A company that's been in the making for over 15 years. Bringing together some amazing people from the past and present to work on a technology stack that can accelerate Greenfield projects and startups alike. Foundational building blocks, ready made, ready built, helping to accelerate product development by 12-18 months.

Digital Technology Startup

Digital Bank Startup

Responsible for technology leadership and end-to-end programme delivery, including overseeing R&D and engineering functions, engaging collaboratively across the business • Leading team of 40+ developers and engineering, with full remit for a £5m p.a. budget• Introducing Agile & Scrum methods, and enhancing projects delivery across the organisation• Delivering full hybrid cloud architecture utilising both Agile and DevOps methodologies• Engaging with CEO/COO to drive change and align with technology & intellectual propertyKey deliverables and business outcomes included:• Architected new cloud operating model, defined design patterns and engaged with vendors• Oversaw staff recruitment and training, mitigated skills shortage, defined job requirements• Entrenched Agile methods in HR and Accounts to enable increased flexibility for change• Developed operating models establishing key partnerships for flexible resourcing model• Budgeted for external near-shore specialist consultancy to provide development resources• Set-up a growth trajectory using metric data to measure cost-benefit for client engagement• Implemented mechanism to bill all work undertaken with partnerships on a SOW basis• Replaced annual review process with granular performance metrics under Agile changes• Evaluated and selected AWS & GCP as cloud platforms of choice for the business • Defined Git branching methodologies across the organisation, harmonising ways of working• Introduced single sign-on & OKTA services using SAML and OAUTH2 secure by design• Drove cloud adoption as a change agent, removing data centre ‘clutter’ to reduce complexity

Responsible for leading cloud and engineering teams to define Target Operating Model (TOM) for multi-cloud adoption initiative• Part of business leadership team, total budget of £15m with 40k+ employees globally• Operated under Agile and DevOps principles, grew team from 0 totalling to 15 people• Built the Cloud Centre of Excellence, recruitment & job specifications, interview process • Engaged with brands to understand & architect cloud landing zones to meet requirements• Conducted application affinity assessment for all data centre applications, defining the criteria using the 6R’s (rehosting, repurchasing, replatforming, refactoring, retire, retain) • ‘Hands-on’ coding & leadership by example for cloud adoption across organisation & brands• Developed infrastructure, utilising Chef, Terraform and AWS Cloud Formation tools• Acted as lead architect, engineer and cloud expert for AWS, GCP & Azure cloud services• Engaged up to C-level to drive change from top down and bottom up in agile and DevOps• Worked closely with each brand, delivering £10k+ in cost savings p.m. via workload cloud migrations

Part of the OneIT transformation project leading the strategic vision of the migration from multi-DC physical infrastructure to multi-vendor agnostic hybrid cloud infrastructure. • Led team of 15 SMEs to analyse all aspects of cloud migration, devising training plans for staff• Developed testing and automation strategy, and built the teams utilising DevOps principles• Acted as SME, defining the organisational roadmap to adopt cloud computing and DevOps• Engaged with stakeholders to demonstrate various software capability & automation benefits• Designed & deployed a full stack of Terraform, Consul, Consul Template, Nomad & Vault• Implemented infrastructure as code & continuous compliance frameworks based on CIS• Managed vendor RFI/RFP processes and NDA frameworks with on-boarding and rapid POCs• Transformed tooling, onshore / offshore development, engineering, deployment & automation• Developed software defined network & network function virtualisation on the ships & vessels• Deployed OpenStack & KVM solutions based on DC setups, incl. intelligent traffic routing• Mentored operations and development teams in adoption of Agile methods and DevOps• Led configuration of private cloud environments, set-up cloud-based & DC-based POCs

Responsible for utilising cutting-edge technology in R&D project to ‘prove out’ Big Data compute power• Developed hyperscale compute, using new technology to process large amounts of data• Implemented the cloud platforms for auto-scaling and auto-healing workload distribution

Responsible for bringing together a mix of technologies to supply digital services to major NHS Trusts• Led WebOps team across 2 Scrum teams, architecting private, public & hybrid cloud solutions• Delivered fully-scalable API layers with modular apps & blueprint for multi-cloud deployment• Organised tenders from cloud providers & analysed guidelines, data security & location needs• Designed solutions with emphasis on geolocation of data, N3 network connectivity & security• Used daily stand-ups & Kanban boards, & set-up POCs to ascertain cloud provider suitability• Evaluated & verified suitability of DevOps tools, finding right mix of tools for environment• Analysed PaaS tools, including Cloudify & Cloud Foundry to migrate from proprietary tooling• Managed tasks and team workloads alongside completing compilation of policy documents

Responsible for designing a resilient portal using ServiceNow & multi-service cloud solutions• Worked with BP cloud governance board on design principles sign-off around cloud adoption• Designed cloud project VPC with cloud formations scripts & built out strategic environments• Implemented software incl. Consul, Consul Template, Chef, ServiceNow, FileServer & GitLab• Utilised AWS Multi-AZ to implement full-stack delivery of cloud portal system for purchasing• Created tools to automate application, database, domain joins and stack configuration• Liaised with global segments for on-boarding, user-case analysis, solution design & delivery• Tested infrastructure connectivity & handed-over user-cases after completion with documentation

