John Constable
Principal Security Analyst at Wellcome Sanger Institute
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJohn Constable is a Principal Security Analyst and long-standing systems engineer based in Cambridge with 14+ years of hands-on experience in research infrastructure and IT management. He has evolved from early support and systems roles into senior positions at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, blending Linux, infrastructure-as-code, iRODS and Python to secure and scale data-intensive environments. A seasoned trainer and conference speaker, he pairs technical depth with clear knowledge transfer, making complex security and operations practices accessible to research teams. His career bridges operational leadership (IT Manager, Managing Director) and deep sysadmin craft, giving him a pragmatic perspective on both policy and implementation. Notably, his work focuses on reproducible infrastructure for research data, where security and usability must coexist.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BSC, Information Systems Management, BSC, Information Systems Management at Bournemouth University
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Github contributions (5)
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