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V2 Digital was created to do things differently. We accelerate the digital next for leading brands – driven by outcomes, unleashed by technology and powered by humans.We are a digital native consultancy focused on outcomes and value. V2 re-defines digital models, re-invents experiences and builds intelligent platforms, all underpinned by modernised ways of working.V2 operates at speed with a mindset focused on agility, creativity and innovation - underpinned by deep technical expertise across design, engineering, data, software development, program leadership and talent advisory.

Contino is a digital transformation consultancy, unlocking measurable business value for large global enterprises through the adoption of Cloud, Data Platforms and DevOps. Contino's customers included NAB, JetStar, Transport NSW, Bendigo & Adelaide Bank, Jimmy Brings and Origin to name a few

• Architecture of Multi-DC HA Kafka clusters• Software development in Java• High level design / Architecture• Advising on security: TLS, PGP, Kafka AuthN and AuthZ

• Kubernetes (architecture, development of auxiliary services & tooling, custom controllers, autoscalers)• Data pipelines in Kafka & Kinesis• Development primarily in Go (also Python & Ruby)• Elasticsearch• CI/CD with Drone (& Bamboo)• Infrastructure management with Terraform• CoreOS & Ignition• Consul & Vault• Monitoring/metrics with InfluxDB, Grafana, Datadog, Sensu, Pagerduty• Docker• AWS

• AWS, Cloud formation, Terraform• Configuration management in Puppet• Architecting horizontally scalable infrastructure using Consul and HAProxy around a microservices application• Creating tooling around automation and monitoring in Python and Ruby• Build and Deployment automation in Jenkins with pipelines• Adherance to PCI-DSS• Deploying and administering Couchbase, MySQL, PostgreSQL and Cassandra

IOVOX is the leading provider of real-time call tracking and phone analytics for businesses around the world.• Responsible for all server and network infrastructure• Server administration primarily on CentOS• Database Administration on MariaDB• Automation in puppet• Administration of network infrastructure (switches, LBs, firewalls etc.)• 3rd line support for VoIP issues and liasing with carriers• Creation of tools and utilities in Python and PHP• On-call out of hours

Supporting Linux based environments in a highly transactional environment.• Supporting approx 2000 Linux (mostly CentOS) servers with adherence to PCI compliance• Design and build of new projects and clusters• Build and review of firewall configurations (Cisco PIX/ASA)• Build and administration of Xen VM environments• Administration of NetApp storage appliances• Administration of Citrix Netscalers and ServerIron Foundry loadbalancers• Use of Zabbix and Nimbus for monitoring and alerting

Production support of both the Retail and Global Banking and Markets Unix and Linux estates located in the UK• Support of the live infrastucture for AIX, Solaris and Linux (RHEL & SLES)• Liaising with hardware and software vendors to resolve issues• Working with other teams within the bank to track down problems (Storage, Telecoms, Database etc.)• Dealing with live incidents and participation in crisis calls• Problem (Root Cause) investigation and post incident analysis• Proactive estate wide patching• Creating and maintaining perl/shell scripts for automation and administrative tasks across the estate• Reviewing and signing off of scripts written by other teams• Drafting of coding standards for implemented scripts• Development of various infrastructure tools including a log monitoring and alerting engine for Solaris, -entralised printer monitoring for AIX, inventory aggregation and search engine