Thomas Rayner
Senior Security Software Engineer at Microsoft, CISSP
About
I’m a software developer with over 20 years of experience in languages (most recently in C#, TypeScript, Go, KQL), identity (authn/authz), x509 certificates and secret management, secure software supply chain, cloud architecture, and helping my teammates grow and succeed. I am a prominent speaker, best-selling author, and teacher. I am very active within the technical community and a variety of Microsoft technical and strategic teams.
Work Experience
- (IC3) x509 certificate management, authentication & authorization (authn/authz) subject matter expert.
- (IC3) Mentor and educate teammates regarding software development, x509 certificates, authn/authz, and other areas of subject matter expertise.
- (IC3) Lead high impact security change campaigns across the 2000 person organization, delivering value to millions of monthly active customers and hundreds of peers.
- (IC3) Empower peers and leaders to make informed, data-driven security decisions by creating concise dashboards and reports based on extremely large, disparate datasets.
- (IC3) Inner-source contributions to a variety of Microsoft security products and services.
- (PRSS) Responsible for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) platform servicing high security (HBI) environments.
- (PRSS) Mentor and educate teammates regarding software development and other areas of subject matter expertise.
- (PRSS) Led cultural change from traditional ops to DevOps, achieving goals of delivering more quickly, consistently, and making this paradigm more accessible for every teammate.
- Created and led strategies for continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) to both on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure.
- Developed automated dynamic environments and deployment strategies for existing and new services.
- Developed and maintained tools and monitoring systems to improve workflows of other teams.
- Created learning paths for technology students.
- Developed, recorded, edited, and distributed courses.
- Led development and automation efforts, saving organization tens of thousands of hours annually.
- Mentored team, led and participated in escalation and major incident handling, key advisor in hiring and technology strategy decisions.
- Designed and built diverse and varied web services for contract clients, predominantly on Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP stack), and JavaScript.
- Perform contracted business development, process improvement, marketing strategy, and research activities.
- Managed complex projects, worked with users to troubleshoot line of business applications and a variety of Microsoft enterprise products.
- Created and delivered training materials for District move to Google Mail/Apps from Exchange.
Awards
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July 2018
Microsoft
Microsoft MVP
Awarded Microsoft MVP award for fourth consecutive year. Last award because I joined Microsoft and employees are ineligible for this award.
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July 2017
Microsoft
Microsoft MVP
Awarded Microsoft MVP award for third consecutive year.
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February 2017
Hey, Scripting Guy! - Microsoft
Honorary Scripting Guy
From the Honorary Scripting Guy award announcement: What does it take to become an official Honorary Scripting Guy? It takes an extreme commitment to the scripting community, a remarkable dedication that helps to spread the good word about Windows PowerShell, and a relentless pursuit of excellence in producing exceptional content.
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April 2016
Microsoft
Microsoft MVP
Awarded Microsoft MVP award for second consecutive year.
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April 2015
Microsoft
Microsoft MVP
For more than two decades, Microsoft has recognized exceptional, independent community leaders who share their passion, technical expertise, and real-world knowledge of Microsoft products with others. It is part of Microsoft’s commitment to supporting and enriching technical communities. Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs are exceptional community leaders who actively share their high-quality, real-world deep technical expertise with the community and with Microsoft. They are committed to helping others get the most out of their experience with Microsoft products and technologies.
Contact
Education
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2011 2013
NAIT
Bachelor of Technology
Technology Management
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2010 2011
NAIT
Bachelor of Applied Information Systems Technology
Network Management
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2008 2010
NAIT
Network Engineering Technology
Information Technology
Skills
Publications
Discussions and posts on software development and information security.