from a ransomware attack within 1 hour using offline backups.

System Administrator @ Aberlour  Sept 2015 - Jan 2016 Migrated 100+ VMs to Azure, enabling scalable and secure infrastructure.

IT Support Specialist @ Robertson  May 2008 - Sept 2015 Maintained infrastructure across 20+ remote sites.