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I build stuff for the cloud
Cloud platform engineer, building scalable, automated, cloud-native solutions.
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About Me
Hey there!
I love building systems that just work, no matter how much you throw at them. My bread and butter is coding and cloud stuff, but I love using tech to automate all things.
These days, I’m a Cloud Architect at KPMG.
Some of the tools I've been playing around with lately:- Kubernetes
- Helm
- ArgoCD
- Terraform
- Golang
Experience
- Architected NIST/ NCSC compliant cloud platforms for multiple UK government departments
- Designed and implemented landing zones for major banks meeting FCA requirements
- Built multi-tenant platforms processing €500M+ in annual financial transactions
- Achieved 99.99% platform uptime through automated recovery and GitOps practices
- Reduced infrastructure costs by 30% while maintaining strict compliance requirements
- Established cloud center of excellence, training 20+ engineers in cloud best practices
- Managed incident response for critical systems with 15-minute MTTR SLA
- Led development of security frameworks bridging government and banking standards
- Architected high-availability infrastructure achieving 99.9% uptime for payment systems
- Established cloud security frameworks compliant with CBN regulations and PCI DSS
- Led 15-person engineering team through adoption of cloud-native technologies
- Implemented real-time monitoring for transaction processing infrastructure
- Reduced system latency by 40% through architecture optimization
- Designed and implemented zero-data-loss disaster recovery systems
- Designed and implemented cloud architecture for 3 enterprise platforms (100K+ users)
- Built infrastructure-as-code templates for rapid, compliant deployments
- Implemented monitoring and alerting systems for critical infrastructure
- Automated security controls and compliance checks using custom tooling
- Reduced deployment times by 70% through standardized CI/CD pipelines
- Created comprehensive documentation for infrastructure and processes
Projects
terraform
gcp
github-actions
Terraform GCP Template
Terraform template to bootstrap a baseline einvironment on Google Cloud.
terraform
aws
github-actions
Terraform AWS Template
Terraform template to bootstrap a baseline environment on AWS.
golang
docker
cli
Health Checker
Lightweight Utility for performing HTTP Health Checks in Distroless Docker Environments.
Certifications
Get in Touch
My inbox is always open. Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, I’ll try my best to get back to you!