About Chris
Independent UK based consultant and Senior Data & Cloud Engineer specialising in cloud data platforms, infrastructure automation and practical software delivery.
Through my consultancy, CSW Digital Ltd, I work directly with engineering and delivery teams to build secure, maintainable and production ready solutions. I have experience across fintech, energy, rail, nuclear, engineering and public sector environments.
How I Can Help Your Team:
- Data platforms: Design and implementation of data pipelines, processing workflows and analytics platforms using technologies such as Databricks, Python, SQL. AWS Glue, Azure Function Apps, and PySpark.
- Cloud infrastructure: Development of modular Terraform and cloud architecture for Azure and AWS, including networking, security, deployment and environment management.
- Automation and Agentic workflows: Building reliable automation for data collection, document processing and operational workflows, including controlled use of LLMs and agent based techniques where they provide a practical benefit.
- Support complex technical delivery: Hands on support from early planning and solution design through to implementation, testing, documentation and handover.
I can work independently, embed within an existing team or act as a specialist delivery partner. If your project needs experienced data engineering, cloud infrastructure or bespoke automation support, let’s talk.
English
Native or bilingual
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- JMG Technical Services LtdTechnical ConsultantDIGITAL AND ITApril 2026 - May 2026 (1 month)Preston, United KingdomTechnical Consulting: Provided freelance technical consultancy to JMG Technical Services during the planning phase of a software development project for a major engineering client. Developed the project plan and proposed software delivery approach, including scope, architecture, development phases, deliverables, risks, dependencies and timescales.
- CMSPISenior Data EngineerDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2025 - Today (1 year and 6 months)Manchester, United Kingdom
- Azure Platform Architecture: Helping design and build CMSPI’s Azure-based data platform using Terraform and infrastructure as code principles, including scalable infrastructure provisioning, RBAC configuration and cloud networking components.
- Cloud Security & Networking: Improved platform security posture through remediation of cloud vulnerabilities and implementation of secure networking practices. Integrated third-party VPN connectivity within a hub and spoke Azure architecture.
- Data Engineering & Automation: Built scalable Python-based data pipelines and automation services using Azure Functions and Databricks. Developed API ingestion pipelines and web scraping frameworks using Playwright and Selenium.
- AI Enabled Pipelines: Leading the development of agentic scraping and automation pipelines using LLM-driven decision-making workflows for dynamic web portal navigation and extraction using the LangGraph framework .
- Databricks & Snowflake: Built and maintained Databricks data pipelines and supported Snowflake implementation, including secure internal and external data sharing processes between Databricks and Snowflake environments.
- BoshhhData Engineer LeadDIGITAL AND ITJanuary 2025 - August 2025 (7 months)Manchester, United Kingdom
- Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Design: Designed and implemented all AWS infrastructure using Terraform, including VPCs, IAM, networking, databases, containerised microservices and secure cloud architecture patterns.
- Pipeline Development: Developed AWS Glue (PySpark) and Databricks pipelines processing large-scale Open Banking and credit file datasets. Built event-driven AWS Lambda services supporting near real-time downstream data processing.
- Cross Cloud Data Migration: Led migration of millions of rows of Open Banking client data from Azure SQL into AWS Aurora PostgreSQL and Cassandra environments. Automated infrastructure provisioning, migration pipelines and schema conversion processes.
- CI/CD & Engineering Delivery: Built CI/CD pipelines across GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps supporting infrastructure deployments, APIs and data engineering workflows.
- Team Leadership: Led recruitment and management of the data team, overseeing agile delivery, workload prioritisation and mentoring.
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Education
- BSc Digital and Technology SolutionsMultiverse2024
- BA Film and Media StudiesManchester Metropolitan University2011
Certifications
- Level 6 Data AnalystMultiverse2024
- Level 4 Data AnalystBlackpool and the Fylde College2021