Joshua M. Berk

Experience

Security Posture Management: Designed and built a custom platform integrating Third-Party Risk, ISO 27005 security issues, and ISO 27001 risk registers using LLMs and ServiceNow integrations.
Cloud Governance: Established Azure Policy and Defender for Cloud as a unified control plane spanning Azure, GCP, GitHub, and on-prem workloads via Azure Arc.
SIEM Optimization: Implemented Cribl-based log pipelines to reduce SIEM ingestion volume while preserving alert fidelity, significantly lowering Sentinel costs.
Cost Optimization: Architected an ADX-based telemetry tier for lower-value security data, reduced Conditional Access log ingestion, and saved over $25K/month.
Identity Security: Championed enterprise-wide adoption of passkeys to reduce phishing exposure in partnership with Identity and IAM teams.
SAP Public Cloud Security: Advised on security architecture for SAP workloads in public cloud, ensuring secure external access aligned to enterprise risk requirements.

Elanco Animal Health September 2022 – Present

Chief Information Security Architect

Defined and governed enterprise security architecture across cloud, identity, networking, compute, and core infrastructure domains.
Architected OT security controls for manufacturing and lab environments, balancing operational uptime with regulatory and enterprise risk.
Led risk evaluations for new platforms and architectural changes, enabling informed executive accept/mitigate decisions aligned to ISO 27001/27005.
Mentored engineers and architects across teams, raising overall security maturity and secure-by-design adoption.

Eli Lilly & Company June 2016 – September 2022

Associate Director – Enterprise DevOps, Automation & Tools (2019 – 2022)

Led and developed a team of nine engineers and leaders supporting enterprise DevOps platforms.
Designed an operating model supporting 20+ enterprise platforms across eight agile teams, improving delivery alignment and ownership clarity.
Drove enterprise adoption of DevOps and agile practices, influencing teams beyond direct reporting lines.
Owned staffing strategy across FTEs and contractors, including RFPs, hiring, and vendor engagement.
Managed platform budgets, forecasts, and cost-optimization initiatives.
Owned strategy and lifecycle management for critical enterprise platforms including GitHub, OpenShift, Salesforce, CI/CD pipelines, Atlassian, and developer tooling.

Consultant – DevOps Lead, Cirrus Tools Team (2018 – 2019)

Led cross-functional teams delivering enterprise DevOps tooling and integrations.
Improved intake and prioritization processes, accelerating delivery of high-value platforms.
Facilitated the Enterprise DevOps Forum to drive alignment and adoption across business units.
Provided leadership in career development, financial planning, and operational execution.

Associate Consultant – ServiceNow (2016 – 2018)

Led implementation of REST-based self-service APIs and served as technical SME and process owner.
Delivered secure data handling, automated credential management, Service Desk Chat, SCCM automation, and Knowledge v3 migration.
Formed and led an agile SCRUM team to automate high-volume service requests.
Served as SCRUM Master and Senior Developer; completed a Data Analytics apprenticeship.

Apparatus / Virtusa November 2012 – June 2016

Technology Specialist (2014 – 2016)

Led enterprise migration to ServiceNow, serving as Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Lead Administrator.
Designed and implemented solutions across networking, firewalls, wireless, SANs, and virtualization platforms.

Senior Technology Analyst (2012 – 2014)

Managed Microsoft Server environments (2003–2012 R2), backups, and out-of-band management.
Built and administered Citrix environments supporting published applications and virtual desktops.