My primary goal was to help the web and Linux teams work more efficiently and effectively by using automation and industry-standard practices, and by collaborating with other departments and developers to utilize our diverse skills and expertise to drive improvements and achieve our objectives.

• Using automation tools like Ansible and terraform to streamline the deployment process for web servers such as Apache and Nginx.
• Maintaining and integrating a Zabbix monitoring solution.
• Improving and educating on DevOps processes and advocating for new tooling.
• Maintaining a custom server deployment and inventory tool.
• Managing Cloudflare tenants and git repositories on BitBucket.

Over the course of three years, I held multiple IT-based roles within BAE Systems. My career with the company began with me installing network equipment onboard HMS Prince of Wales before becoming a Combat Systems engineer. In this role, I conducted trials and wrote “Body of Evidence” reports to ensure the product was safe and functional for installation. I also worked on another project, supporting the integration and trials. This included installing cabling infrastructure and clients, maintaining and administering the representative test environment, creating a solution to gather performance metrics, and supporting trial engineers to allow hosted trials to be conducted.

I have 4 years of experience as a Weapon Engineer in the Royal Navy. Serving on three of the Royal Navys latest warships, working on various communication systems such as ship-based computer networks, self-powered telephones, and broadcast & alarm systems. I had a strong background in the networks section, where I designed a user-friendly graphical interface for the QEC network management system that made an advanced system easy to understand for non-technical personnel. My efforts were recognized with two awards, the Herbert Lott and CO’s Efficiency Award.