I'm a skilled cloud engineer and architect with over a decade of commercial experience. I specialise in AWS, Linux, IaC and containerisation with secondary experience in CMS frameworks and REST APIs. I am highly motivated, confident, and always keen to learn new technologies. I am looking for a new opportunity to challenge and build on my skill set. I’m eager to bring hands-on technical leadership, a pragmatic approach to problem solving, and a passion for delivering reliable, scalable cloud solutions to a forward-thinking team.

Luke Parry

I'm a skilled cloud engineer and architect with over a decade of commercial experience. I specialise in AWS, Linux, IaC and containerisation with secondary experience in CMS frameworks and REST APIs. I am highly motivated, confident, and always keen to learn new technologies. I am looking for a new opportunity to challenge and build on my skill set. I’m eager to bring hands-on technical leadership, a pragmatic approach to problem solving, and a passion for delivering reliable, scalable cloud solutions to a forward-thinking team.

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I’m a skilled cloud engineer and architect with over a decade of commercial experience. I specialise in AWS, Linux, IaC and containerisation with secondary experience in CMS frameworks and REST APIs. I am highly motivated, confident, and always keen to learn new technologies. I am looking for a new opportunity to challenge and build on my skill set.

I’m eager to bring hands-on technical leadership, a pragmatic approach to problem solving, and a passion for delivering reliable, scalable cloud solutions to a forward-thinking team.

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Language

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Work Experience

AWS Cloud Platform Engineer (Contract) at Macquarie
October 1, 2025 - Present
Maintained data platform and support channels; Kubernetes cluster, Argo CD / workflow pipelines, Apache Airflow DAGs, and data warehouse tooling (Starburst Enterprise, S3, Plexus, Glue Data Catalog).
Principal Cloud Engineer at My Finance Club
April 1, 2024 - September 1, 2025
Owned AWS Cloud Infrastructure and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines; led Terraform-driven infrastructure, containerised services (10+) into Docker files with ECS blue/green deployments; implemented serverless patterns using Lambda, EventBridge and Step Functions; established platform monitoring and alerting; migrated codebases to a single GitHub Actions workflow; implemented IAM hardening and encryption controls.
Cloud SRE at Sky
February 1, 2022 - August 1, 2023
Hands-on SRE for Concourse CI platform across the Sky estate, supporting 75+ teams and ~1000 pipelines; infrastructure improvements via Terraform; production environment management (20+ EC2 instances across multiple VPCs/AZs) with auto scaling; monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana and CloudWatch; cross-region storage for DR; on-call support and mentoring.
Lead Solutions Architect at Invotra
December 1, 2019 - February 1, 2022
Led application architecture for an internal communications system used by 47% of UK government staff; OpenAPI definitions for 300+ REST endpoints; microservices SaaS design using GraphQL, Amazon Neptune, AWS Lambda; mobile app replacement via PWA; SDLC governance and security improvements.
Software Architect at Invotra
May 1, 2016 - December 1, 2019
Technical lead on internal platforms; security upgrades and SDLC management; API support and customer training; SSO integrations; mobile app development using React Native; migration and documentation for 200,000+ artefacts.
Software development apprentice at iO1 Ltd
November 1, 2012 - December 31, 2015
Started career in Drupal-based CMS development; contributed to CMS websites and early SaaS intranet projects; gained hands-on experience across SDLC in a startup/scale-up environment.

Education

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Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (In progress)
January 11, 2030 - January 25, 2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
January 11, 2030 - January 25, 2026
Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate
January 11, 2030 - January 25, 2026
Level 4 Cyber security technologist
January 11, 2030 - January 25, 2026
Level 3 Software development
January 11, 2030 - January 25, 2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
January 11, 2030 - January 25, 2026
Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate
January 11, 2030 - January 25, 2026
Level 4 Cyber security technologist
January 11, 2030 - January 25, 2026
Level 3 Software development
January 11, 2030 - January 25, 2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
January 11, 2030 - January 25, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Government