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Joseph Cunningham

Freelance IT Consultant: Identity & Security

€1,140/day
Copenhagen, DK
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Joseph

I build, secure, and run IT for organisations that need it to just work. 15+ years across UK Government, Nordic banking, aerospace, and high-growth scaleups, with the last four years focused on identity and access management as a discipline rather than a side-task.
At OOONO I built the IT and identity platform from zero: Entra ID end-to-end, hybrid Entra Connect with on-prem AD, Conditional Access, MFA, PIM, RBAC across systems, and the joiner/mover/leaver automation that keeps it stable. Before that I cleared ransomware and GDPR breaches end-to-end, ran Cherwell ITSM for a global Airbus business unit, and shipped a global Windows 10 + Google Workspace migration at Satair.
Founder of PolarIT, my freelance practice. Cross-trained on JumpCloud, ITIL-certified, MoD security-cleared, MSc Computing.
Typical engagements I take on:
Day-rate IAM and Entra projects: design, hardening, migrations, audits.
Security incident response: ransomware containment, GDPR breach handling, identity recovery.
Fractional IT leadership for scaleups: IT and security capacity for organisations that don't yet need a full-time CISO or Head of IT.
Ad-hoc IT engineering and tooling: automation, vendor consolidation, custom internal apps.
Remote first, async friendly, on-site available in Copenhagen and Lund. Comfortable working in English or Danish.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • Danish

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Copenhagen (up to 50km)

Experience

  • PolarIT
    Founder & Principal Consultant
    DIGITAL AND IT
    March 2026 - Today (5 months)
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Founded PolarIT to provide identity-led managed services and IT consulting to Danish and Nordic clients.
    • • Built and operate a JumpCloud MSP practice with a managed "gold org" template that scales onboarding of new customer organizations.
    • • Delivered white-label reseller partner portals (×2) — full lifecycle from architecture to live deployment.
    • • Bespoke client applications including a live staff scheduling tool for a hospitality client.
    • • Customer-facing engagements covering JumpCloud onboarding, security baselines, IT documentation, and ad-hoc project work.
    IAM Cybersecurity ITIL Active Directory System administration
  • OOONO
    Head of IT
    DIGITAL AND IT
    April 2023 - Today (3 years and 4 months)
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Leading IT for a fast-growing consumer tech scaleup , built the function end-to-end.
    • Built the entire IT infrastructure from the ground up , directory, identity, endpoint management, multi-layered security protocols, and procurement.
    • Halved application/SaaS spend through licensing review, vendor renegotiation, and consolidation , direct annual cost reduction across the IT stack.
    • Led response to several security incidents , ransomware, virus outbreaks, data exposure, and GDPR-relevant incidents , contained, remediated, and tightened controls to prevent recurrence.
    • Designed and built a custom internal IT platform unifying service status, project management, team rota, SaaS license management, activity monitoring, and ITSD integration , a single hub aggregating data from multiple vendors.
    • Lead the IT function; own end-to-end procurement and vendor management; mentor team members.
    IAM Cybersecurity ITIL Active Directory System administration
  • Lunar
    Company IT Specialist
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    April 2022 - April 2023 (1 year)
    • Owned all IT purchasing , vendor negotiation, hardware, licensing, and contractor management.
    • Automated access management end-to-end: once a request is approved, provisioning runs automatically.
    • Owner of the company IT knowledge base , both end-user-facing and internal documentation.
    • Network responsible for three Copenhagen sites.
    IAM ITIL Active Directory System administration

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Education

  • JumpCloud Core Certified
    JumpCloud Core Certified
  • MSc Computing
    Open University
    2019
    MSc Computing

Certifications

  • JumpCloud Pro Certified
    JumpCloud
    2024

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