Daniel Morrison

I'm a backend-focused developer and technical director with about 5 years of running my own managed service provider — supporting anywhere from 15 to 20 companies with their infrastructure, networking, and systems integration needs.

That experience gave me something a bit unusual: I can write solid code and I understand how businesses actually work, having built and run one myself. I'm now looking to move into a backend or AI/automation engineering role. It's a deliberate career shift — one I've been planning for a while.

Running a services business long-term means constantly thinking about where things are headed, and I made the call to set the business up sustainably so I could pursue what I'm genuinely passionate about: software development, ideally within a strong engineering team where I can keep growing.

Technical Director at Universal IT Services (2021-01 – Present)

I run both the technical and operational sides of the business — managing two staff members, designing and implementing scalable solutions for our clients, while also keeping on top of the finances, project delivery, and building out our internal processes. Essentially, I've had to wear a lot of hats, making sure things run efficiently day-to-day while keeping an eye on where the business is heading long-term.

• Set up and maintained secure server environments for clients, across both Windows and Linux
• Designed and built out networking infrastructure — VLANs, firewalls, VPN access, switches, the works
• Used Docker to containerise internal tooling and services
• Built internal business tools, automation scripts, and data processing systems in Python and Node.js
• Rolled out SIEM and security monitoring across client networks
• Built out the business processes, technical documentation, and operational systems that kept everything running
• Handled financial audits, cost analysis, and budget forecasting
• Designed how we deliver projects and managed those lifecycles end to end
• Applied systems thinking to continuously improve how we operate internally and how we serve clients
• Drove innovation within the business — constantly looking for ways to improve our services through automation and smarter use of technology
• Managed and mentored the team, focusing on skills development to strengthen our overall technical delivery

Technical Role at The Support Force (2021-08 – 2022-07)

Supporting live business environments while also contributing to infrastructure automation and web-based projects.

Technical Role at BCX (2020-07 – 2021-07)

Infrastructure operations and software development experience.

Technical Role at IT Lab (2019-12 – 2020-06)

IT support and infrastructure operations.

Technical Role at iSquared (2018-04 – 2019-09)

Early software development and IT support experience.