I'm Ken Davis, a seasoned Technical Architect with over 26 years of experience delivering secure, high-availability IT solutions across complex environments. I hold active SC and DBS clearances and have built partnerships with Red Hat, Oracle, VMware, Microsoft, CIS and Dell to drive robust architectures. I specialise in projects, systems analytics, design, development, migrations, automation, security, administration and implementation. I excel at analyzing requirements and delivering cost-effective solutions aligned with client goals, leveraging cloud, virtualization and automation technologies. I work effectively both remotely and on-site, consistently delivering stable builds and secure infrastructures.

Ken Davis

I'm Ken Davis, a seasoned Technical Architect with over 26 years of experience delivering secure, high-availability IT solutions across complex environments. I hold active SC and DBS clearances and have built partnerships with Red Hat, Oracle, VMware, Microsoft, CIS and Dell to drive robust architectures. I specialise in projects, systems analytics, design, development, migrations, automation, security, administration and implementation. I excel at analyzing requirements and delivering cost-effective solutions aligned with client goals, leveraging cloud, virtualization and automation technologies. I work effectively both remotely and on-site, consistently delivering stable builds and secure infrastructures.

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I’m Ken Davis, a seasoned Technical Architect with over 26 years of experience delivering secure, high-availability IT solutions across complex environments. I hold active SC and DBS clearances and have built partnerships with Red Hat, Oracle, VMware, Microsoft, CIS and Dell to drive robust architectures.

I specialise in projects, systems analytics, design, development, migrations, automation, security, administration and implementation. I excel at analyzing requirements and delivering cost-effective solutions aligned with client goals, leveraging cloud, virtualization and automation technologies. I work effectively both remotely and on-site, consistently delivering stable builds and secure infrastructures.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

DevOps Architect/Consultant at LWF UK Limited
November 1, 2025 - February 1, 2026
Designed architecture and deployed automated CI/CD virtual hosts using Multipass, CloudInit, Ansible, Shell, Terraform, GitHub and CodePipeline. Deployed applications such as Landscape, RabbitMQ, Jenkins, Prometheus and Grafana for automated testing capabilities.
Senior Linux Consultant at Sayva Solutions
August 1, 2025 - October 1, 2025
Designed, implemented and administered Red Hat and Debian-based infrastructure within Proxmox clusters and AWS. Developed automated provisioning, migration and configuration scripts using Ansible and shell scripting, creating automated migration and backup strategies, DR capabilities. Deployed and maintained monitoring with Zabbix, Icinga, LibreNMS, Graylog, and OCSng, using Ansible deployment. Managed NFS and ZFS-based storage and backup arrays. Trained junior members of the team on Linux and troubleshooting techniques.
Linux Automation Architect at AMS@ Rolls Royce
January 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025
Provided hands-on consultancy as part of a global automation project; deploying, managing, and securing Red Hat Linux in Azure, AWS and virtual environments (VMware). Advised and designed the best architecture and system automation design for Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments; automated installation, configuration, and management of Linux servers via Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform and Azure DevOps. Designed fully automated deployment process for air-gapped environments including sheep dipping.
RHEL Automation Consultant at SixWorks/IBM
August 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024
Provided consultancy and hands-on project support for secure Air-Gapped Kubernetes apps within a vSphere domain linked environment (VMware). Enhanced design with HA and load-balanced architecture. Migrated manual builds to automated builds using Ansible Automation code and containerization.
Linux Automation Consultant at Camden Council
June 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024
Provided consultancy and hands-on project support with migration from CentOS to Red Hat and upgrade to RHEL9.4 within Nutanix cluster, Azure and AWS; using Convert2RHEL and Leapp alongside bash and Ansible to create repeatable automated processes.
Cloud Migration Consultant (DevOps) at Nominet
September 1, 2023 - April 1, 2024
Provided consultancy and hands-on project support with a migration of DNS Nodes from Centos to RHEL9 within NetActuate and AWS Cloud environments, including Cloud-Init and Ansible automation for builds and upgrades.

Education

RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) at Red Hat Training
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026
RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator) at Red Hat Training
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026
RHCT (Red Hat Certified Technician) at Red Hat Training
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Server Hardening at Red Hat Training
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer at AWS Certification
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026

Qualifications

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026
Docker for DevOps
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026
AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Government, Manufacturing