About Me

I am a security-focused Senior Cloud Architect and Platform Engineer with over a decade of experience driving cloud architecture, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and DevOps. I specialise in architecting and governing enterprise-scale, highly compliant cloud environments across Azure, AWS, and OCI for strictly regulated sectors, including MedTech, government, automotive, and finance. I have a proven track record of spearheading major FinOps initiatives, overhauling advanced telemetry and observability stacks, and enabling developer self-service through GitOps and standardised Infrastructure as Code (laC). I am highly motivated by solving complex technical challenges and actively champion the integration of Al-assisted engineering to accelerate delivery, enforce architectural standards, and continuously mature platform capabilities.

Technical Experience

  • tooling
  • education
  • certificates
            
              Ansible/Molecule

              Azure/AWS/OCI

              Bash/Python Scripting

              Databases

              Docker

              Elasticsearch

              Git

              GitOps

              Grafana/Prometheus

              HAProxy/Apache/Nginx

              Helm

              Jenkins/GitLab CICD/ADO

              Kafka

              Kubernetes (AKS/EKS)

              Linux

              Load Balancing

              Message Queues

              Networking

              Package Management

              Packer

              Security

              Service Mesh

              SonarQube

              Terraform

              TLS/PKI

              WAF/Firewall

            
            
              Goldsmiths, University Of London / Computer Science BSc.
              

              First Class with Honors
              

              September 2011 - June 2014
              

              London, UK
              

              This was an in-depth course that taught me the foundations of developing
              and designing software and computer systems. The department provided great
              research support which can be seen from the fact it came 9th in the world
              for its research in the RAE in 2008.
              

              My dissertation was a research project which focused on the classification
              of malware through which I have developed some experience in machine learning
              using neural networks as well as other algorithms using both Java and Python
              utilising various libraries. 
              

              Courses Completed:
              
  • Algorithms and Complexity Theory
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  • Artificial Intelligence
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  • Audio-Visual Computing
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  • Computer Security
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  • Data Mining
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  • Internet and Distributed Programming
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  • Mathematical Modelling for Problem Solving
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  • Networks and the Web
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  • Neural Networks
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  • Principles and Applications of Programming
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  • Web Programming
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    Amazon Web Services
    
              
    Certified Solutions Architect Associate - Passed October 2021 
    
              
    
              
    Microsoft Azure Cloud Computing Services
    
              
    AZ-104 Administrator Associate - Passed June 2020
    
              
    
              
    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    
              
    Foundations - Passed July 2020
     
              
    Operations Associate - Passed July 2020

    Experience

    Senior Cloud Architect


    Dawn Health
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Sep 2024
    Present
      Driving platform engineering and architectural standards as a Senior Cloud Architect at Dawn Health, a digital health leader specialising in SaMD and patient-centric applications.
    • Architected a highly secure, multi-tenant Azure SaaS platform that enables solution teams to deploy 90% faster while significantly enhancing system stability and observability.
    • Enabled developer self-service through GitOps on AKS.
    • Spearheaded FinOps initiatives, engineering a multi-tenant transition to reduce overall cloud spend by over 70%, and executing legacy optimisations that cut compute costs by 50%.
    • Architected and deployed a new data lakehouse environment to support secure, scalable analytics across the organisation.
    • Drove formal qualification of the platform infrastructure with QA, establishing a GAMP 5 Category 1 baseline. Authored the Infrastructure Qualification Protocol (IQP), Test Plan (IQTP), IQTPR, and related documents to ensure strict regulatory compliance.
    • Engineered a comprehensive automated verification pipeline executing over 900 checks against Azure resources, guaranteeing the continuous provisioning of strictly verified infrastructure.
    • Drove AI-assisted engineering, developing hybrid human and machine-agnostic documentation, custom AI skills, automated workflows, and quality gates.
    • Overhauled platform telemetry by deploying the LGTM stack to provide comprehensive observability, guide incident response, and proactively implement systemic reliability improvements.
    • Standardised Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, Terraform) across teams to ensure secure, immutable resource deployments.
    • Independently drove the technical roadmap for advanced governance features like scheduled drift detection and Complete-mode deployments.

    Cloud / Observability Architect


    CARIAD
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Jan 2022
    Sep 2024
      Directed the cloud architecture and observability strategy as a consulting Architect within a large multinational automotive manufacturer (CARIAD), governing enterprise-scale Azure deployments.
    • Architected scalable cloud environments and modernised deployment lifecycles, driving strategic security, system stability, and cost-saving FinOps optimisations across the enterprise platform.
    • Established comprehensive end-to-end distributed tracing using OpenTelemetry and Jaeger, successfully capturing complex interactions across internal microservices and third-party integrations.
    • Governed the deployment and continuous optimisation of a highly reliable observability ecosystem to monitor platform services, leveraging Elasticsearch, Beats, Logstash, Prometheus, and Grafana.
    • Integrated FluxCD and Istio within the Azure environment to provide robust traffic management and secure service-to-service communication.
    • Spearheaded major architectural enhancements to foundational GitOps and Infrastructure as Code (laC) repositories to mature internal engineering practices.
    • Engineered strictly versioned Terraform modules to mandate architectural standards and enable secure, compliant self-service for development teams.
    • Integrated automated pre-commit hooks into the deployment pipelines, guaranteeing consistent code quality and proactively mitigating costly infrastructure misconfigurations.

