About

Kinda nerdy father; Systems Engineer / SRE / Engineering Manager.

Professional Summary

I’ve been a developer (PHP, C, Python, Go), Systems Administrator, SRE, and people manager. I can mess around with system internals, I can lead projects or small teams, I can coach and mentor.

I like to take a step back and ask what problem we’re really trying to solve.

Skill Summary

• System design & architecture
• Monitoring and SLOs
• Linux system configuration, debugging.
• Tuning and query / index optimisation for databases (MySQL, BDB).
• Core protocols - DNS (authoritative & recursive/caching), SMTP, LDAP, RADIUS.
• IPv6 migration and troubleshooting.
• Backup & restore.
• Solid written and verbal communication.
• Mentoring & coaching junior and senior employees.
• Coding/scripting (bash, Python, Java/C++/Perl as needed)

Education

• Bachelor of Information Technology, Flinders University 2003.
• Certificate IV in Project Management
• Various courses - Zend Server, XIV SAN, and IPv6
• On the job! I learn new systems and technologies quickly.

More?

You can read my [résumé] 1; you can also check out my [my LinkedIn profile] 2.