Summary
Dale Dunlop is a Senior Security Engineer with nine years of experience blending military-grade communications discipline and cloud-native security practice to harden AWS environments and SIEM platforms. He’s skilled in Detection Engineering as code, Splunk development, CloudFormation/IaC, and automating security processes to shorten detection and response cycles. Prior roles at 6point6/Accenture and Accenture UK&I saw him build logging-first threat detection, optimize log ingestion, and embed security into CI/CD pipelines for large enterprise customers. His background as an Aviation Communications Specialist in the British Army informs a pragmatic, mission-focused approach to incident management, leadership, and resilient system design. Currently based in Broadland, England, he’s actively studying pen testing to extend his offensive skills and complement his defensive engineering experience.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Matric (IEB syllabus), Matric (IEB syllabus) at Thomas More College - Durban, South Africa
City & Guilds London