Stanley Ho

01 / Experience

Career timeline

6+ years in DevOps · 7+ years in IT. From graduate support to platform engineering at scale.

October 2021Present

DevOps Engineer

Frontiers Media Ltd

Remote

current

Identified an Azure backup misconfiguration saving an estimated $250k per year

Highlights

  • Championed an AI-first mindset by adopting Cursor with MCP servers for Confluence and Jira, and shared practical workflows with colleagues to improve ticket handling and documentation efficiency
  • Configured and deployed monitoring solutions with Fluent Bit, Prometheus, Grafana, and New Relic
  • Analysed platform spend and identified a backup storage misconfiguration saving an estimated $250,000 per year in Azure costs
  • Built internal platform apps with AI-assisted development, including an observability maturity checklist for developers to self-assess against monitoring standards, and a Platform KPI app tracking application performance month to month
  • Deployed and configured Azure Front Door for performance optimization
  • Troubleshot and improved platform availability and resiliency
  • Implemented proactive monitoring and alerting systems
  • Collaborated with development teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines
  • Deployed third-party applications such as Retool, Airbyte, and Gotenberg via Helm charts
  • Took part in blameless post-mortems and incident reviews
  • Created and maintained SOPs and platform documentation
  • Created and maintained effective communication channels with the team and stakeholders

Tools & platforms

AzureFluentBitPrometheusGrafanaNew RelicAzure Front DoorKubernetesCursorHelmRetoolAirbyte