Professional Experience at a Glance
With years of hands-on experience in cloud architecture and DevOps practices, I’ve delivered scalable solutions for leading enterprises. Below is a timeline of my journey and key accomplishments.
Professional Certification
Professional Certification
Certified expert in industry-leading cloud technologies and DevOps tools. With in-depth knowledge and proven experience in AWS and Kubernetes, I hold multiple certifications that validate my skills in designing, deploying, and managing cloud-based infrastructure and containerised environments.
2023 – Present
WordPress Consulting Site Creation and AWS Migration |
Custom WordPress Site Development: Designed and built a fully functional WordPress website to support a consulting business, integrating custom plugins, responsive design, and enhanced security with SSL/TLS certificates.
AWS Cloud Migration: Migrated the WordPress site to AWS, utilising services such as EC2, RDS, S3, and CloudFront to improve site scalability, performance, and global reach.Automated infrastructure deployment using Terraform for rapid, consistent provisioning.
Implemented CloudFront to optimise content delivery and reduce latency for global users.
DevOps & Automation: Built a continuous integration and deployment pipeline using GitLab CI/CD and Helm to manage updates, backups, and monitoring for the WordPress site.Deployed the site on Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) to take advantage of containerisation, enabling efficient resource management and scalability.
Set up automatic updates and performance monitoring using AWS CloudWatch and Prometheus, ensuring ongoing availability and optimal performance
2022 – Present
Senior Cloud Systems Engineer |
Cloud Infrastructure & Automation: Led key initiatives in cloud infrastructure, significantly improving project and infrastructure agility through enhanced version control and infrastructure-as-code practices using Terraform.
Incident Management & Crisis Resolution: Successfully resolved critical system access issues that threatened operational continuity, preventing major outages by implementing a swift recovery plan.
Certificate Management: Spearheaded a major certificate renewal initiative across multiple services, optimising the certificate lifecycle management process, which resulted in zero service interruptions.
Kubernetes Adoption: Transitioned key business applications to Kubernetes, driving containerisation efforts by creating Helm charts for better orchestration and deployment automation.
Automation of Manual Processes: Collaborated in ongoing separation efforts (following the sale of Tesco’s banking arm), focusing on auditing and replacing outdated Jenkins pipelines with codified, security-compliant versions to support critical operations.
Cloud Infrastructure Upgrades: Modified and improved cloud automation workflows to support unexpected and critical service requirements, including automating database support and recovery processes.
Oct 2021 – May 2022
Cloud Engineer |
Cloud Engineering Leadership: Led operational and project tasks as part of the Cloud Engineering support team, delivering high-quality infrastructure solutions with a focus on security and best practices.
Infrastructure Automation: Designed and managed Terraform configurations for Network Load Balancing, improving system performance and ensuring seamless scalability in high-traffic environments.
Support & Incident Response: Provided first-line support for cloud environments, responding to infrastructure-related issues and minimizing downtime for critical client systems.
Jan 31, 2021
DevOps Engineer | May 2020 – Sep 2021
Automation & Health Monitoring: Developed Python-based health checks to monitor and ensure the smooth operation of new cloud-hosted services, improving deployment stability and uptime.
Cloud Resource Management: Efficiently managed cloud resources on AWS, using Ansible and Jenkins to automate service delivery processes, reducing deployment times and improving system consistency.
Security Compliance: Participated in regular audits to ensure that deployed infrastructure complied with industry security standards, contributing to the implementation of secure configurations.
Docker Cam Server
Set up a “motion” cam server using Docker containers, with Nginx as a reverse proxy, demonstrating advanced knowledge of containerisation and system architecture.
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