Andrew Hughes-Onslow

Technical Lead, Infrastructure and Software Engineer

e: [email protected]

w: http://hughes-onslow.com

GitHub: https://github.com/kalpaitch

LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/hughesonslow/

Security-cleared platform and software engineer with over 15 years leading and empowering technical teams across public and private sector projects. Skilled in designing scalable, secure, and automated platforms on AWS and Azure using Docker and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation). Strong background in CI/CD pipeline automation, microservice and event-driven architecture, and developer enablement. Expertise across PHP/Drupal, Python, and Node.js.

Focus: Building secure & resilient platforms, fostering engineering excellence, and empowering teams through automation.

Key Skills

Leadership & Delivery: Technical leadership, mentoring, agile delivery, roadmap ownership, stakeholder communication

Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Azure, Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka

Software Engineering: PHP/Drupal, Python, JavaScript/Node/React, Bash

Automation: Pipeline automation and release management with CircleCI, GitHub Actions, Travis CI, Jenkins

Observability & Security: Dynatrace, Splunk, Sentry, SonarQube, Trivy, Checkov

Data & Storage: MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Typesense

Employment

Lead Technical Consultant > April 2025 to present

CACI > Government Department > [undisclosed]

Platform Lead > August 2024 to March 2025

CACI > Digital Experience > Internal team

Devops Engineer > December 2023 to August 2024

CACI > Government Digital Service > One Login programme

Technical Architect / Lead Engineer > June 2017 to Nov 2023

Department BEIS > Office for Product Safety & Standards > Primary Authority Register

Lead Engineer > July 2020 to January 2022 [part-time]

[Undisclosed] > Multi-vendor wholesaler & ad-tech platform

Senior Engineer > Dec 2016 to June 2017

Dennis Publishing > Magazine publisher, owner of The Week

Senior Developer > May 2015 to November 2016

Eurostar > Trains from London to Paris

Senior Developer > June 2016 to March 2017 [part-time]

Trustroots > A free open source hospitality exchange network built on trust.

Senior Developer > July 2015 to July 2016

Warmshowers.org > A free worldwide hospitality exchange for touring cyclists

Senior Developer > August 2013 to January 2014

New Digital Partnership > A digital agency specialising in drupal projects

Technical Developer > October 2012 to July 2013

Reading Room > A global digital agency

Developer > July 2010 to September 2012

Firecracker > A small, fast-paced digital agency

Education

BA (architecture) > Oxford Brookes University > 2004 - 2008
3 A levels (history of art, design and technology, geography) > Eton College

References available on request.

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