Bilal R. — Product Engineer
CISSP-certified cybersecurity professional specialising in secure cloud governance, incident response, IAM strategy and regulatory alignment across enterprise hybrid Azure environments and highly regulated sectors. Leadership & Governance: Primary author of enterprise Cyber Incident Response Plans (CIRPs) aligned to NIST SP 800-61 and ISO/IEC 27001, delivering audit-ready procedures and regulatory assurance. Recently built and automated an enterprise Vulnerability Governance Board for CVEs, implementing SLA tracking workflows and executive “jeopardy view” dashboards to surface remediation risk and drive senior-level prioritisation. Business Impact & Technical Depth: Designed and deployed Azure PIM and Conditional Access controls to strengthen privileged-access governance. Translate telemetry from Microsoft Sentinel, CrowdStrike and Splunk into executive risk reporting, and conduct proactive threat-hunting using KQL-driven detections for identity-led attacks. Strategic Direction: Advancing deep Azure and CCSP capability to support cloud-governance operating models, digital-transformation programmes and cyber-resilience initiatives, including work aligned to critical-infrastructure environments.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity Specialist with a focus on Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance in cloud environments.
Experience: 12 yrs
Skills
- Governance, Risk Management, And Compliance (grc)
- Incident Response & Threat Hunting
- Governance, Risk & Compliance (grc)
- Customer Relationship Management (crm)
Career Highlights
- CISSP-certified with expertise in cloud governance.
- Developed enterprise Cyber Incident Response Plans.
- Automated Vulnerability Governance Board for risk management.
Work Experience
BT Group
Cybersecurity Governance & Incident Response Specialist (3 yrs 4 mos)
Cyber Security Sales Consultant (4 mos)
Trainee Cyber Security Consultant (BT and CAPSLOCK Partnership) (4 mos)
Sales & Retentions Executive /Billing Customer Service (6 yrs 6 mos)
Best Recruit UK
Recruitment Consultant Lead | Head Hunter (7 mos)
Advice Direct (Xpert Marketing)
HR Recruitment Manager (5 mos)
Effectus Claims, Hayes Medicals
HR Manager & Accounting Assistant (6 mos)
Education
Postgraduate Certificate (Merit) – Master’s-level (UK Level 7) at Abertay University
Certified Cyber Security Practitioner at CAPSLOCK
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) at Blackburn University
IT Management at University of Bradford