Looking for (dev)ops contract work in London

[Jerry Steele]

Hello,

I am once again looking for systems/devops type work in London. I've got 10+ years experience and over 15 years experience in more general IT-related work. Please see my Linkedin profile for a more detailed overview of my skills.

I'd say I'm more "ops" than "dev", but am highly aware of the benefits of automation and configuration management can have in terms of getting things done in this field.

Key skills:

  - AWS, mainly in conjunction with Terraform
  - Configuration management: 

    - Ansible
    - Puppet design & deployment
  - LAMP/LEMP

  - Ruby on Rails

  - mysql & postrges
  - Automation using bash/python scripting
  - Monitoring - Sensu, Nagios, Icinga, Shinken, Ganglia
  - Good understanding of networking/routing

Key achievments:
  - Implementation of Nagios/Ganglia monitoring system
  - Design and deployment of puppet configuration based around gitlab

  - Sole sysadmin/devops person for a music streaming service "startup"

  - Design & implementation of Ansible configuration management system for said service

In the last year or so, I have gained a lot of experience with AWS (I have been configuring via Terraform) and good familiarity with software-as-a-service offerings as they pertain to operations.

I also like to think I have good communication/people skills, though I understand that's very subjective :) My current job has been my introduction to the Agile methodology, and as a way to work I've found it very useful, as I believe many tech companies do now.

I'm based in Worthing, on the south coast, but am used to enduring the commute for the right job (touch wood, the famously bad Southern Railway haven't let me down too badly yet, certainly not on the way in in the morning!). In terms of availability, I believe I will be ready to start at the beginning of September, so if anyone has anything coming up, please feel free to get in touch. Full CV available on request.

Thanks