Summary
Thomas Ling is a Senior Security Engineer based in Plymouth with over eight years of professional experience and a decade-long background in C# .NET development, focused on hardening applications and embedding secure practices across delivery teams. He has led security initiatives at ClearBank and the UK Hydrographic Office, driving organisation-wide secure development lifecycles, threat modeling, and developer training while breaking down barriers between security and engineering. Known for coaching teams on OWASP Top 10 and automating secure pipelines, he pairs hands-on engineering—experience with Azure, Terraform, NServiceBus and automated release tooling—with practical governance like policy and guidance documentation. Fully SC-cleared and experienced in migrating legacy apps to cloud platforms, he combines technical depth with a track record of making secure processes adoptable and enduring.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Hons Computer Science, BSc Hons Computer Science at University of Plymouth