Career Profile
Multi skilled Engineer with 25+ years of strong experience in CI/CD, DevOps, SRE, RDBMS & SQL and Developing with multiple programming languages with an ability to learn quickly, often in high pressure situations, in order to fully understand a new prooduct, platform or service. Multiple cloud certifications all achieved with own personal study. UK Government SC Clearance. Currently working for EPAM as a Lead Systems engineer.
KEY SKILLS:
- GCP Certifications – Architect Pro, DevOps Pro, Data Engineer Pro, Developer Pro
- AWS Certifications – DevOps Pro, Developer Associate
- Azure Certifications – DevOps Engineer Expert
- CI/CD - automated builds, Github Actions, Azure pipelines
- Agile – SCRUM, Story estimation and planning
- Cloud engineer/developer/architect
- Development languages – C#, Javascript, Bootstrap, WebAPI, .Net Core, Entity Framework, Blazor
- SQL Server – Design, Build, AlwaysOn Availability Groups, Performance Tuning
- Scripting – Powershell, Python
- Cloud Databases – Cloud SQL, Azure SQL, GCP BigQuery
- IAC – Terraform, GCP Deployment Manager, AWS Cloudformation
- Containers – Docker, Kubernetes
- Observability - NewRelic, Dynatrace
- Serverless – GCP Cloud Run, Azure Container Registry, Azure Functions, AWS Fargate
- Good networking knowledge – Wireshark, Fiddler
- Linux/Unix – bash scripting
- Sharepoint – Installation and maintenance
- Driven, self-motivated, can-do attitude, enjoy problem solving
- Relish challenging roles, embrace change and have a passion for learning new technologies
Experience
I was a Devops/SRE Engineer for a large retailer in the UK. Main responsibilities and skills:-
- Designed and built CI/CD Pipelines using Github actions
- Used Terraform for provisioning Azure Infrastructure
- Used Agile processes using Github projects and issues
- Used Git – branching strategies, merge, rebase, cherry-pick etc
- Had Code reviews, technical working groups
- Worked as SRE Engineer for multiple teams
- Collaborated with different individuals and teams
- Worked with offshore and geographically distributed teams
- Basic python scripts for automation
- Observability using NewRelic & Dynatrace
- Built Akamai Edgeworkers
- Troubleshooting
I was the tech lead on an Agile project to transform the CMU applications from on-premise and Azure VM’s into Azure PAAS. I lead a team of NHS IT developers as well as some 3rd party offshore developers. I helped with story estimation and planning, and I was responsible for the full SDLC. Main responsibilities and skills:-
- Infrastructure build using terraform and ARM templates
- Azure development including Web Jobs, Azure functions etc
- Design and build CI/CD Pipelines using Azure Pipelines and YAML definitions targeting different cloud environments
- Agile processes using Azure Boards
- .NET development
- Git – branching strategies, merge, cherry-pick etc
- Mentor developers, code reviews etc
- Stakeholder meetings, technical working groups
- Collaborating with different individuals and teams
- Team Leading
- Working with offshore and geographically distributed teams
- Troubleshooting
I was the technical lead for an Atos designed warehousing system at the MOD site in RAF Donnington. We partnered with Boeing Defence to provide a service to the MOD. I was involved in the initial development of the web site and applications and provided BAU support till I left Atos. Main responsibilities and skills:-
- Database design
- Writing/amending SQL Server stored procedures
- Designing web sites using ASP.Net, JavaScript, Classic ASP & Crystal Reports
- Application development using VB.net
- SQL Server DBA
- Customer facing support
- Fault resolution
- Weekly site visits for implementation and progress reporting
- Collaborating with different individuals and teams from multiple companies
- Consulting and stakeholder skills
- Documentation
- Technical Support
- Network Administration/ Windows Server Administration
- Performance tuning
- Server Builds / Hyper-V Configuration
- MySQL
I wrote the Delivery Booking application for the London 2012 Olympic games project. This application was used to manage the movement and capacity planning for the delivery of construction materials into the project venues. I also provided support for this and many other London2012 applications. Main responsibilities and skills:-
- Database/Website design
- Writing/amending SQL Server 2005 stored procedures
- Designing web sites using ASP.Net 3.5, agile development methodology
- SQL Server DBA
- SQL Server Cluster Installations
- Creation of reports using Crystal Reports
- Site visits for implementation and progress reporting
- Delivering customer workshops
- Website/Database Installation
- Fault resolution
- Active Directory Management
Projects
Here is a list of some of the other projects I have been involved in during my career.