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Michael Gray
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Experienced software engineer with a strong background in DevOps & DevSecOps. Both leading engineering teams and working within cross-functional teams across a range of industries both public and private sector from start-ups to enterprise.
Hands of Software Engineer, having developed highly scalable solutions that reached millions of users worldwide.
Hands of Software Engineer, having developed highly scalable solutions that reached millions of users worldwide.
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United Kingdom
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English
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Larger project
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My experience
2019 - 2020
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Experienced software engineer with a strong background
DevOps & DevSecOps.
Both leading engineering teams and working within cross-functional teams across a range of industries both public and private sector from start-ups to enterprise.
September 2019 - January 2020 Chip Savings
Interim VP of Engineering (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, PHP, Python, Docker, BigQuery, ELK, Fluentd, EIDAS/PSD2)
Defining the technology roadmap and enablement plan so that Chip could ensure technical compliance (CIS) / regulatory
requirements (EIDAS/PSD2) are met from a platform (AWS), application (PHP, Python) and data standpoint.
Implemented IDS/IPS (Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems) within the AWS ecosystem early on within engagement.
Encouraged and instilled a security first mindset amongst the organisation and convinced the eXCo company was in dire need to migrate a monolithic application (Laravel/Phalcon) into a kubernetes based micro service architecture (EKS) fully
automated through Terraform and Python sub-modules.
Worked closely with the Head of Data to define a reference architecture that would provide a "near-real-time" solution for
business analytics using BigQuery (GCP) and Alooma that surfaced data from various data sources (AWS QLDB ledger and RDS)
Responsible defining the Target Operating Model for how Chip will scale in the oncoming months after my handover to the relevant heads of departments.
September 2019 - January 2020 Chip Savings
Interim VP of Engineering (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, PHP, Python, Docker, BigQuery, ELK, Fluentd, EIDAS/PSD2)
Defining the technology roadmap and enablement plan so that Chip could ensure technical compliance (CIS) / regulatory
requirements (EIDAS/PSD2) are met from a platform (AWS), application (PHP, Python) and data standpoint.
Implemented IDS/IPS (Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems) within the AWS ecosystem early on within engagement.
Encouraged and instilled a security first mindset amongst the organisation and convinced the eXCo company was in dire need to migrate a monolithic application (Laravel/Phalcon) into a kubernetes based micro service architecture (EKS) fully
automated through Terraform and Python sub-modules.
Worked closely with the Head of Data to define a reference architecture that would provide a "near-real-time" solution for
business analytics using BigQuery (GCP) and Alooma that surfaced data from various data sources (AWS QLDB ledger and RDS)
Responsible defining the Target Operating Model for how Chip will scale in the oncoming months after my handover to the relevant heads of departments.
Compliance, Interim, Enterprise, Organization, Software, Regulatory, Security, Engineering, Architecture, Php, Technology, Service, Analytics, Kubernetes, Laravel, AWS, Docker, Python
2019 - 2019
freelance
Lead Consultant
Government Department.
(AWS, Docker, Python, VMware, Unix, Networking, Internal Tooling)
Provided subject matter expertise around cloud enabled security solutions namely in the realms of malware analysis,
incident response and crypto-analysis within the AWS G-Cloud 11 Framework.
Provided subject matter expertise around cloud enabled security solutions namely in the realms of malware analysis,
incident response and crypto-analysis within the AWS G-Cloud 11 Framework.
Python, Docker, AWS, Networking, VMware, Unix, Cloud, Security, Framework
2018 - 2019
freelance
Principal Consultant & Lead Consultant
Direct Line Group.
(AWS, Docker, Python, SSO, Terraform, Vault, Packer, Ansible, Twistlock)
Delivered an on-premise to cloud migration strategy initially developed a model for operations / processes throughout the Digital team, subsequently using Hashicorp tools to develop and deploy the entire AWS landing zone
to be consumed by several large departments nationwide.
Led the implementation from traditional application development to the use of containers within the enterprise
organisation and instilled the use of compliance as code / infrastructure as code through scalable and reusable CI/CD
pipelines.
Developed an AMI/Docker pipeline within Jenkins (using Packer and Ansible) that would ensure all images remain CIS
compliant within the constraints of financial services sector (through the use if InSpec for validation)
Led the network design and implementation across several key AWS accounts that had to integrate with an on-prem
DC as well as provide developers access to remote working, thus requiring a complete rework of their pre-existing
IAM strategy.
The goal was to help grow the client account to £0.5m in 6 months, forecast for December was £1.2m
Delivered an on-premise to cloud migration strategy initially developed a model for operations / processes throughout the Digital team, subsequently using Hashicorp tools to develop and deploy the entire AWS landing zone
to be consumed by several large departments nationwide.
Led the implementation from traditional application development to the use of containers within the enterprise
organisation and instilled the use of compliance as code / infrastructure as code through scalable and reusable CI/CD
pipelines.
Developed an AMI/Docker pipeline within Jenkins (using Packer and Ansible) that would ensure all images remain CIS
compliant within the constraints of financial services sector (through the use if InSpec for validation)
Led the network design and implementation across several key AWS accounts that had to integrate with an on-prem
DC as well as provide developers access to remote working, thus requiring a complete rework of their pre-existing
IAM strategy.
The goal was to help grow the client account to £0.5m in 6 months, forecast for December was £1.2m
Implementation, CI / CD, LED, Processes, Forecast, Enterprise, Organization, Development, Infrastructure, Network design, Design, Network, Compliance, Cloud, Jenkins, Operations, AWS, Docker, Python
2018 - 2018
freelance
Principle & Lead Consultant
BNP Paribas.
