Michailas Ornovskis, Developer in Zürich, Switzerland
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Michailas Ornovskis

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Security Architect and Developer

Zürich, Switzerland

Toptal member since October 27, 2022

Bio

Michailas is a senior security architect with experience in the banking and telecom industries. His primary focus areas are DevSecOps and cloud security architecture, including DevSecOps program kick-start, training security champions, pipeline security controls selection and optimization, cloud migrations, and related security topics. Michailas has been building security in hybrid multi-clouds, matching organization risk appetite with modern architectures.

Portfolio

Swedbank
Cloud, DevSecOps, DevOps, Security

Experience

  • Network Security - 15 years
  • Cybersecurity - 15 years
  • Cryptography - 10 years
  • Cloud Architecture - 6 years
  • DevSecOps - 6 years
  • Security Architecture - 6 years
  • Azure - 5 years
  • Cloud - 5 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Windows, Linux, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Python

The most amazing...

...thing I've developed is a software delivery lifecycle meta-architecture action guide for DevSecOps scenarios.

Work Experience

Security Architect

2017 - 2022
Swedbank
  • Focused on DevSecOps initiatives and security matters for the center of excellence.
  • Facilitated cloud migration and related security initiatives.
  • Led security reviews and improved the bank's security methodology.
  • Consulted management and internal stakeholders on IT security matters.
Technologies: Cloud, DevSecOps, DevOps, Security

Experience

Software Delivery Lifecycle: Reference Architecture

https://github.com/mikkyornyx/SDLC
Created a reference architecture based on an AHP model to calculate the most effective security controls for a pipeline or delivery model. The related meta-architecture provides a way of finding the most significant criteria for DevSecOps methodologies.

Education

2020 - 2022

Master's Degree in Cybersecurity

Tallinn University of Technology - Tallinn, Estonia

2003 - 2008

Master's Degree in Telecommunications

Tallinn University of Technology - Tallinn, Estonia

Certifications

SEPTEMBER 2020 - SEPTEMBER 2022

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft

SEPTEMBER 2020 - PRESENT

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft

JULY 2020 - PRESENT

CCSP – Certified Cloud Security Professional

(ISC)²

FEBRUARY 2020 - PRESENT

CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional

(ISC)²

Skills

Paradigms

DevSecOps, DevOps

Platforms

Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Windows, Linux

Industry Expertise

Cybersecurity, Telecommunications

Storage

Azure Active Directory

Languages

Python

Other

Network Security, Cloud, Security, Cryptography, Cloud Architecture, Forensics & CSI, Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Cloud Security, Security Architecture

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