Dylan Budgen — Cloud Security Engineer

§ 01 Focus

What I work on

I design and secure Azure environments, with deep work in identity, security-as-code, and AI-assisted engineering. Currently building the security engineering function at a regulated crypto custodian; previously led Azure cloud adoption at an FTSE 250 bank and trained over a thousand engineers along the way.

Azure
Entra ID
Microsoft Sentinel
Microsoft Defender
Terraform
Bicep
Azure Policy
KQL
MCP
Python
C#/.NET
GitHub Actions
PowerShell

§ 02 Experience

Where I've worked

2025 →: Cloud Security Engineer Komainu Building the security engineering function end-to-end — identity governance, SIEM, and security-as-code for a regulated digital asset custodian.
2024–25: Senior Cloud Engineer Komainu First cloud engineer at Komainu. Rebuilt the Azure estate in Terraform, designed the multi-region AKS platform, and restructured the entire RBAC model. Designed the Azure platform around zero-trust principles.
2017–23: Senior Software Engineer Investec Bank Tech lead across regulated banking platforms. Led Azure cloud adoption and designed a workshop that trained over a thousand engineers across the UK and South Africa.