Andrew Hughes-Onslow

Devops Engineer and Software Developer

e: [email protected]

w: http://kalpaitch.com

GitHub: https://github.com/kalpaitch

Drupal.org: https://www.drupal.org/u/kalpaitch

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

Devops engineer and software developer with over a decade of experience working for public and private sector projects in senior, lead and architect roles. Scrum master holding SC clearance.

• Predominantly working with Drupal, Python and Node applications
• Developed systems with microservice / serverless and data pipeline based architectures
• Experienced with Docker / ECS and containerised deployment
• Significant experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform / CloudFormation
• Creation and automation of CI/CD pipelines

Employment

Technical Architect > March 2023 - present

Olive Jar > Primary Authority Register

• Orchestrating a move from a GovUK PaaS to AWS with Copilot
• Communication with SOC, accessibility and wider teams to achieve GovUK Service Standard
• Increasing automation through CD with a shift-left approach to QA

Lead SRE & Devops Engineer > July 2020 - December 2021

Fetch for Pets > Multi-vendor pet product wholesaler

• Architected a serverless infrastructure with data pipelines to optimise advertising spend
• Development of Python application to analyse sales data with revenue in excess of $1million / day
• Administration of devops processes and CI pipeline with Chalice / Docker / Terraform

Lead Developer & Dev-Ops Engineer > June 2017 - March 2023

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy > Primary Authority Register

• Responsible for leading the migration and development for a Drupal backed government service
• Administration of devops, CI and deployment pipeline with CircleCI and Cloud Foundry
• Supported by Postgres utilising Redis & Opensearch to optimise performance for data retrieval

Senior Developer > Dec 2016 - June 2017

Dennis Publishing > Magazine publisher, owner of The Week

• Responsible for drupal development within an agile team of 9 back-end developers
• Creating a new Drupal 8 platform for subscriptions services and magazine publishing platforms

Senior Developer > May 2015 - November 2016

Eurostar > Trains from London to Paris

• Creation of a new Drupal 8 component-based site for Eurostar to increase revenue across mobiles
• Contributor to the Drupal component initiative
• Responsible for development within an agile team of 6-8 developers

Senior Developer > July 2015 - July 2016

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

• Development and management of migration from Drupal 6 to 7

Senior Developer > August 2013 - January 2014

New Digital Partnership (Permanent) > A digital agency specialising in drupal

• Senior developer responsible for development of Drupal-based projects and data migrations

Technical Developer > October 2012 - July 2013

Reading Room (Permanent) > A global digital agency

• Responsible for all technical aspects of development on Drupal-based projects

Lead Developer > July 2010 - September 2012

Firecracker (Permanent) > A small, fast-paced digital agency

• Responsible for all development based around CakePHP, Drupal and Wordpress

Key Technologies

Development > Php, Python, Javascript, Drupal

DevOps > AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Cloud Foundry, CI

Data > MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kafka

Education

BA (architecture) > Oxford Brookes University > 2004 - 2008

3 A levels (history of art, design and technology, geography) > Eton College

13 GCSEs > Eton College

Personal achievements and interests

Twice inter-schools croquet champion with Eton College

British Canoeing certified White Water Kayak Coach