    DevOps / Cloud Consultant


    UFST
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Feb 2021
    Dec 2021
      Provided expert Cloud and DevOps consulting services within a highly secure Danish government organisation (UFST), driving the platform engineering strategy for critical public sector AWS environments.
    • Managed and scaled highly secure government infrastructure, taking primary responsibility for the administration and reliability of Amazon EKS clusters and Jenkins CI/CD servers.
    • Overhauled deployment pipelines to resolve systemic stability issues and enforce compliance, integrating SonarQube for automated code quality gating and implementing comprehensive monitoring and alerting ecosystems via Datadog.
    • Spearheaded the modernisation of Infrastructure as Code (laC) by migrating legacy Terraform and Terragrunt configurations to Terraform v1.x to ensure robust, secure deployments.
    • Engineered reusable, compliance-driven Terraform modules to mandate architectural standards, empowering development teams to seamlessly adopt DevOps principles and securely self-serve their own infrastructure.
    • Authored comprehensive reference architectures and best-practice deployment stacks, accelerating developer enablement and standardising the secure consumption of in-house laC modules across the organisation.

    DevOps Consultant


    Eficode
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Aug 2019
    Jan 2021
      Functioned as a Cloud and DevOps Consultant at Eficode, serving as a principal technical advisor and driving enterprise-scale architectural transformations for major clients.
    • Drove the stabilisation and security hardening of a critical data analytics platform for a multinational insurance client, delivering outcomes that established the platform as an exemplar of engineering excellence across the wider business.
    • Architected and automated complex Machine Learning (ML) model training pipelines in close collaboration with data science teams, leveraging Kubernetes, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, and Azure (AKS, DBaaS, VMs) to accelerate model deployment.
    • Engineered comprehensive observability and security ecosystems to monitor critical platform services, deploying an advanced stack encompassing ELK/OpenDistro, Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka, and McAfee ePO.
    • Architected the target cloud environments for a major enterprise migration, transitioning a legacy on-premise Oracle data warehouse to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) entirely through Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
    • Established rigorous automation and testing standards for infrastructure deployments, utilising Terraform, Docker, and Ansible paired with Molecule testing to guarantee secure, reproducible environments.
    • Conducted comprehensive DevOps and architectural audits for various enterprise clients, identifying strategic bottlenecks and delivering actionable roadmaps to mature their cloud capabilities.
    • Acted as a core technical advisor and mentor for internal DevOps engineers across the department and wider consultancy, elevating technical standards and driving the adoption of modern platform engineering principles.

    Senior WebOps Engineer


    Kainos Group
    London, UK
    Jan 2018
    Aug 2019
      Provided expert WebOps and platform engineering services within the UK Home Office (HMPO), governing highly secure, critical government environments for a flagship project that won the Digital Award at the 2019 Civil Service Awards.
    • Architected, deployed, and maintained a highly secure infrastructure ecosystem leveraging AWS, Terraform, Docker, Puppet, Ansible, ELK, and Jenkins, alongside strict enterprise network controls (Firewalls, Proxies).
    • Bridged the gap between platform operations and software delivery by rotating directly into development teams as an embedded DevOps Engineer to accelerate service implementation.
    • Drove continuous improvement of platform resiliency by proactively diagnosing complex application and networking bottlenecks and executing strategic enhancements to CI/CD pipelines.
    • Directed incident response and on-call operations, rapidly mitigating active security risks while managing critical communications with key stakeholders during high-severity events.
    • Collaborated directly with enterprise security teams to architect robust new platform capabilities and facilitate the secure, compliant rollout of new services.
    • Received an internal peer-nominated award for taking self-directed initiative in optimising and automating CI/CD deployment lifecycles.
    • Engineered critical platform resiliency and mitigated severe infrastructure bottlenecks during unprecedented system load triggered by Brexit, earning personal commendations from the Home Office Director of Digital Services and HMPO programme leaders.

    DevOps Engineer


    ITC Compliance
    Bristol, UK
    Nov 2015
    Jan 2018
      Transitioned from a full-stack Developer to a DevOps Engineer, modernising the infrastructure and delivery pipelines for platforms supporting UK insurance and consumer credit operations.
    • Migrated services and functionality from bare-metal servers to AWS and Rackspace Cloud. Architected a microservice-based platform using AWS CloudFormation and various AWS SaaS services.
    • Created automated processes for the provisioning of live, staging, and development environments.
    • Authored automation tooling extensively using Python, Bash, Ansible, and Capistrano to build a seamless delivery pipeline.
    • Implemented modern deployment mechanisms to safely transition engineering teams toward a more Agile development process.

    Developer


    ITC Compliance
    Bristol, UK
    Sep 2014
    Nov 2015
      Delivered full-stack LAMP development across several platforms offering insurance and consumer credit compliance, modernising the technology stack with emerging frameworks.
    • Developed new features and maintained platforms using PHP, Laravel, and MySQL.
    • Built dynamic frontend interfaces and streamlined user interactions by integrating Vue and jQuery.
    • Designed and implemented secure RESTful internal APIs and managed integrations with external APIs.
    • Resolved bug fixes for legacy code, executed MySQL database updates, and maintained overall system stability.

    Freelance Work


    Various Companies and Clients
    Bristol, UK
    Jun 2014
    Jan 2018
      I have completed work for various clients ranging from a renewable energy cooperative to healthcare providers and also a specialist manufacturer. The work has included website creation and maintenance, setting up secure business networks, configuring secure remote backup systems and consulting on software and infrastructure related business changes.