Cloud & Platform Engineerand Web Architect
Currently at Cognizant, running a platform on Azure and Databricks. I came up through enterprise backend in .NET and low-level systems in Rust and Linux, and I build high-performance websites with that same engineering head on.
Profile
I work in the band where infrastructure, backend and networking stop being separate teams. I design the platform on Azure and the pipelines on Databricks, I write the .NET services that consume that data, and when something breaks I can drop down to the network trace or the socket to work out why.
That breadth is no accident: I came out of a communications and electronics degree, spent years administering Windows servers and diagnosing networks, and I still write Rust for the pleasure of it. The result is that I diagnose whole systems rather than a single layer.
My technical judgement stays the same at every one of those levels: reproducible environments, explicit contracts, and as little magic as possible between a problem and its solution.
Domains
- 01
Cloud & Platform
Reproducible infrastructure on Azure and data processing on Databricks, with continuous delivery and observability from day one.
- 02
Backend Enterprise
Services in .NET and C# on SQL Server: clear data models, stable contracts and tests that survive a refactor.
- 03
Web Architecture
Sites and applications in Next.js where performance, SEO and animation are designed together, not patched on at the end.
- 04
Systems & Networking
Rust and Linux for whatever runs close to the metal, with formal training in communications to diagnose the network properly.
Cloud & Data
- Azure
- Databricks
- IaC
- CI/CD
- Docker
Backend & Web
- C#
- .NET
- SQL Server
- Next.js
- TypeScript
Systems & Networks
- Rust
- Linux
- Cisco
- TCP/IP
- Windows Server
Access by code. Career, stack and certifications.