About
Mission Critical Cloud Solution Architect — Microsoft Security & Identity · Greater Reading Area, UK
Nikolay Milyaev is a Microsoft security and identity professional based in the Reading area whose work centers on Defender XDR, Entra ID, Intune, Windows 365, Sentinel, and Security Copilot.
Conference materials and speaker bios describe nearly two decades of Microsoft consulting experience and large-scale enterprise delivery in cybersecurity and endpoint management, spanning more than 50 large-scale enterprise projects.
His public writing ranges from operational security topics, such as MFA resilience and detection-as-code, to broader AI themes, including prompt engineering, agentic workflows, and practical customization of LLM outputs.
Experience summary
- 19+ years at Microsoft Consulting Services delivering security and endpoint management engagements.
- More than 50 large-scale enterprise cybersecurity and endpoint management projects.
- Focus on securing identities, endpoints, and data with Defender, Intune, and Sentinel, while building practical guardrails for Copilot.
Skills
Identity & Access
- Entra ID
- IAM
- Conditional Access
- MFA resilience
Endpoint Management
- Intune
- Windows 365
- Device compliance
Threat Protection
- Defender XDR
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Detection as Code
AI Operations
- Security Copilot
- AIOps for SecOps
- Agentic workflows
Certifications
- Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) — Microsoft
Education
State University of Management