Head Of Development

• Jan 2020 - Present

DevOps Lead

• Apr 2018 - Jan 2020

I'm currently responsible for the DevOps/Cloud Engineering team at W2. Managing the Azure estate, developing our infrastructure as code programme, environment automation and operational resilience. I've also been involved with Securing the application and office environments with Windows Defender ATP, Office365 Security centre and managing the small amount of on-site equipment, FortiGate firewalls and Cisco switches.We extensively use::- Terraform- Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS)- Azure CLI / Ubuntu Terminal for Win10- Python / Azure SDKWe also use/have used ::- App Services / Function Apps- Bash- Go (Forked Terraform Modules)- Packer- Service Fabric- Docker- Cosmos DB- Azure SQL- Redis- Elasticsearch- OctoDNS- ARM templates + Powershell for Azure Show less

DevOps Engineer

• Jul 2017 - Apr 2018

Development Operations Engineer for an Azure based service provider.- Azure Administration- PowerShell scripting and automation.- ARM Template creation/deployment.- OMS and Log Analytics- VSTS CI/CD- FortiGate Firewall. - Core IT Admin, AD, Office 365, Atlassian.

DevOps Engineer

• Jun 2016 - Jul 2017

Systems Administration and Automation Engineer for our enterprise application Linux estate.- Provision, create, configure and support physical and virtual servers (VMWare).- Configure and support RedHat 6.8 and CentOS, including scripting and automation.- Manage the VMWare ESXi hosts.- Support the production application environment.- Support all development, QA and testing application environments.- Configure and Support enterprise tools such as Informatica, Automic, Thunderhead, Guidewire and Mule.- F5 Firewall and LTM management.Training undertaken in this role :- Informatica PowerExchange CDC- Informatica PowerCenter Admin- F5 BigIP Administration- F5 LTM Configuration- Foundation Agile & DevOps Training from The DevOps Guys. Show less

Development Support Officer

• Jun 2011 - Jun 2016

Application and database support for an Iseries (I90) based system. Experience with Iseries query as well as SQL, dealing with support incidents as part of the 2nd Line Engineers team I am also exposed to Active Directory, group policy and base unit support.I am part of the Development On Call team who provide 24/7 critical incident support for the business.

Designer / Developer

• Aug 2013 - Sep 2015

Web Design and development on a freelance basis. My focus is on front-end responsive design with PHP / MySQL back-end where needed. My approach is clean, minimalist design with technology that supports clients experience. First and foremost that sites are similar across mobile and tablet as well as desktop PC's. HTML5/CSS3, JQuery, PHP, MySQL Experimenting with: node.js, handlebars, LESS Web Design and development on a freelance basis. My focus is on front-end responsive design with PHP / MySQL back-end where needed. My approach is clean, minimalist design with technology that supports clients experience. First and foremost that sites are similar across mobile and tablet as well as desktop PC's. HTML5/CSS3, JQuery, PHP, MySQL Experimenting with: node.js, handlebars, LESS

Freelance Photographer

• Jan 2005 - Mar 2011

Dealing with a wide range of commercial photography from wedding and event photography through to studio portraiture and product imaging. Dealing with customers directly as well as self promotion, building contacts with other local freelancers and working to self imposed deadlines. Dealing with a wide range of commercial photography from wedding and event photography through to studio portraiture and product imaging. Dealing with customers directly as well as self promotion, building contacts with other local freelancers and working to self imposed deadlines.

Printmaker

• Jun 2007 - Feb 2011

Dealing with customers and all the usual front of house responsibilities as well as having an efficient and knowledgeable enough approach with Photoshop to provide customers with designs, retouches and restorations on the fly. I also dealt with traditional chemical film development techniques in the lab's darkroom. Dealing with customers and all the usual front of house responsibilities as well as having an efficient and knowledgeable enough approach with Photoshop to provide customers with designs, retouches and restorations on the fly. I also dealt with traditional chemical film development techniques in the lab's darkroom.