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Lead Devops Engineer at fintech.Core part of senior tech team to deliver new digital business banking system.Responsibilities including:-Architecting infrastructure and security for multi-AWS-account greenfield projectDevelopment of CI/CD pipelines using Github, Jenkins and Github actionsFull containerised microservices solution with Java (Akka) and Rails using Docker and ECS/EKSMulti AWS account setup using AWS Control Tower for environment and account management and securityFull infrastructure as code using TerraformSupport ledger based solution using DynamoDB as well as ECS, S3, Aurora Serverless, AthenaLead a small devops team using Agile, Scrum and Gitops processesBuild fully resilient, HA infrastructureSupport development of automated test suite, including use of testing pyramid Building security into development processIdentify and resolve bottlenecks and constraints in SDLCProduction of physical and logical diagrams of infrastructure and threat modelsDevelopment of security maturity models and approaches for pen testing, including use of Security HubConfiguration of networks including VPN access using hub and spoke methodologyDevelopment of cost and management processes with resource tagging.Logging and monitoring using Cloudwatch, Cloudtrail, Papertrail and Container Insights.

Lead devops function for microservices/API based product for media industry, developed in Python and Java and hosted on Kubernetes in AWSMigrate ECS based platform and initial Kops based POC to Kubernetes (EKS)Utilise Kubernetes tools such as ingresses, contexts, container permissions, HPA, Route53 integration and HelmMove to Dockerised Jenkins pipelines to implement Gitops style approachConstruct full CI/CD flows to fit with testing pyramids using JenkinsRestructure Terraform and IaC to use standard patterns, Hashicorp verified modules and common codeRework traditional environment profiles to fit with Kubernetes clustersEmbed tighter security processes Carry out production-readiness assessments with teams to prioritise work itemsProduce architecture diagrams and documentation to aid architectural decision making. e.g. immutable vs persistent infrastructure.Investigate migration from RabbitMQ to Kafka (MSK)

Senior Devops Engineer (Microservices, Docker, AWS, Terraform, Java, Jenkins, CI/CD) at UK Department of Health. Greenfield project for roll out of entire infrastructure in AWS using Docker and Terraform as well as full automation and CI/CD pipelines for microservice based application. Work includes setting up the initial Terraform project and split of environments, modules, state files etc. to provision AWS resources such as ECS/Kubernetes clusters and tasks, ECR, RDS clusters, S3, IAM, ASGs, launch configs, Lambda, Route53, Secuity Groups, all networking (VPCs, subnets, NatGWs, IGWs, route tables, peering). Set up and configure VPN. Build out of CI pipelines using Jenkins Pipelines and Jenkinsfiles with Gradle. Plan out and implement semver based branching strategies and releases. Plan out and implement testing phases right through to promotion to production.

London, United Kingdom

Stage 1 of devops transformation programme for enterprise client. Migration of codebases from RTC to Enterprise Github. Modelling of CI/CD processes. Move to feature based development with Gitflow. Introduction of core topics such as sematic versioning, dependency management, branch and tagging, unit testing, build pipelines, configuration management, release management. Set up of CI pipelines for Java applications using Enterprise Github, Maven, Nexus, Jenkins pipelines, Jenkins Pull Request Builder, webhooks, SonarQube, GoCD. POCs using AWS, Vagrant and Ansible.

London

Devops Engineer for critical, Java/Spring based application for Ministry of JusticeOperating within Agile process using ScrumRedeveloped UK Cloud infrastructure configuration management using Ansible including development of bespoke rolesRe-engineered entire CI pipeline using Jenkins Pipelines (Groovy), JJB, Ansible, Maven, Gerrit, Artifactory, Junit, NPM, Cucumber, Mocha, Saucelabs, SonarQube and JmeterScripted CI phases using Bash, Groovy and PythonRedeveloped PostGreSQL schema and database change process using FlywayResponsible for release preparation, documentation and deployment including promoting release candidates through functional, BDD and perf testing environmentsIntroduced Gitflow and Semver based version system for development and releaseLinux admin with CentOS and RHEL running Tomcat, HAProxy, PostgreSQLRoll out use of Docker within build pipelinesConsolidating software dependency approaches with Maven and NPMDevelop Vagrant machines for developer use and multi-machine Vagrant to recreate full estate for devops usageSet up and configuration of Forgerock suite (OpenAM, OpenDJ, Idp)

London

Technical Lead (Devops) for enterprise scale ecommerce site generating a daily revenue of approx £1.5mRecruited and built a team of 40 developers, devops engineers and testersScrum master and technical lead for a team of 12 developers, devops engineers and testersResponsible for migration of entire digital infrastructure to AWS platformDevelopment of configuration management using Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Puppet and VagrantRoll out use of Docker within build pipelines including into production using Jenkins, ECR and ECSMigrated to micro services (Java) based platformsTransforming complex pipelines into full Continuous Deployment systemsArchitect and deliver Node.js/JS based isomorphic ecommerce applicationFormulating Ways of Working, Definition of Done, Worfkflows and QA.Hands-on on a daily basis including developing and scripting build, test and release pipelines, evangelist for methodologies such as Gitflow BDD and TDD, developing and evolving monitoring and alerting tools including Grafana, Kibana, New Relic, DataDog, Logstash, Elasticsearch and PagerDuty, troubleshooting and debugging complex issues.

