Al W.

Dynamic Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and Cloud Visionary armed with 30 years of escalating roles in the Engineering and IT landscape, fostering the evolution of an expansive technology skill set underscored by comprehensive training. A hands-on pioneer who thrives on technological challenges in cloud environments such as AWS and Azure. Offering extensive experience in cloud architecture design, cloud migration, relationship cultivation, managing technical teams, and ensuring optimal client support KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Pioneered Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) strategies across AWS and Azure environments, driving comprehensive cloud architecture design and cloud migrations. • Implemented DevOps and Continuous Integration workflows using Ansible, Puppet, Buildroot, TekTon, and * Python/Bash scripting, leading to optimised deployment and operations. • Delivered transformational infrastructure changes within three major companies (>100K employees), showcasing proficiency in Azure and AWS technologies. • Led a private Cloud initiative to deliver Distributed Digital Ledger Technology using Ansible & K8S • Established security policies for multi-cloud architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure) for many organisations • Deployed multiple RedHat OpenShift 4 Kubernetes using Ansible on AWS and VMware platforms • Demonstrated mastery of Terraform in designing resilient IaC solutions across complex environments. TECHNICAL / ENGINEERING SKILLS An experienced user of various industry standards, software, systems, and technologies with expertise in: • Core: VMware, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Ansible, Jenkins, DevOps, Terraform, Docker, TekTon, ArgoCD, Linux, Azure, AWS • Languages: C#, C, C++, Bash, JavaScript, CSS, Go, HTML, Python, Wiring, Embedded, PIC, Arduino, Assembler • Databases: MSSQL, Elasticsearch, InfluxDB, Mongo, Oracle, T-SQL, PGSQL, MySQL, Access, Excel, Amazon RDS/DynamoDB • Courses/Certs: ADA, Azure, Terraform, CKA, CKAD, TCP/IP, CCNA, HTML/CSS/JS, VMware VCP, RHCT, AWS, DVB/MPEG