Experience

Acentria IT Ltd

• Senior Technical Lead

  • Dec 2015 - Present

  Systems Engineer/Architect with a broad technical skill set and experience with a number of languages, operating systems and cloud platforms. Primarily focussed on building platforms for software deployments in the cloud. Expert in infrastructure automation and use of configuration management to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Specialties: Linux, Windows, AWS, Chef, Continuous Integration, Scalable Infrastructure, Systems Architecture Systems Engineer/Architect with a broad technical skill set and experience with a number of languages, operating systems and cloud platforms. Primarily focussed on building platforms for software deployments in the cloud. Expert in infrastructure automation and use of configuration management to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines. Specialties: Linux, Windows, AWS, Chef, Continuous Integration, Scalable Infrastructure, Systems Architecture



brightsolid

• United Kingdom
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Consultant

  • Feb 2012 - Dec 2015

  A configuration management and software development consultant who has changed the development and delivery methods used by primary business functions for leading Financial and Pharmaceutical companies. I am passionate about Cloud technologies and DevOps enabling the provision of software to customers as complete services. Specialties: DevOps, Configuration Management, Software Developer, Openstack, Architect Platforms: Linux and Microsoft. A configuration management and software development consultant who has changed the development and delivery methods used by primary business functions for leading Financial and Pharmaceutical companies. I am passionate about Cloud technologies and DevOps enabling the provision of software to customers as complete services. Specialties: DevOps, Configuration Management, Software Developer, Openstack, Architect Platforms: Linux and Microsoft.



Fujitsu

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Architect

  • 2006 - 2012

  Successfully led the delivery of a private cloud Big Data PaaS service based on Cloudera's Apache Hadoop. Subsequently developed a proposition to provide data analytics exploitation services for SAS, Pentaho and Splunk as a SaaS offering which was accepted by the customer.Previously led the Strategy Delivery team comprising of architects/subject matter experts responsible for defining and implementing technical strategy for one of Fujitsu's largest accounts such that it can be consumed by projects. The Strategy team were responsible for key server platforms, virtualisation technologies, operating system technologies (Windows, Unix, Linux, VME), software (Oracle, Weblogic, SAP etc.), enterprise management and networks.This role required me to - lead a team to drive technical change and ensure the correct application of strategies, policies and standards- have a broad technical, commercial and operational knowledge of one of Fujitsu's largest accounts- work with colleagues and key stakeholders at a senior management level- manage vendor relationships- keep up-to-date with market offerings and ensure Fujitsu continue to offer market competitive solutions Show less

• Technical Architect

  • 2006 - 2012



IBM

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Technical Devops Lead

  • Nov 2004 - Dec 2006

  Technically hands-on. Duncan held responsibility for the global online operations (publishing) technology platform and corporate IT environments. Duncan has created a stable and scalable global IT infrastructure by redesigning and rebuilding the entire technology platform. Duncan organized the IT service management process and team framework which, in an iterative manner is restoring confidence within IT from all corners of the company. Duncan has played a key role in growth into new opportunities outside of traditional publishing, including the formation of Technologies Inc. His co-design and co-creation of a public/private cloud hybrid content delivery platform will replace the Networks LLC’s technology, previously supporting customers such as Riot Games, NBC, Nexon, Turbine, and Acclaim. Duncan has been integral to the successful technical launch of multiple projects including the casual social multiplayer game website – Winster.com, in-house developed massively multiplayer online games (MMO) All Points Bulletin: Reloaded, and Fallen Earth (including the development studios). Other notable projects include operations management of an internal business to business service platform and customer facing website portal – Gamersfirst.com which currently service nine MMO games, a proprietary internal analytics/data warehousing system, and corporate IT management for development studios and offices in Los Angeles, New York, Cary, Bangalore, and Edinburgh. Show less