About me

DevOps Engineer with experience in empowering Development and DevOps teams through the use of automation tools and cloud platforms, with a focus on collaboration and agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe. Skilled in CI/CD pipeline creation and management using Git, Azure DevOps, Bamboo, and Octopus Deploy, as well as experience in public cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure where I have over 3 years of experience

Proficient in Azure services such as CosmosDB, Function Apps, slot deployments, Storage Account, static sites hosting, Managed Identities, SQL Server, SQL Database, Service Bus, Front Door, API Management Services, Key Vault, ARM Templates, and log management/analysis/aggregation tools such as Splunk and Log Analytics, Application Insights. Strong knowledge in system administration of Windows, Linux, and networking infrastructure, as well as scripting in Bash, Python, PowerShell, and Azure Active Directory, DNS. Experienced in VMWare.

Currently working as a DevSecOps Engineer at Kerv Digital, where I support government project deliveries, define standard centralized build/deployment pipelines to speed up delivery, and support CRM deployments. Previously, I worked as a DevOps Engineer at Landmark Information Group, where I supported 4 development teams, maintained build and deployment scripts, and worked closely with the software development and product management teams to design, deliver and manage services with high uptime. I have a proven track record of delivering projects and implementing infrastructure automation, with notable achievements such as successfully delivering a short project within tight timescales within my first 2 months while creating an automated build and deployment pipeline for Power Platform solutions and leading one of the largest Development teams within the company to produce Build and Deploy pipelines enabling the migration of one of the most complex on-premise applications into Azure.

What i'm doing

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    DevOps

    Working with development teams to deploy applications using CI/CD

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    Cloud Platforms

    Experience working with the Azure Cloud Platform.

Resume

Experience

  1. Smart Impact

    June 2023 - Present

    Senior DevSecOps Engineer
    Key Responsibilities
    • Defining Standard centralized build/deployment pipelines to speed up delivery into new projects and new requirements
    • Supporting CRM deployments
    • Develop and maintain documentation of the build/release process
    • Knowledge sharing and guidance with other members of the team to ensure consistent pipeline deployments


  2. Kerv Digital

    September 2021 — June 2023

    Senior DevSecOps Engineer
    Key Responsibilities
    • Supporting Government project deliveries
    • Defining Standard centralized build/deployment pipelines to speed up delivery into new projects and new requirements
    • Supporting CRM deployments
    • Develop and maintain documentation of the build/release process
    • Working with 3rd Party suppliers such as Microsoft
    • Knowledge sharing and guidance with other members of the team to ensure consistent pipeline deployments


    Achievements
    • Successfully delivered a short project within tight timescales within my first 2 months whilst creating an automated build and deployment pipelines for Power Platform solutions.

  3. Landmark information group

    July 2018 – September 2021

    DevOps Engineer
    Key Responsibilities
    • Support 4 Development teams made up of 4-6 developers
    • Maintain Build and Deployment PowerShell and bash scripts within GitHub and Azure DevOps
    • Develop and maintain documentation of the build/release process
    • Provide continuous support on builds and making the builds and releases as fully automated as possible, by use of ARM Templates
    • Work closely with the software development and product management teams to design, deliver and manage our services with high uptime
    • Working knowledge of build automation and CI/CD pipelines within Azure DevOps
    • Work with Azure and assist in building infrastructure for various web applications, assist with documentation and security assessment
    • Work closely with Development teams to steer decisions to ensure Security and Standards are in the forefront of design and implementation
    • Working with 3rd Party suppliers such as Microsoft and Bitly

    Achievements
    • Lead one of the largest Development teams in the company to produce Build and Deploy pipelines enabling the migration of one of our most complex on-premise applications into Azure.
    • Creating a repeatable standard for Function App deployments and ensuring a central Template is maintained and kept up to date with company security standards.
    • Migration of over 200 Source code Repositories from BitBucket to GitHub

My Skills

  1. Agile

    Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
    DevOps / cross-functional teams

  2. CI/CD

    Git
    Azure DevOps
    Bamboo
    Octopus Deploy
    Terraform

  3. Public Cloud

    Amazon Web Services – 1 year

    Microsoft Azure – 3+ years
    CosmosDB
    Function Apps inc slot deployments
    Storage Account
    Static Sites hosting in Azure Storage
    Managed Identities
    SQL Server
    SQL Database
    Service Bus
    Front Door inc WAF
    Api Management Services
    Key Vault
    ARM Templates

  4. Log management/analysis/aggregation tools

    Splunk
    Log Analytics
    Application Insights

  5. System administration of Windows, Linux, and networking infrastructure

    Scripting – Bash, Python, PowerShell
    (Azure) Active Directory, DNS
    VMWare


My Certifications

  1. Microsoft

    AZ-700 - Azure Network Engineer Associate AZ-400 - Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions AZ-900 – Microsoft Azure Fundamentals PL-900 - Power Platform Fundamentals

  2. HashiCorp

    HashiCorp Certified - Terraform Associate

  3. Kubernetes

    LFS158x - Introduction to Kubernetes