Stewart Watkiss
Security Assurance Manager at Taylor Wimpey plc
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolStewart Watkiss is a seasoned security and data centre professional with 12+ years delivering resilient infrastructure and cyber assurance across enterprises such as AT&T, Evoque and Taylor Wimpey. He combines hands-on server, networking and cooling/power expertise with proven GRC and SOC capabilities, including CISSP certification and practical experience with Microsoft Defender, Sentinel (KQL), Tenable and GrayLog. Stewart has led large-scale data centre operations and migrations, implemented firewalls/IDS and driven compliance for SSAE, PCI and ISO27001 while also optimizing power management and hot/cold aisle design. A published technical author and maker, he wrote Learn Electronics with Raspberry Pi and creates STEM content—an unusual blend of deep operational know-how and public-facing technical education. Comfortable managing remote teams and MSSP relationships, he translates complex security requirements into auditable, operational controls. Based in the UK, he brings rare end-to-end visibility from facility engineering to threat hunting and incident response.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Linux Professional Institute Level 1 and 2, Linux Professional Institute Level 1 and 2 at Self StudyIBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert AIX V4 on RS6000, IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert AIX V4 on RS6000 at IBM Education and TrainingMaster of Engineering (MEng) Electronic Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng) Electronic Engineering at University of HullMaster's Degree Computer Science, Master's Degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyNetwork Skills Academy, Network Skills Academy at Pace University
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Github Skills (31)
raspberry-pi-pico10
asciidoc10
raspberry-pi-camera10
pwm10
userspace10
bbc-micro9
neopixel9
arduino-library9
pygame9
documentation9
raspberry-pi9
webserver9
omxplayer8
gpio8
micropython8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
penguintutor/lc-building
May 2024 - Jul 2025
Contributions:202 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 2 months
penguintutor/tankgame
Feb 2021 - Oct 2022
Tank game. Created in Python Pygame Zero as part of the book Beginning Game Programming with Pygame Zero
Contributions:14 commits, 12 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
game-programmingpygamepython
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