Professional Experience

Lead Cloud Engineer | Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy | December 2021 - Present

Leading cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes initiatives for a leading continuous delivery platform, focusing on scalability, reliability, and developer experience.

Key Achievements:

  • Maintained build system, running thousands of builds per day
  • Maintained Cloud Platform, running Octopus Deploy for thousands of customers
  • Developed Helm charts to deploy the Kubernetes Agent and Octopus Deploy
  • Delivered technical webinars on Kubernetes best practices and workload reliability
  • Delivered technical whitepapers on Kubernetes
  • Contributing to open-source tools and platforms for the Kubernetes ecosystem
  • Helped build and architect modern monitoring systems based on gRPC and Go
  • Winner of OctoBravo 2024 - helping each other, and 2025 - most positive
  • Run frequent training and office hours to mentor engineers interested in Kubernetes and Containerisation
  • Key champion of Kubernetes to internal teams in Octopus Deploy

Technologies: Kubernetes, Helm, Go, TypeScript, C#/Dotnet, gRPC, OpenTelemetry, AWS, Azure

Senior Systems Engineer | Platform Team

Codafication | July 2020 - December 2021

Led a team of 3 engineers managing 40+ Kubernetes clusters across Azure and AWS, pioneering technologies to accelerate code delivery and improve stability.

Key Achievements:

  • Redesigned Kubernetes cluster architecture, reducing costs from $680 to $200 per cluster monthly (saving $19,000/month across 40 clusters)
  • Implemented spot instance strategy with taints/tolerations for stateless workloads
  • Built Terraform modules for rapid EKS cluster deployment
  • Designed and implemented Jenkins-as-Code CI/CD pipeline with GitOps and Helm
  • Automated deployment validation and promotion across ring environments

Technologies: Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, AWS EKS, Azure AKS, Helm, GitOps, Go, Python

Systems Engineer | Infrastructure Team

Vision6 | July 2018 - July 2020

Responsible for setup, maintenance, and documentation of Enterprise Linux systems for a SaaS email marketing platform, managing infrastructure in AWS and on-premises.

Key Achievements:

  • Deployed production Ceph cluster for object storage supporting microservices architecture
  • Led OpenStack deployment project, creating automation scripts for 10-minute node provisioning
  • Architected master-master replicated MySQL database using PerconaDB with GTID
  • Completed hardware refresh with zero downtime, including full network redundancy design
  • Implemented BGP routing and network security across datacenter infrastructure

Technologies: OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, PerconaDB, MySQL, BGP, NGINX, CentOS/RHEL, Python, Bash

Support Engineer | Professional Services

Fawmatt IT Systems | March 2014 - July 2018

Provided software and hardware maintenance for Catholic Education and independent schools, responsible for network design, deployment, and maintenance.

Key Achievements:

  • Led network infrastructure upgrades across 15+ schools using Cisco equipment
  • Managed VMware AirWatch MDM rollout with automated migration solutions
  • Deployed Office 365 for multiple schools including mail migration and SharePoint
  • Implemented Windows Server 2012 R2 domains with VMware ESXi virtualization
  • Created technical documentation and automation tools for deployment standardization

Technologies: VMware vSphere, Cisco networking, Office 365, Windows Server, Active Directory, MDM (AirWatch, Meraki), PowerShell

School IT Administrator

Brisbane Catholic Education - St Teresa’s Catholic College | December 2012 - March 2014

Maintained and supported IT systems within the college, working with students, staff, and BCE’s central IT infrastructure team.

Key Achievements:

  • Deployed and monitored LAMP servers for educational applications
  • Designed and implemented OS X SOE (Standard Operating Environment)
  • Administered Microsoft SharePoint for collaboration
  • Managed Cisco Meraki MDM for device fleet
  • Developed internal ticket tracking system

Technologies: LAMP stack, Cisco Prime, SolarWinds, OS X, Active Directory, SharePoint, Cisco Meraki