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Principal Engineer and DevOps Consultant
Ross Fenning
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Salford, United Kingdom
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I am a principal software engineer with a holistic approach to DevOps, Agile and software delivery. This includes both building software and the human side of how to get teams to ship code quickly. In my current role, I focus mainly on technical leadership, disruption and getting the best out of engineers in combination with optimising our deployment pipelines.
More recently, I have been working in partnership with data analysts and data scientists to improve the analytics feedback loops for the BBC online audience and applying data modelling and prototyping techniques to this problem. I therefore have some familiarity with data science and machine learning tools such as Jupyter, numpy and scikit-learn.
In my personal time I play music (bodhrán and tin whistle), work a little on personal, open source projects and study philosophy, languages, computer science and other various fields of interest.
More recently, I have been working in partnership with data analysts and data scientists to improve the analytics feedback loops for the BBC online audience and applying data modelling and prototyping techniques to this problem. I therefore have some familiarity with data science and machine learning tools such as Jupyter, numpy and scikit-learn.
In my personal time I play music (bodhrán and tin whistle), work a little on personal, open source projects and study philosophy, languages, computer science and other various fields of interest.
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United Kingdom
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Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Ongoing relation / part-time
Available
My experience
2015 - ?
job
Principal Software Engineer
BBC North.
My current role is one of two Principal Software Engineers supporting four teams within the Search and
Navigation department (renamed from previous name of "Content Discovery") within BBC Design and Engineering.
My role is a balance between stepping back from implementations - giving only support and domain
knowledge to other engineers where needed - and also doing more "hands on" technical work when it comes to prototyping or in the DevOps and deployment automation domain.
I have also been involved in architectural design and data modelling for improving our pan-website
analytics and work to improve our tracking beyond simple impressions and clicks, e.g. user engagement
tracking and audience demographics.
Navigation department (renamed from previous name of "Content Discovery") within BBC Design and Engineering.
My role is a balance between stepping back from implementations - giving only support and domain
knowledge to other engineers where needed - and also doing more "hands on" technical work when it comes to prototyping or in the DevOps and deployment automation domain.
I have also been involved in architectural design and data modelling for improving our pan-website
analytics and work to improve our tracking beyond simple impressions and clicks, e.g. user engagement
tracking and audience demographics.
Design, Prototyping, DevOps, Deployment, Automation, Analytics, Website, Content, Engineering, It, Support, Software, Search
2010 - 2012
temp
Contract Software Engineer
BBC Cymru Wales.
I worked as a contract software engineer for the BBC Future Media division in the BBC Wales/Cymru offices as a new BBC Home Page. My role was a working as a Java backend service developer to create data feeds
for part of the new home page, but also contribute on PHP, Javascript, HTML development and any other
tasks as needed. Later, I worked on the location search used by the BBC Weather website. This involved both Java services and the use of Apache Solr.
for part of the new home page, but also contribute on PHP, Javascript, HTML development and any other
tasks as needed. Later, I worked on the location search used by the BBC Weather website. This involved both Java services and the use of Apache Solr.
Javascript, Html, Php, Java, Backend, HTML/CSS/Javascript, Apache, Service, Website, Developer, Solr, Development, Software, Search, Backend
2007 - 2010
job
Systems Developer
Cranfield University.
Systems Developer in an IT department that supported the teaching and service departments across the university. The systems development team sat within the infrastructure team to develop solutions to needs within and outwith the department and support said in-house projects. Most projects were Java-based web
applications.
Skills I developed in the role include setting up production Apache Tomcat servers, installing and basic
amounts of work with Oracle, interacting programmatically with MS Active Directory over LDAP and developing web applications with the Apache Struts framework.
applications.
Skills I developed in the role include setting up production Apache Tomcat servers, installing and basic
amounts of work with Oracle, interacting programmatically with MS Active Directory over LDAP and developing web applications with the Apache Struts framework.
Developer, Basic, UP, Framework, Production, Web, Development, Infrastructure, Support, Java, Tomcat, It, Service, Apache, Active Directory, Teaching, Oracle
2005 - 2006
job
Fundraiser
Tim Lilley Fundraising.
House to house fundraiser on behalf of Amnesty International.
International
2005 - 2006
job
Tester
Transversal Corporation.
Manual and automation tester for a web-based software product. Maintained an automated test code in Python that tested performance of the application as well functionality.
Python, Automation, Test, Software, Web
2004 - 2004
job
Tester
Level 5 Networks.
I tested performance for a new Ethernet interface and its drivers on both Linux and Windows servers.
Linux, Windows
My education
2012
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2016
University of Bradford
MSc, Software Engineering and Internet Architecture
MSc, Software Engineering and Internet Architecture
2002
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2005
University of Cambridge
MA, Computer Science
MA, Computer Science
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