02/25/2026 updated
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Cloud, Security and Software Engineer with DevSecOps expertise
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Only remote
GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer, Terraform Associate, GitHub ActionsLisp (Programming Language)Amazon Web ServicesApache HTTP ServerAutomationMicrosoft AzureBash ShellCloud ComputingContinuous IntegrationDynamic Host Configuration ProtocolDevOpsPerl (Programming Language)GitHubHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ComplianceInfrastructure ManagementInternet Protocol Security (IP SEC)
Cloud Infrastructure
Extensive experience with AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud platforms, implementing infrastructure as code and optimizing resource usage.
DevOps & CI/CD
Advanced knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab, implementing automated deployment processes and infrastructure testing.
Security Implementation
Expertise in implementing security measures including automated security scanning, compliance with SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA standards, and VM security strengthening.
Infrastructure as Code
Proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, Boto3, Packer, and Pulumi for automated infrastructure deployments and management.
Containerization
Experience with Docker, Podman, containerd, Kubernetes, Nomad, and Kind for container orchestration and management.
Monitoring & Observability
Implementation of end-to-end monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, Grafana Cloud, DataDog, Munin, Vector, and Splunk.
Programming Languages
Coding skills in Go, Python, Bash, Lua, Perl, and Lisp for automation, testing, and infrastructure management.
Network Security
Knowledge of Squid, Apache, Nginx, Caddy, ISC DHCP, Unbound, Dnsmasq, OpenVPN, WireGuard, IPSec, and NSD.
Extensive experience with AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud platforms, implementing infrastructure as code and optimizing resource usage.
DevOps & CI/CD
Advanced knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab, implementing automated deployment processes and infrastructure testing.
Security Implementation
Expertise in implementing security measures including automated security scanning, compliance with SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA standards, and VM security strengthening.
Infrastructure as Code
Proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, Boto3, Packer, and Pulumi for automated infrastructure deployments and management.
Containerization
Experience with Docker, Podman, containerd, Kubernetes, Nomad, and Kind for container orchestration and management.
Monitoring & Observability
Implementation of end-to-end monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, Grafana Cloud, DataDog, Munin, Vector, and Splunk.
Programming Languages
Coding skills in Go, Python, Bash, Lua, Perl, and Lisp for automation, testing, and infrastructure management.
Network Security
Knowledge of Squid, Apache, Nginx, Caddy, ISC DHCP, Unbound, Dnsmasq, OpenVPN, WireGuard, IPSec, and NSD.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2023
Languages
EnglishNative speaker
Project history
Automated AWS infrastructure deployments using GitHub Actions pipelines. Increased infrastructure stability with automated security and misconfigurations scanning. Maintained infrastructure reliability using Terraform's native testing framework. Introduced controlled infra releases by implementing automated semantic versioning.
Modernised legacy IaC pipelines using Terraform, Terragrunt, Ansible and GitHub Actions. Reduced deployment times by creating golden machine images on GCP. Automated deployment processes and infrastructure testing using Python and Go.
Consulting engineer for multinational blue chip companies spanning retail, biopharmaceutical and entertainment industries. Reduced VM deployment times and strengthened VM security for client's vaccine development programme. Created fully customizable build environments on GitHub's self-hosted runners for adoption by the 5,000 strong engineering department. Implemented complete visibility of user engagement for a media company with more than 20 million users.