London, United Kingdom

Devops Engineer for Capgemini working on large enterprise scale ecommerce sites. Full roll out of configuration management using Puppet and Hiera across the whole CentOS/REHEL infrastructure including production, testing and developer environmentsTesting using Selenium, Behat, Jmeter and unit testProvisioning using Vagrant, Puppet and Docker.Scripting build, test and release jobs with Jenkins, Bash and RubyDevelopment of custom Puppet modulesMoving logging systems to ELK suiteDebugging of critical production issuesWork with offshore teams including mentoring and KTFull agile environment including taking part in daily scrum meetings, use of JIRA and project planning, backlog grooming and design clinics.Consolidating caching strategy from application through to reverse proxies and CDNs.

London, United Kingdom

Interactive Investor is one of the UK's leading online financial services providers with brands including Money Observer, Moneywise and SharepricePersonal responsibility included Development of web integrations for systems including LAMP (Zend), Oracle, PERL and the online Java-based trading platform. Development of custom coding and modules. Operating within Agile environment with Scrum. Development of custom code to interact with Zend, Google APIs, internal APIs and third party feeds. Performance improvements and profiling including re-factoring DB queries and codeCaching systems including Varnish, Memcached and ESISource control through SVN. Set up of development environments using Vagrant.

London, United Kingdom

Senior developer at a large charity based in central London. Personal responsibility included:- planning and implementation of migration of large Sharepoint based website including replication of content and functionality on the Drupal 7 platform. Deployment and source control strategies for development team.Development of custom modules to organise and control permissions on media creation and storage.Development of tiered levels of events content types including simple event creation and registration, comprehensive events and week long conferences with associated mini-sites and registration/invoicing synced to an external customer management system running on SQL Server.Development of custom authentication system using webservices, LDAP and SQL serverDevelopment of custom Single Sign on System with Mahara and Moodle using the 'Bakery' system.Setup and configuration of APC, Memcache, Varnish and Solr. Set up of Munin monitoring systems.

Developer on web build for global brand PfizerPersonal responsibility included:-Development of bespoke Facebook and Twitter applications and integration into Drupal site including use of Facebook API, PHP SDK, Javascript SDK, access to social graph and social login system for user interactions.Development of bespoke modules to parse JSON feed and build SQL queryIntegration of Userpoints system using Rules and bespoke logic.Custom modules to connect to third party system(JanRain) to publish to user’s social media pages.Development of HTML email system and custom triggers.Development in highly secure environment. Preparation of sites for multi language adaptions.Build of customisable queries and logic for automated messaging and email and control through CMS.Coding standards, W3C coding compliance, HTML, CSS and JavascriptUse of database abstraction and PDO, sanitising inputs etc.Ensuring configuration was exported as code to ensure clean deployment.Breakdown of project with critical paths, usability tests, user journeys and user testing.Project formed part of a rage of projects for a major client and included a highly secure working environment, use of Git, Zend and other tools. Taking active part in code reviews.

Build of large scale CMS and CRM systems. Systems included bespoke management tools for architectural company allowing collection of site reports via ipad or mobile and sync up to local data. Integration with Google docs suite of tools. Centralised documents store and digital signing, bespoke data sets and document generation. Cloud based hosting and infrastructure. Set up of CRM for charity to manage all membership actions including migration of entire member database to online system, replacement with full membership life-cycle including clean up and archive, notifications, auto certificate generation, registration, form building and data collection.

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Key features: Drupal 7, HTML, CSS, Adaptive layouts (for ipad, mobile), Javascript/JQuery, PHP, mySQL, XMLFront end development of site using HTML, CSS, JQuery and PHP. Development included front end styling and themes using Photoshop, in-browser design, JQuery, back end development of registration process and user handling.

Project included 2 phases. Phase 1 included theming and styling a Drupal 6 site using CSS, HTML, JQuery and PHP. Phase 2 included a migration over to Drupal 7 and a radical overhaul of system. Tasks included UI development, site architecture and mapping, front end styling using HTML, CSS and JQuery, building a navigation system and indexing system based on core business service taxonomy . Integration with custom business tool built in Kohana (MVC), Limesurvey and Flash AS3 to analyse business performance and data.Clients for this system include HP, Rio Tinto, Nissan and the NHS

Ecommerce store based on Ubercart for Spectacle retailer Swag and Stare.Key functionality and technologies: Ecommerce system using Drupal 7 and Ubercart, retail and wholesale pricing with VAT, complex prescription entry system with multiple dependencies, ecommerce functionality with payment gateway integration. HTML, CSS, PHP, AJAX, MySQL, Drupal 7, Javascript/JQuery. Personal responsibility for complete project lifecycle and systems architecture including theming layer and back end customisation. Modules included token, views, rules, logintoboggan, login destination, taxonomy menu, webform, discount and coupon, usage of form and field API . Extensive work on prescription capture, dependencies and ordering system.

Founder and Managing director of digital agency Foundry34. An ambitious start up agency, Foundry34 built a highly skilled design and development team to deliver cutting edge digital projects for large organisations, winning key clients from larger established agencies on the way. Commerce/Ubercart experience. Responsible for all of elements of client projects from initial system and functionality maps through coding and development phases, final debugging and user testing. Experience includes work on Ecommerce stores (Magento/Zencart/Drupal Commerce/Ubercart), large CMS driven websites (Drupal 6 and 7/Wordpress/Joomla) bespoke design applications, mini-sites, multi-sites, components and plugins, highly customised front and back end interfaces. Languages used daily include HTML4/5, CSS2/3, PHP, mySQL, Javascript, JQuery, XML and use of AJAX. Experience of dealing with stakeholders and clients both on a agency/client basis and contract basis.

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