Oluwasegun Ikhide

Principal Cyber Security Consultant | CyberArk

Salary / Daily rate

London, UK

Freelance, open to permanent contract

Languages

English

About me

Intro

CISSP-certified Cyber Security Principal Consultant with 20+ years expertise in privileged access management and cloud security. Led CyberArk implementations for major banks and government agencies, specializing in SIEM solutions, vulnerability management, and DLP. Delivering enterprise-grade security architecture for Fortune 500 clients seeking robust identity access management solutions.

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Work experience

Cyber Security Engineer Team Leader

European Central BankFreelance

Aug 2020 - Present

6 years 3 months

Frankfurt, Germany

• Leads on Cyber Security issues and compliance in ICT

Security Consultant Lead

Thomson Reuters (Refinitiv)

Mar 2019 - Present

7 years 8 months

London, UK

• SME for Qradar (SIEM) implementation and Vulnerabilities Management

Senior Information Security Analyst

QBE Insurance

Apr 2018 - Present

8 years 7 months

London, UK

Security Architect Lead - CyberArk - Identity & Access

Deutsche BankFreelance

Jul 2017 - Present

9 years 4 months

London, UK

• Working on CyberArk Implementation Project. • Installing, configuring, and customizing CyberArk components. • Writing of CyberArk use cases, high level design, and documentation for implementation • Creating CyberArk safes, platforms and owners • Configuring CyberArk master policies • Implementing CyberArk plug-in python • Implementing CyberArk connectors python • Configuring PSM, CPM, and PVWA for the servers, applications, and storage. • Take part in the Dev., SIT, UAT, and bug-related efforts. • On boarding new applications, storages (EMC), account/credentials, database and website into CyberArk • Assisting in plug-in, Auto-IT and Connectors development and troubleshooting any issues encountered and identifying technical solutions. • Implementing CyberArk’s Privileged Identity & Privileged Session Management suites to manage non-personalised privileged user accounts automatically, ensure compliance with uniform password policies, and maintain a central, auditable password repository. • Managing user password request via CyberArk Enterprise Password Vault (EPV) • Lead the CyberArk architecture process to successful implementation • Perform the architecture creation and solution designing for the CyberArk implementation • Produce architecture plans and design guidelines for CyberArk’s infrastructure • Regular review meeting and presentation with the Security Architecture Committee (SAC) • Troubleshooting complex technical issues while implementing/integrating CyberArk • Implementing Enterprise Password Vault (EPV), Password Vault Web Access (PVWA) and Central Policy Manager (CPM) • Configuring Storages accounts within CyberArk for managing the password through CyberArk PVWA • Develops custom policies to meet the business requirement of the customer for changing the passwords • Documentation of all the process of installation of CyberArk software, configuration of the policies to meet the requirement and integration of the application with CyberArk

Information Technology Security Engineer

LGC StandardsFreelance

Apr 2016 - Present

10 years 7 months

Silverstone, Towcester NN12, UK

Working on Cyber Essential Accreditation and ISO27001 project

IMPACT CONNECTIONFreelance

Mar 2015 - Present

11 years 8 months

Fobbing, UK

Co-Founder

Mar 2015 - Present

11 years 8 months

Fobbing, UK

Cyber Security Principal Consultant/ Architect

Mar 2015 - Oct 2025

10 years 8 months

Hoyland, Barnsley S74, UK

National Grid UK - Security Engineer - CyberArk - Identity & Access (Contract) NATWEST GROUP UK - CyberArk Security Specialist - Identity & Access (Contract) HER MAJESTY LAND REGISTRY UK - Security Engineer - CyberArk - Identity & Access (Contract) BARCLAYS BANK - Vulnerability Management Prisma Cloud Security SME (Contract) DEPARTMENT OF WORK AND PENSION (DWP) - Security Architect - CyberArk - Identity & Access (Contract) EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK (ECB) - Cyber Security Engineer Team Leader (Contract) THOMSONREUTERS (REFINITIV) UK - Security Consultant Lead - (Contract) Senior Security Analyst - (Contract) Security Architect Lead - CyberArk - Identity & Access (Contract) Technical Security Lead (Contract

Network Security Consultant

BT Global Solution - Royal Bank of Scotland

Jan 2015 - Mar 2019

4 years 3 months

London, UK

Senior Network Engineer

Surrey County CouncilFreelance

Jun 2014 - Aug 2015

1 year 3 months

Silverstone, Towcester NN12, UK

Senior Infrastructure Support

London Borough of Hackney

Oct 2010 - Aug 2013

2 years 11 months

London, UK

Network Administrator

Zenith Bank Plc

Jan 2000 - Oct 2004

4 years 10 months

Lagos, Nigeria


Education

Arden University

Master’s Degree

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