Hi, I'm Rhys.

Cyber Security Engineer · Aston Martin F1 Team

I'm a Cyber Security Engineer at Aston Martin F1 Team with a long-standing passion for computing. Outside of my professional role, I enjoy creating software projects, experimenting with new ideas, and continuously expanding my skill set.

What I work on

  • Detection engineering

    Building custom detection rules and dashboards across first- and third-party log sources.

  • Incident response

    Investigating escalated alerts and designing response procedures that cut time to remediation.

  • Security observability

    Bringing new log sources into the SIEM and closing visibility gaps, including across identity.

  • Security automation

    Automating SOC workflows to streamline processes and speed up incident response.

  • Endpoint security

    Deploying, configuring and maintaining endpoint detection and response across the organisation.

  • Offensive testing

    Penetration testing internal and external-facing platforms to validate controls and find weaknesses.

Experience

Aston Martin F1 Team

Silverstone, UK

  1. Jul 2026 – now

    Cyber Security Engineer

    Strengthening detection and response through EDR management, automation and expanded security observability, closing visibility gaps and streamlining SOC processes.

    • Deployed new logging to support identity and access management, closing visibility gaps across critical identity infrastructure
    • Built automation flows that streamline SOC processes and reduce incident response times
    • Managed the deployment, configuration and maintenance of EDR tooling across the organisation
    • Configured infrastructure and SaaS platforms to ingest security events from third-party log sources

  2. Jun 2025 – Jun 2026

    Cyber Security Analyst

    Strengthened the organisation's security posture through offensive testing, detection engineering and incident response.

    • Performed penetration tests across internal and external-facing platforms to validate controls and uncover vulnerabilities
    • Built and deployed custom detection rules and dashboards across first- and third-party log sources
    • Architected incident response procedures, reducing time-to-response and time-to-remediation
    • Investigated and remediated security alerts escalated by a third-party SOC

  3. Jun 2023 – Aug 2024

    Cyber Security Analyst – Industrial Placement

    Worked on the organisation-wide cyber security strategy and roadmap alongside day-to-day incident response, and improved endpoint protection with AMF1's official cybersecurity AI partner, SentinelOne.

Education

  • BSc Computer Systems (Cyber Security)

    Nottingham Trent University

    2021 – 2025 · First-Class Honours

  • BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma, Computing

    Derby College

    2019 – 2021

Certifications & awards

  • Award

    SentinelOne EDR ThreatOps Challenge

    First Place · SentinelOne

  • SentinelOne

    • SentinelOne Security Administrator

    • SentinelOne Incident Responder

  • Microsoft

    • SC-200

      Security Operations Analyst Associate

    • SC-900

      Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals

Things I build for fun

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