Summary
Matt Jones is a hands-on security leader with 11 years' experience building pragmatic detection, incident response, and engineering capabilities across finance and fintech. Currently Group Security Operations and Engineering Lead at Rothschild & Co, he combines cloud security (AWS/Azure), certification-backed expertise (CISSP, CCSP), and an MSc in Information Security to help businesses adopt emerging technologies securely. He has progressed from machine-learning and research roles into senior cyber leadership, bringing a practical engineering mindset to orchestration, alert tuning, and responder enablement. Known for collaborating closely with product and engineering teams, he focuses on making security an integral part of how systems are built and run. Outside formal titles, Matt’s background in visual computing and early mobile/ML projects gives him a rare blend of research-first thinking and operational delivery. He’s continually learning and enjoys connecting with others tackling hard security problems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science with Visual Computing (with Year in Industry), BSc, Computer Science with Visual Computing (with Year in Industry) at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
Master of Science - MS, Information Security, Master of Science - MS, Information Security at Royal Holloway, University of London
20Twenty Management and Leadership Course, 20Twenty Management and Leadership Course at Cardiff Metropolitan University