Adrian Vale
Principal Architect · Cloud security and DevSecOps
Adrian Vale is the principal architect behind the NomadX consulting family. He has spent more than 20 years building and running production systems, from bare-metal Linux through cloud platforms to agentic AI, and holds 40+ professional certifications across AWS, Kubernetes, Red Hat and FinOps. He has taken platforms from first MVP to billions of transactions for a multi-brand enterprise operating in more than ten countries, and still scopes every engagement personally.
Focus at pcidss.ae
Adrian approaches security from the platform side: Zero Trust networking, hardened Kubernetes, and security checks built into the delivery pipeline instead of bolted on before an audit. Offensive testing and compliance assessments are delivered with specialist reviewers holding the relevant credentials.
Relevant certifications: AWS Security Specialty · CKS · AWS Advanced Networking
How engagements work
Adrian scopes every engagement personally before any work starts. You get a direct conversation with the person designing the solution, not a sales handoff. Delivery is carried out by the practice team, with specialist reviewers brought in where a project calls for credentials outside their own.
Topics
- DevSecOps
- Cloud security
- Zero Trust
- Kubernetes security
- Secure CI/CD
- Network security
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