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Jonathan in a few words
Platform, Devops, SRE management and consultant. Certified in AWS, Terraform and Java
I've worked with some of the UK biggest brands such as Sky, BT and Plusnet and helped them increase reliability of their platform through SRE and DevOps principles.
I write weekly blogs and do podcasts on the benefits of SRE and DevOps for business of any size.
Furthermore, I've been in the IT sector for 20+ years starting as a developer and have worked as solutions architect, SRE engineer, DevOps engineer leading teams of up to 8 people. To successfully deliver high profile projects, in time and on budget.
I work to the motto of increase customer engagement with measurement and action.
I can help you by:
- Short term infrastructure as code or conversion of existing environment to infrastructure as code.
- Creating a DevOps, SRE or Development team; including job descriptions, finding candidates, interviews and team leadership
- Defining a strategy of measurement and monitoring to increase application reliability and resilience.
- Review of current application with clear architectural designs to improve operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization and sustainability.
- Review, recommendations and implementation of governance requirements such as ISO27001, PCI, SOC2 or HIPAA.
I'm happy to have multiple meeting to help advise with no payment required to figure out whether I can help you.
My skillset includes the following technologies
AWS, Terraform, Cloudformation, Pulumi, Javascript, Typescripts, Java, C#, .net, PHP, Bash, Stackholder management, Jenkins, TeamCity, Ansible, Lambda, Git, SVN, Perforce
Experience
- Server DevsSRE and Devops ArchitectJanuary 2016 - Today (9 years and 3 months)Rotherham, UK
- BTEngineering Manager - SRE and Operations - ContractSeptember 2022 - January 2023 (4 months)
- OmniPaySRE / DevOps Manager / Solutions Architect - ContractAugust 2021 - September 2022 (1 year and 1 month)Working in a hybrid role that spans both software and infrastructure to ensure a scaleable, reliable and secure platform for the banking sector. Responsibilities include:- Hands on Devops Manager for AWS based services.- Created End-To-End, Multi-Tier testing environment with CloudFormation IaC.- Advisor to board at a strategic level on best practices, design principles and security resiliance.- PCI compliance level 1 submission and enforcement.- Definition of Development/Devops Policies and best practices.- Manager to Devops team.- Recruitment of Devops engineers and second level devlopment interviews.- Advisor to development team on building cloud ready applications and taking best advantage of cloud services.- Supplier relation management (including locating new suppliers) for Devops and Devlopment related suppliers.- Champion of application improves.
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Education
- Computer Science with Games Technology, Computer ScienceCity, University of London2013Computer Science with Games Technology, Computer Science
- GCSE, Science; Maths and EnglishWilmington Hall School2001GCSE, Science; Maths and English