(OpenStack, Docker, Java, ELK, Prometheus, Rancher, Ansible, Terraform)
Working primarily within the constraints of their hybrid cloud solution, I had to develop an HA Rancher Cluster that
would be spun up on demand for any team within EMEA - this solution sat atop OpenStack and was primarily
orchestrated with Ansible / Ansible Tower and Terraform.
Alerting & Log Aggregation was handled with ELK stack and several Prometheus scrapers were written in order to collate specific metrics from around their pre-existing stack.
Working primarily within the constraints of their hybrid cloud solution, I had to develop an HA Rancher Cluster that
would be spun up on demand for any team within EMEA - this solution sat atop OpenStack and was primarily
orchestrated with Ansible / Ansible Tower and Terraform.
Alerting & Log Aggregation was handled with ELK stack and several Prometheus scrapers were written in order to collate specific metrics from around their pre-existing stack.
Java, Docker, Cloud, OpenStack, Hybrid, UP
2017 - 2018
temp
Technology & DevOps Lead
unknown.
(Contract) (Docker, Hashicorp Suite, AWS, Python)
Acting as most senior contract technologist within AND Digital's club (Dekker) for both internal and client projects. Heavy
focus on rolling out infrastructure as code across client base as well as AND Digital's service offerings.
Acting as the principal technical consultant and DevOps Lead within AND Digital's second club (Dekker) with clients such as
TalkTalk and Covea Insurance. Focus was spent leading culture change and the implementation of Continuous Integration into
environments that had previously never catered to such methodologies.
Performed key migration from on-premise to cloud within Covea insurance and performed a restructuring of the internal
product team whereby removing separation between QA / Development and Delivery. As a result deployment times went down
from 2 weeks to 4 hours. Implemented automated compliancy checks both at code and infrastructure level with tools such as
Chef Kitchen and the use of InSpec.
Sought approval for bringing in further technologies such as Vault for secrets management and Ansible with Packer for building
golden images to help further reduce overheads associated with development / staging / production parity issues.
Acting as most senior contract technologist within AND Digital's club (Dekker) for both internal and client projects. Heavy
focus on rolling out infrastructure as code across client base as well as AND Digital's service offerings.
Acting as the principal technical consultant and DevOps Lead within AND Digital's second club (Dekker) with clients such as
TalkTalk and Covea Insurance. Focus was spent leading culture change and the implementation of Continuous Integration into
environments that had previously never catered to such methodologies.
Performed key migration from on-premise to cloud within Covea insurance and performed a restructuring of the internal
product team whereby removing separation between QA / Development and Delivery. As a result deployment times went down
from 2 weeks to 4 hours. Implemented automated compliancy checks both at code and infrastructure level with tools such as
Chef Kitchen and the use of InSpec.
Sought approval for bringing in further technologies such as Vault for secrets management and Ansible with Packer for building
golden images to help further reduce overheads associated with development / staging / production parity issues.
QA, Production, Development, Continuous integration, Insurance, Infrastructure, Implementation, Technology, Service, Python, Integration, Management, Cloud, Deployment, DevOps, AWS, Docker
2016 - 2017
temp
Head of Technology UK
Mentally Friendly.
(Contract)
Successfully led the migration of all Mentally Friendly London's hosting to AWS both standard cloud and containerised.
Implemented containerisation across all Q3 2016 and onward projects utilising Docker with AWS Elastic Container Services.
Implemented the use of Terraform for infrastructure as code with the use of Packer for building base images that would
ultimately be deployed as AMI's on AWS' infrastructure.
Responsibility for commercial feasibility of all technology projects from Q3 2016 onward for MF London.
Responsible for launch of new distributed enterprise solution with British Museum and global migration from Australia to UK for
Schwarzkopf digital products.
Provided technology governance for clients in the pharmaceuticals space and public sector, inclusive of such clients like the British Museum. In turn managed a range of clients and projects from the beginning and part-way through, implementing
architectural solutions as well as providing technical consultancy on projects with a budget range of £62,000 to £1.4m.
Successfully led the migration of all Mentally Friendly London's hosting to AWS both standard cloud and containerised.
Implemented containerisation across all Q3 2016 and onward projects utilising Docker with AWS Elastic Container Services.
Implemented the use of Terraform for infrastructure as code with the use of Packer for building base images that would
ultimately be deployed as AMI's on AWS' infrastructure.
Responsibility for commercial feasibility of all technology projects from Q3 2016 onward for MF London.
Responsible for launch of new distributed enterprise solution with British Museum and global migration from Australia to UK for
Schwarzkopf digital products.
Provided technology governance for clients in the pharmaceuticals space and public sector, inclusive of such clients like the British Museum. In turn managed a range of clients and projects from the beginning and part-way through, implementing
architectural solutions as well as providing technical consultancy on projects with a budget range of £62,000 to £1.4m.
Docker, AWS, Budget, Cloud, Technology, Hosting, Infrastructure, Public sector, Enterprise, LED
2016 - 2016
job
Lead DevOps Engineer
Vehera Ltd.
DevOps
2015 - 2016
job
Technology Director
N3RD Ltd.
Technology
2014 - 2015
job
CTO & Co-Founder
Bookadrone.
Cto, Founder
2013 - 2015
job
Technical Lead
Y&R London.
Tech lead
2013 - 2013
job
Technical Architect
Online Tech Group.
2012 - 2013
job
DevOps Engineer
VoucherCodes.
DevOps
My education
GoldSmiths University 2 Yr Computer Science
BTEC, Software Engineering
BTEC, Software Engineering
n/a
Secondary, Mathematics
Secondary, Mathematics
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