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I am an experienced IT professional, with significant experience in deploying, managing and operating at planetary scale.Although my primary focus has traditionally been operations and security, my roles have always included some software development responsibilities (ultimately leading to more of a DevOps approach, and a significant amount of rapid prototyping). At heart I'm a problem solver and am able to move quickly in order to meet requirements, so have found myself well suited for projects which need a fast and flexible response.In my current role, I manage a global Content Delivery Network (CDN) with nodes in locations ranging from Miami to Timor Leste and as a result have an extremely strong understanding of the challenges and technologies involved in content and service delivery within carrier grade networks.I also pursue a range of technical activities and hobbies in my free time:I developed Intelligent DNS Routing Software which now routes traffic for one of the biggest social networks on the planet (amongst others). I've also created CDN Switcher technology more akin to Amazon's Route53.I discovered and responsibly disclosed a security flaw in a number of implementations of the cryptographic portion of the HomePlugAV specification. I've also conducted similar investigative work in relation to other products (such as the BitFi Cryptocurrency Hardware Wallet). As a result, my work is occasionally quoted as a reference in talks at conferences such as DefCon, whilst some of my earlier work appears to get used in case studies at various universities around the world.I've also maintained a public documentation archive (at https://www.bentasker.co.uk/documentation) for over 10 years, creating a range of technical docs relating to a range of topics (software and non-software alike).

Listed skills include Php, Bash, Linux, Servers, and 32 others.