Experience

I have over three decades of professional experience across systems engineering, backend development, and automation.

Recent roles include:

• Independent Software & Platform Engineering (2024–present) Built and deployed Django/PostgreSQL services on self-managed Linux infrastructure using Docker Compose, with AI-assisted and agentic development, REST/API integration, local/private RAG experimentation, automated testing, and manual end-to-end verification.

• Morgan Stanley (2022–2024)
  Automation and tooling for hardware lifecycle and secure data erasure workflows. Python, Perl, Git, RHEL.

• Mastercard (2019–2021)
  Linux systems administration within payment gateway infrastructure. Mixed Debian and RHEL estate, Puppet, VMware, PCI remediation.

• ARM (2013–2016)
  Intranet and internal platform support. Web services, authentication, monitoring, and operational tooling.

Earlier work spans finance, telecoms, public sector, and embedded systems, including long-term UNIX environments predating Linux standardisation, in organisations such as BT and HP where system longevity and operational stability mattered more than rapid change.

I am comfortable inheriting systems with history.