01 / Experience
Career timeline
6+ years in DevOps · 7+ years in IT. From graduate support to platform engineering at scale.
$250k / yr
Azure backup cost avoided
Misconfiguration found and fixed
279M+
Vaccination events supported
NIMS flu & Covid platform · Graphnet Health
5+ yrs
Remote DevOps delivery
CI/CD, Kubernetes, and observability on Azure
October 2021 — Present
DevOps Engineer
Frontiers Media Ltd
Remote
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