Responsible for evaluating implementation, advising DevOps on automation and deployment• Oversaw Nagios monitoring tool implementation, ensuring alerts were not false positives• Assisted DevOps to automate provision into AWS & Tomcat builds & deployments via Chef• Created Chef cookbooks & recipes for Chef managed hosts, services, host & service groups• Consulted on best practice for automated deployment, systems management & monitoring

Chef configuration management• Handled Apache and Tomcat installation and configuration activities • Oversaw both Vmware and cloud (rackspace) environment management• Successfully undertook both Linux and Unix set-up and installation activities

Responsible for designing and managing the Burberry World 2.0 project including AWS service solutions deployment and migration• Oversaw deployment of SSO using MS AD LDAP authentication incl. cross-platform solutions• Developed identity management with support for multiple devices & web browsers solution• Designed automation processes for Linux, Unix & AWS, using Chef SaaS for configuration• Created Chef recipes using Ruby scripting & deployed multiple systems, databases & VPNs

Appointed on a highly-secure project, further details available upon request Led a team of 10+ engineers, dealing with Redhat 5 and Solaris 10 System engineeringLinux Redhat HA clustering with Heartbeat for multiple HA services (httpd, mysqld etc)Championed highly-secure system build and deployment initiativesDrove integration between solaris 10 & Redhat 5+ with Windows 2008 AD environment SUN SAS storage array management, fault analysis, liaison with third party support firmsDelivered 'Single Sign on' and Secure cross country Satellite data transfer Satellite ground system installation and management with centralised configuration management.

Contracted to allow GroupNBT to attain PCI compliance using opensource tools like ossec for file integrity monitoring, active passive enforcement of security based on pre-defined rules along with Nessus for network vulnerability scanning and security enhancements. • Set-up / configured MySQL cluster/multi master replication using VM's across multiple sites• Radius server for network AAA authentication with Daloradius as the front end tool Application and tools experience: Apache, Radius, MySQL, Nessus, Ossec client and server, Daloradius, Nikto (WebServer security scanner), Iptables (linux firewall)

Responsible for looking after Linux and Solaris infrastructure for the e-Gaming department at CGI client site • Built secure web front end servers with tools and application packaged with kickstart• Successfully integrating Unix and Windows using Vintela and Samba solutions• Designed and architected the Kickstart Environment along with documentation• Automated and created kickstart package in readiness for portability to international sites (Italy, Spain, China and Malaysia)• Configuration and support of Solaris and Linux in high end server clustered environment• Project planning and implementation for 300+ server migration from London TO GIB• Successfully led payment and transaction system migration due to UK tax reasons• Detailed analysis of existing architecture in UK, and recommendation for smooth transition• Devised & planned configuration management from single mgmt host on E-Gaming network• Advised management on best practices for ITIL and Live code releases for production environment

Client: Gala CoralResponsible for overall analysis of architecture, communication and process with particular emphasis on improving Operations interaction with Engineering and Development• Managed and mentored a team of 7 engineers specializing in Linux and Unix architecture• Advised and built process driven approach to system administration and service delivery• Liaised with architecture and development teams on muti-tiered projects in UK & Europe• Provided regular updates and analysis of on-coming projects to senior stakeholders & PMs• Migrated infrastructure (500 servers) from Temporary Hosting Centre to New Data Centre • Led RPM packaging and deployment using kickstart for custom toolsets and applications• Defined and documented Script system acceptance testing criteria for Operations • Day-to-day Linux & Unix system administration and RedHat Satellite servers config• Designed Cacti & Nagios system monitoring & established passive check to reduce alerts• Advised on system automation toolsets for future infrastructure improvement projects

Client: BT, working on the NHS project. SME in Opsware deployment/build software to automate Redhat RHEL3/4, HPUX, AIX, Solaris system and application builds. Developed end-to-end deployment solution.

Part of the development and support team of web-based and proprietary products• Worked within the Host & Database Operations team to ensure the timely issues resolution• Liaised with US Operations teams to implement best practice across the business• Project leader role in crisis situations, co-ordinating engineers, developers and support to fix problems and provide all relevant parties with suitable information in a timely manner• System administration of Unix server, Sun Solaris versions 2.7 and 2.8 running• SME in integrating web products running on Apache within an enterprise environment

Responsible for providing 2nd and 3rd line support on Solaris 7, 8 and 9 and HPUX server• Efficiently provided support to Helpdesk supporting for over 3000 users• System disaster planning and recovery, NIS and NFS server diagnostics and enhancements• Jumpstart Server configuration and system deployment

Responsible for supporting and deploying development systems secured and tested with Solaris 7&8 with Solstice ODS and Solstice Netbackup• System administration of servers and operational maintenance of live public-facing services• Contributed to the design and development of high availability, 24x7 services & systems• Gathered client requirements and prepared technical specifications• Defined and documented procedures, providing the training to staff• Provided on-call support for business critical systems on a rota basis