DevOps Engineer at HSBC (Contracted by Sparta Global) (2025-09 – Present)
- Built, maintained, and enhanced CI/CD pipelines (both in Jenkins and Google Cloud Build) to accelerate the software development lifecycle within the bank's Financial Crime IT organisation
- Developed and maintained Helm charts for microservices, enabling consistent, repeatable, and secure deployments
- Built and managed GCP cloud infrastructure to support application deployment and ongoing operations via Terraform
- Designed and led a DevOps enablement programme, training developers to release their own code to remove a dependency on the DevOps team. This involved establishing rigorous processes which improved adherence to controls, rate of delivery, and transparency vis a vis senior management and audit; the approach was subsequently adopted by teams across the project
- Served as the go-to technical contact for a Python-based ETL migration from Oracle to Google Cloud SQL, making high-level decisions on migration strategy and planning batch migrations across markets. Led deployment coordination and contributed to automation, environment configuration, troubleshooting, and establishing a repeatable deployment process
- Participated in xMatters production monitoring rotation, investigating alerts, performing initial incident triage, and escalating issues to relevant engineering teams where required
- Designed and built a GitOps approach to CI/CD for microservices using Cloud Build pipelines triggered by GitHub events
- Identified and remediated security and compliance violations to ensure adherence to organisational standards
- Produced clear, comprehensive technical documentation and READMEs to improve knowledge-sharing and maintainability
- Supported team leadership by facilitating Agile ceremonies and representing the technical lead in management reporting, communicating delivery status, risks and priorities to senior stakeholders
- Providing onboarding support for consultants, organising events, leading monthly check-ins, and liaising with Sparta Global as a trusted point of contact
DevOps Engineer (pre-client deployment) at Sparta Global (2025-01 – Present)
- Automated the deployment of highly available, auto-scaled 2-tier containerised applications on AWS, Azure, and GCP using Bash and Python scripting, golden images, Docker images, and Kubernetes for a streamlined, efficient process
- Developed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, integrating code-scanning tools (Checkmarx and SonarQube) to improve software security and code quality, alongside real-time custom Slack notifications to provide visibility into deployment status and outcomes
- Created dashboards and implemented monitoring and alert management for cloud application deployments, ensuring smooth and proactive management of applications in the cloud
- Automated the provisioning of cloud architecture (including VPCs, VMs, and Kubernetes clusters) for application deployments using infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Ansible) on Azure, AWS, and GCP, allowing for efficient and repeatable infrastructure setup
AI Trainer and Reviewer (Part-time) at Outlier AI and Stellar AI (2024-10 – 2025-01)
- Evaluated and trained AI models at Outlier AI and agents at Stellar AI, progressing to quality assurance roles within the first month through consistently high-quality work
Freelance Film Critic (2017-06 – 2025-01)
- Covered prestigious film festivals including Cannes and Sundance, working to tight deadlines while representing a wide range of top outlets including The A.V. Club, Paste Magazine, and The Playlist
Lead Editor at Film Daze (2020-08 – 2024-11)
- Led editorial standards at Film Daze and provided freelance proofreading and fact-checking for professional clients, including proposals, book chapters and communications
Senior Curator at A Good Movie To Watch (2023-06 – 2024-01)
- Used my knowledge of SQL and Python for a successful self-led project at a film recommendation engine to automate a time-consuming research process
