$ whoami

Hey, I’m James 👋

A software developer who now wears a DevOps hat.

I was initially a backend dev, working with a programming language ⌨️ called q coupled with some python for good measure 🐍!

As a Developer, I grew frustrated with the lack of automation, which naturally drew me into the world of DevOps. I’ve since taken on the official title of DevOps engineer—though I say that loosely.

So, what do I do day to day?

I build robust CI/CD pipelines that automate code deployments to production environments ⛓️.

Gone are the days of massive bi-weekly or monthly releases — now deployments happen daily… hourly … by the minute 🚀.

I design immutable infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and CloudFormation 🖥️.

I managed east-west traffic with Palo Alto firewalls, all orchestrated through Terraform to ensure secure and seamless network flow.

Projects are broken down into microservices, containerized with Docker 🐳, and deployed onto multi-tenanted platforms orchestrated by Kubernetes ☸️.

I monitor real-time system health and performance using tools like Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, and Datadog, enriched with telemetry data collected via OpenTelemetry 📊.

Applications are decoupled through Event-Driven Architecture, leveraging Apache Kafka 😏.

There’s always another system to improve, automate, or scale.

TL;DR

• 📍 From a small town called Newry, currently working in London.
• 🎓 A senior q / DevOps engineer
• 💻 Tech lover who enjoys coding , solving problems, optimising, building pipelines
• ❤️ Sports ⚽ 🏈