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Solution Architect and technical lead with more than 11 years at Kainos. I lead the design, delivery and assurance of digital service platforms on Microsoft Azure, supporting large-scale cloud transformation, migration, application modernisation and live production services.

My experience spans IaaS, PaaS, cloud-native technologies and delivery automation using Azure DevOps and GitHub. I work across the full delivery lifecycle, from pre-sales and early shaping through to architecture, implementation, technical assurance and production operation. I work closely with client and engineering stakeholders, turning complex technical decisions into clear options, implications and business outcomes.

I also lead and develop engineering teams and technical communities. That includes coaching people, setting engineering standards, recovering challenging delivery situations and making accountable decisions where delivery pace, security and operational stability need to be balanced.

Technical and leadership expertise

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Professional experience

Solution Architect (Senior Azure Technical Specialist)

Kainos · October 2022 to present · Belfast, Northern Ireland · Remote

I lead the design, delivery and assurance of Azure platforms supporting cloud transformation, application modernisation and web-based services. I provide architectural leadership from early shaping through to production, making sure designs meet client needs and can be operated safely after delivery.

• Provide end-to-end solution architecture and technical assurance for Azure platforms, with responsibility for scalability, security, resilience and operational readiness.
• Lead large-scale cloud transformation work covering migrations, application modernisation and the delivery of IaaS, PaaS and cloud-native services.
• Set technical direction across platform engineering, security, infrastructure automation, service operations and developer enablement.
• Work with client architects, engineering leaders and delivery stakeholders to turn technical complexity into clear decisions, trade-offs and business value.
• Own difficult technical and delivery decisions in fast-moving environments and remain accountable for the outcome.
• Help recover challenging projects by identifying the underlying technical and delivery problems, establishing a workable direction and rebuilding stakeholder confidence.
• Conduct platform reviews to identify architectural risk, operational weaknesses, performance gaps and opportunities for improvement.
• Champion modern platform technologies and engineering standards while balancing innovation with the needs of stable production services.
• Support pre-sales activity, solution shaping and strategic client relationships, connecting platform capabilities to longer-term customer needs.
• Coach and develop engineers, technical leaders and communities of practice across Kainos.
• Contribute to industry and internal technology communities to share practice and influence future platform roadmaps.

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Architect (Azure Technical Specialist and Solution Architect)

Kainos · November 2020 to October 2022 · Belfast, Northern Ireland

Led teams and worked with customer architects to design, automate, deliver and support Azure platforms across migration, cloud-native and hybrid environments.

• Worked with customer architects to define platform designs, estimate delivery effort and explain the technical implications of requirements and user stories.
• Provided Azure architecture expertise, strategic design input, technical assets and proof-of-concept work.
• Led agile cross-functional teams through architecture, build, testing, automation, deployment and operational handover.
• Designed production platforms using Azure IaaS, PaaS, Kubernetes, networking, identity and managed services.
• Built reusable infrastructure and delivery patterns with Terraform, ARM, Bicep, Azure CLI, PowerShell, Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Applied continuous-delivery techniques to release operationally ready services into production.
• Produced statements of work, proof-of-concept documents, technical knowledge articles, high-level designs and low-level designs.
• Provided technical oversight during client engagements and contributed to architecture, estimation, product planning and requirement creation.
• Explained technical designs clearly through documentation, presentations and discussions with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mentored engineers and contributed Azure expertise across delivery teams and the wider technical community.

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Senior Platform Engineer

Kainos · January 2017 to November 2020 · Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Designed, automated and supported Azure infrastructure for public-sector services.
• Built CI/CD pipelines and operational automation using Azure DevOps, Terraform, ARM and PowerShell.
• Developed monitoring, backup and archival solutions for production workloads.
• Contributed to architecture, estimation, planning, technical documentation and production support.
• Investigated complex platform, application performance and connectivity issues.
• Mentored engineers and provided technical guidance across delivery and support projects.

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Platform Engineer

Kainos · April 2015 to January 2017 · Belfast, Northern Ireland

• Delivered and supported infrastructure across Microsoft Azure and UKCloud.
• Worked across project delivery, production support and service management.
• Built automation and operational practices for customer-facing services.

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