Jamie Wood

Platform Engineer with a passion for DevOps methodology

United Kingdom

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About

Energetic and proactive individual with a passion for containerisation, automation, configuration management and DevOps methodology. As a fast learner with excellent problem-solving abilities, I am more than willing to take on any opportunity that is passed my way and can demonstrate responsibility for my own work.

Work Experience

Immersive Gamebox
Remote - London, UK
Contract - Zero Based Ltd

2022 - Present

Lead DevOps Engineer / Consultant

  • Engineered an automated deployment ecosystem utilizing Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and Jenkins for Immersive Gamebox's central AWS systems, while also extending it to on-premise hardware at multiple venues. This scalable solution played a pivotal role in facilitating rapid expansion while upholding impeccable infrastructure consistency
  • Constructed a sophisticated multi-transit gateway private network, optimised for low-latency communication among Immersive Gamebox's international venues. Leveraging Terraform, this dynamic network architecture facilitates the seamless addition of new venues
  • Effectively orchestrated the migration of all applications from Elastic Beanstalk to AWS ECS, enhancing reliability and scalability. Implemented comprehensive CI/CD pipelines through GitHub Actions, streamlining the deployment process and ensuring consistent, efficient releases
  • Provided strategic technical consultancy directly to the CTO, providing insights and guidance that contributed to informed decision-making. Recognised as a point of escalation for complex technical issues, demonstrating your expertise as a dependable problem solver and enhancing operational effectiveness

    • Experity Health
    Remote - Chicago, US
    Contract - Zero Based Ltd

    2020 - 2022

    Lead DevOps Engineer / Consultant

  • Orchestrated the successful transition of Experity's infrastructure to AWS from on-premise VMware, delivering expert consultancy on multi-account management, network optimisation, and streamlined application deployment, optimising operational efficiency within the healthcare sector
  • Designed and managed EKS clusters using Terraform across multiple regions, overseeing the comprehensive configuration of applications, operators, and controllers
  • Led a cross-functional team in the containerisation of a significant legacy Ruby on Rails application, consisting of over 300 EC2 instances. Utilised Kubernetes, Helm, and Flux to guarantee a smooth deployment, resulting in improved scalability and performance for essential services
  • Collaborated within an engineering cohort to migrate on-premises Kubernetes clusters out of support to the latest versions using KubeSpray, ensuring ongoing security, stability, and compliance

    • Dyson
    Bristol, UK

    2018 - 2020

    Lead DevOps Engineer

  • Led the Digital Cloud Infrastructure Team as the Lead Engineer, responsible for architecting and implementing cloud infrastructure with a strong emphasis on Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible, primarily in AWS and Azure, for over 30 accounts and 20 applications
  • Developed a private Terraform Data Source in Go to retrieve AWS Active Directory properties
  • Designed and implemented a common framework for Docker services in AWS ECS/Fargate
  • Enhanced the speed of application deployment by constructing CI/CD pipelines, enabling developers and QA to create short-lived environments based on Git feature branches
  • Reduced deployment time by eliminating manual steps and reducing dependency on individual knowledge, utilising Team City, Octopus, and Jenkins
  • Led an initiative for a multi-account strategy, facilitating the automated network provisioning of hundreds of AWS accounts using Direct Connect and Transit Gateway
  • Created an application with Node.js, allowing global markets to generate their own SEO redirects in Akamai for marketing promotions
  • Lowered AWS costs by implementing scaling patterns based on traffic and workload, right-sizing instances, and ensuring proper resource clean-up through decommissioning tooling
  • Operated within bi-weekly sprints, actively participating in a variety of agile ceremonies utilising Jira and Confluence

    • Education

    The Open University

    2020
    Bachelor of Science (Hons) Computing & IT (Computer Science Track)

    Projects

    MeetMyna

    A SaaS platform for making online meetings searchable

    AWS
    TypeScript
    Serverless
    DynamoDB
    React
    Node.js
    Terraform
    System Design

    Virtually Healthcare

    Virtually Healthcare offers free same-day video appointments at a fixed time, with a doctor of your choice

    AWS
    Laravel
    Fargate
    MySQL
    Docker
    ECS
    Terraform
    System Design

    Vybera Wallet

    Vybera Wallet is a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet

    React
    React Native
    GitHub Actions
    Cryptocurrency
    Blockchain
    Pulumi

    CyberLiver

    Re-inventing liver care through the use of technology

    Azure
    AWS
    Bitbucket
    Java
    Ansible
    Terraform

    Focus+

    FOCUS+ is a smart wrist band which can monitor and analyse drivers and mobile and lone workers’ fatigue and wellbeing levels

    AWS
    Laravel
    IoT
    SageMaker
    Terraform

    Canopy Servicing

    Flexible API platform for loan management and servicing

    AWS
    TypeScript/Node.js
    Serverless/Lambda
    Step Functions
    Terraform

    Hangry Cub

    TripAdvisior but for top plant based, vegan or veg dishes and restaurants

    AWS
    Angular
    Hapi.js
    Postgres
    Terraform

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