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Andrew in a few words
I am an dedicated Platform Engineer with several years of experience architecting and implementing complex solutions for real business need. I believe in a client first experience where my ultimate aim is to create a solution which makes you happy, not just relying on copy and paste solutions. I have worked in large scale organisations and created enterprise scale architecture and small businesses where a move to the Cloud provided immediate improvements in cost optimisation and security.
My expertise is in AWS, Cost Management, Security, and Enterprise architecture. I am passionate about engaging closely with business need, culture, and values before creating a valuable solution. I place a great deal of value in assuring that the solution is communicated in such a way that all stakeholders, tech or non-tech, are happy.
I enjoy working in all areas of the business, from core development teams to HR, to insure that every solution is tailored for excellence. This means it offers business value, is secure, optimised for cost, reliable, powerful, and, most importantly, makes the lives of every user better.
Experience
- UK GovernmentPlatform EngineerPUBLIC SECTORSeptember 2019 - September 2022 (3 years and 1 month)Cutting cloud spend by 30% by implementing a series of technical and non technical solutions. These included: spreading a FinOps culture via tailored communications of best practices between all business areas, introducing Terraform templates, locking down Cloud architecture with a series of controls, restructuring the inter team communications
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Education
- Digital SolutionsUniversity of Greenwich2018
Certifications
- AWS Solutions ArchitectAWS2021
- AWS Security SpecialistAWS2021
- SAFe for EnterpriseSAFe2020