I am an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with a long track record across Linux administration, automation and project delivery. I have hands-on expertise with Terraform, Ansible, Python, JavaScript and AWS, delivering reliable, repeatable Infrastructure-as-Code across on‑premises, hybrid and cloud environments. I thrive in enabling rapid, secure deployments and robust CI/CD pipelines while collaborating closely with product teams to meet evolving business needs. I excel at driving scalable DevOps practices, performance tuning and problem management, with a focus on security, reliability and automation. My background spans large migrations, containerization, and cloud platform architectures, and I enjoy mentoring teams and shaping best practices to deliver measurable value in fast-paced environments.

Ian T Price

I am an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with a long track record across Linux administration, automation and project delivery. I have hands-on expertise with Terraform, Ansible, Python, JavaScript and AWS, delivering reliable, repeatable Infrastructure-as-Code across on‑premises, hybrid and cloud environments. I thrive in enabling rapid, secure deployments and robust CI/CD pipelines while collaborating closely with product teams to meet evolving business needs. I excel at driving scalable DevOps practices, performance tuning and problem management, with a focus on security, reliability and automation. My background spans large migrations, containerization, and cloud platform architectures, and I enjoy mentoring teams and shaping best practices to deliver measurable value in fast-paced environments.

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I am an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with a long track record across Linux administration, automation and project delivery. I have hands-on expertise with Terraform, Ansible, Python, JavaScript and AWS, delivering reliable, repeatable Infrastructure-as-Code across on‑premises, hybrid and cloud environments. I thrive in enabling rapid, secure deployments and robust CI/CD pipelines while collaborating closely with product teams to meet evolving business needs.

I excel at driving scalable DevOps practices, performance tuning and problem management, with a focus on security, reliability and automation. My background spans large migrations, containerization, and cloud platform architectures, and I enjoy mentoring teams and shaping best practices to deliver measurable value in fast-paced environments.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

DevOps / Full Stack Developer at Beresfords Estate Agents
December 1, 2022 - Present
Review and revise an existing Referrals commission payment website; rewrite the site for cloud deployment. Built a serverless web app using AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, EventBridge, S3, CloudWatch, Cognito) with Node.js, React, Bootstrap5, HTML/CSS and DataTables; deployed with Terraform & GitHub Actions.
Senior DevOps Consultant at Santander / CloudScaler
January 1, 2022 - March 1, 2023
Formulated and delivered 184 Data, Security & IT Operations Controls to support migration from on-premise to AWS. Automated 100+ controls via Checkov and integrated into project pipelines; worked with AWS services including Aurora, DocumentDB, DynamoDB, RDS, Elasticache, EKS/ECS, S3, IAM, and more.
Web Operations, Senior DevOps Consultant at DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
December 1, 2020 - March 1, 2022
Upgraded Terragrunt & Terraform from 11.x to 1.0, consolidating multiple repos (85% of code removed). Upgraded Ansible, Ubuntu, and PostgreSQL RDS instances; migrated CI/CD tooling to containerised environments (ECS/ECR/EKS) and supported 50+ applications.
Cloud Architect at AND Digital
October 1, 2020 - December 1, 2020
Hands-on cloud platform specialist advising clients across cloud journeys, providing cloud strategy, architectural direction, and upskilling of delivery teams; emphasized solid foundations, security, service reliability and best-practice Cloud Engineering.
Senior DevOps & Infrastructure Automation Consultant at Ladbrokes / GVC Group
August 1, 2019 - December 1, 2019
Refactored earlier automation work using Terraform & Vault; adopted AWS-Well-Architected Framework; designed modular Terraform components; integrated Vault for secrets; mentored new hires on Terraform, Jira, Confluence and CI/CD workflows.
Senior DevOps, AWS Architect & Ansible Consultant at HMRC via Red Hat
November 1, 2018 - July 1, 2019
Managed large internal systems remeditation program, re-architecting for AWS; contributed to version-controlled configuration assets; automated deployments with Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, CodePipeline; containerised workloads with Kubernetes; implemented Python API integrations to restore functionality.
Senior DevOps & AWS Architect Consultant at Ryalto RightStaff Ltd
December 1, 2017 - December 1, 2018
Provided high‑level DevOps guidance on a full CI/CD pipeline on AWS; developed Python scripts to benchmark performance and assist with database tuning; transitioned workloads toward ECS Docker and AWS Aurora; supported serverless event-driven components using Lambda.
Senior DevOps Consultant & BAU Manager at Home Office: NLEDSP (PNC/PND Replacement project)
November 1, 2017 - May 1, 2018
Led BAU activities for a high-security project; established CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, Packer, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and Lambda; aligned processes to ITIL/ServiceNow Live Services; formed a BAU team and Kanban/Sprint cadence.
Senior DevOps Engineer & BAU Manager at Home Office: DSAB, Border Force DSAB
April 1, 2016 - October 1, 2017
Migrated ~198 VMs from UK Cloud to AWS; built CI/CD pipelines with GitLab/GitHub, Jenkins; containerised workloads with Kubernetes; integrated ZAP security testing and Selenium UI tests; deployed Kubernetes clusters on AWS with ELK/Sysdig monitoring.
Web Technologies Migration Team at Queen Mary University of London
November 1, 2015 - June 1, 2016
Migration of 220 websites into production on Docker containers; evaluated container orchestration (Kubernetes, Rancher, Swarm) and cloud options; recommended Docker-based containerization for isolation and efficiency.
Ecommerce Technical Manager at Euro Car Parts Ltd
July 1, 2014 - July 1, 2015
Long Term Environment Platform (LTEP) deployment to support all sites with 24x7 availability; VMware, HAProxy, Apache/Nginx, GitHub, Jenkins, Puppet/Ansible; later migrated to AWS via CloudFormation automation.
Ecommerce Technical Manager at Euro Car Parts Ltd
August 1, 2015 - October 1, 2015
Managed 20+ sites; drove patch management, PCI-DSS/audits, automated deployment pipelines, and early CI/CD via Git, Jenkins, Selenium, Ansible; introduced containerization (Docker on CoreOS) and AWS CloudFormation for automated deployment.
Consultant at Centreline Support Ltd
April 1, 1994 - Present
Independent consultancy providing Linux support, automation, troubleshooting and management services to SMEs and FT100 clients; delivered on-site and remote support, system administration and automation projects for a 25+ year tenure.

Education

BSc (Hons) Production Engineering at Leeds Metropolitan University
January 1, 1981 - January 1, 1985

Qualifications

RYA Yachtmaster Ocean
January 11, 2030 - January 12, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Government, Financial Services

Experience Level

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