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Network Rail — Product Delivery Owner — Database and Security
Enhancing infrastructure performance and securing critical databases across the UK rail network. Strategic target-state planning, hardware procurement enablement and critical security compliance for database hosting environments.
“A meticulous approach to transforming database infrastructure, ensuring both commercial viability and stringent security standards under tight deadlines.”— Procurement & Tech Lead
Engagement overview
Product Delivery Owner for Database and Security, evaluating existing database provision and producing high-level designs and Bills of Materials (BoM) for the target operational environment.
Engagement highlights
Hosting assessment
Evaluated existing Oracle Exalytic, Oracle RAC, DB2, MS SQL and other database hosting provision.
Target environment
Produced comprehensive high-level designs for the target database hosting environment.
Procurement enabling
Developed target-environment documents and Bills of Materials to enable rapid purchasing within the financial year.
Standards compliance
Ensured designs met ISO 27001, ISO 27032, PAS 555 and NCSC guidelines.
Key deliverables
- Assessing existing database hosting capabilities
- Drafting high-level designs and Bills of Materials (BoM)
- Standardising system interaction diagrams using UML notation
- Meeting critical procurement deadlines under time and budget
What this experience can deliver for you
- Complex database architecture evaluation
- Target environment & BoM generation
- Compliance with NCSC, ISO 27001 & PAS 555
- Rapid procurement & delivery enabling
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