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12-month development plan

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Goal · 12 months
ACTIVE

Become the Service Desk's lead Security Operations specialist — qualified SC-200, mentoring two team members through SC-900, and triaging Defender alerts independently for our top-10 tenants.

Why

Aligns with the business focus on Defender / Sentinel rollouts in FY26 and closes the team's biggest skill gap.

Dual sign-off
DG
Darrell Gilkes
Employee
Signed
03 Apr 2026
OR
Oscar Reeves
Line manager
Signed
07 Apr 2026
Both signatures recorded in the audit log. Re-signing required on goal change.
Started Mar 2026~2 of 12 monthsCloses Mar 2027
TODAY
Milestones · 5
How you'll get there
1
Complete SC-200 training path
IN PROGRESS
Target Jul 2026 linked training
2
Pass SC-200 exam
Target Aug 2026 SC-200 certification
3
Mentor Connor & Tomáš through SC-900
Target Oct 2026
4
Lead a Sentinel deployment for one tenant
Target Jan 2027
5
Defender triage rota — own top-10 tenants
Target Mar 2027
Development review
Standing Agenda & Meeting Notes
Employee, line manager & director can all add notes
Agenda
STANDING

Progress on goals from last year

Darrell Gilkes

Closed milestone 1 (SC-200 foundations) ahead of target.

Oscar Reeves · manager

Agreed — strong progress. Let's talk about stretching into Sentinel.

STANDING

Next year's goals — and the discussion around those

Darrell Gilkes

Want to take on Sentinel detection engineering next.

STANDING

Training — what's required from a business perspective

STANDING

Business objectives for the next 12 months and beyond — including vacant positions and a review of the org chart

You

Two analyst roles opening in Security in H1 — worth mapping against the org chart.

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Meeting notes

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Plan history
07 Apr 2026
Oscar Reeves · Signed the plan as line manager.
03 Apr 2026
Darrell Gilkes · Signed the plan as employee.
02 Apr 2026
Darrell Gilkes · Drafted goal and linked SC-200 to milestone 1.
04 May 2026
One-to-one · Reviewed and reaffirmed milestone 1 in 1:1 with Oscar.open →
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