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County Dublin, Ireland

Day to day managing a 200+ node render farmReal time metrics gathering with a full ELK stackAnalysis and Report Generation with Power Bi and GrafanaClose integration with IT and Production DepartmentsDev-ops automation with Ansible, Jenkins and Docker

County Dublin, Ireland

Responsible for all aspects of the Visual Effects Pipeline from turnover to delivery- Shotgun integration and development with Python and REST- RV / RVIO based quality assurance and transcoding systems- Nuke, Houdini and Maya integrations

County Dublin, Ireland

Responsible for all aspects of IT infrastructure in an award winning VFX studio.- Flexible Dockerized services for rapid deployment and scaling- Ansible for provisioning of Artist / Production workstations and render farm eployment- License management systems for Foundry, Autodesk, SideFX and RV products- Comprensive metric gathereing and analysis using the Elastic ecosystem (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Metricbeat, Filebeat)- Management of Isilon Array though OneFS and ISI- Leading the transition to a hybrid cloud architecture using Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform

County Dublin, Ireland

Cork, Ireland

Part of the Watson Health Cloud Team. Working with front end developers, devops and test to add features and refine the CI platform.- Gradle- Grunt- Jenkins- J2EE

Cork

Designing and implementing solutions on the Amazon Web Service platform. Primary focus is streamlined, scalable stacks:- API Gateway- Lambda (Node.js & Python)- DynamoDB- Docker backed Elastic Beanstalk- IAM and Cognito User Management- Cloudformation deploymentProjects are delivered with BDD tests, beautiful Markdown and Swagger Docs.

Cork

A multirole operator in a rapidly expanding, media focused business.Researched, designed and implemented server and client side automated image compositors, asset pipelines, content management and distribution systems.Spearheaded the transition from "bricks and mortar", monolithic architecture to modular, cloud based microservices.Key Technologies:- Node.js- Angular.js- Twitter Bootstrap- MongoDB- Adobe Common Extensibility Platform - Grunt- Docker- OpenStack- OAuth 2.0- Amazon Web Services

Limerick

Providing Support for television, broadband and TV products as well as dealingwith general customer service issues.Challenging, customer facing role. Very much at the front line of service and support.Worked closely with other departments around Ireland and Europe testing newproducts, service tools and troubleshooting procedures.

Limerick, Ireland

A recurring yearly position at "Live IT".Working with local community youth action groups delivering classes on graphic design, photo manipulation and game design.

Providing Support for the full range of Apple hardware and software products.Delivering high levels of customer service and satisfaction as part of theApplecare Plan. Collaborated closely with a multinational team.

Waterford

Part of a creative team designing and scripting narrative elements for e-learnsoftware. Key clients included Disney (Consumer Product Division) and theForney District School Board (Texas, USA)Main responsibility was acting as a liaison between departments based inIreland, Norway and Romania. Ensuring that the programmers, story writers and 3D artists understood the strengths and limitations of each others fields.

Sydney, Australia

Film archive management. Video transcoding. The job required patience, attention to detail, and the ability to work with a diverse range of hardware and software systems.

Shot and edited "Waterford at Eight", a 40 minute magazine program incorporating news, sport and current affairs. Broadcast weekly to over 25,000 homes in Waterford City and County.66 shows personally completed and aired.As well as producing "Waterford at Eight" a number of external projects were regularly undertaken. I was charged with shooting, editing, creating graphic elements and outputting the finished product.

Waterford

http://www.waterford-news.ie/news/kfcwcwkfoj/Charged with the shooting & editing of live sequences, their subsequent editing, and then projecting them in conjunction with a live theatrical performance.

Milan Area, Italy

Part of a diverse team who were charged with the organisation and running of the festival.Responsibilities also included.

Bsc. (Hons), Multimedia Programming & Design, 2.1

Game Design And Development, Fetac Level 5, Distinction

Ncva Level 3, Film And Video Production