Dave Furmidge

Platform Engineer building secure, scalable, and high-performance platforms. Main responsibilities and skills:

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Provision infrastructure at scale using Terraform (Azure, Databricks, Unity Catalog)
• Design and build Python scripts and services, using BDD for automated testing
• Implement observability solutions: deployment, configuration, monitoring, alerting, and reporting
• Maintain and optimize platform SLAs, ensuring availability, reliability, and performance
• Lead release coordination: define release cycles, pre-release testing, and stakeholder communication
• Collaborate with architects to establish high-security, high-compliance baseline platforms
• Technical documentation

I was a Devops/SRE Engineer for a large retailer in the UK. Main responsibilities and skills:-

• Designed and built CI/CD Pipelines using Github actions
• Used Terraform for provisioning Azure Infrastructure
• Used Agile processes using Github projects and issues
• Used Git – branching strategies, merge, rebase, cherry-pick etc
• Had Code reviews, technical working groups
• Worked as SRE Engineer for multiple teams
• Collaborated with different individuals and teams
• Worked with offshore and geographically distributed teams
• Basic python scripts for automation
• Observability using NewRelic & Dynatrace
• Built Akamai Edgeworkers
• Troubleshooting

I was the tech lead on an Agile project to transform the CMU applications from on-premise and Azure VM’s into Azure PAAS. I lead a team of NHS IT developers as well as some 3rd party offshore developers. I helped with story estimation and planning, and I was responsible for the full SDLC. Main responsibilities and skills:-

• Infrastructure build using terraform and ARM templates
• Azure development including Web Jobs, Azure functions etc
• Design and build CI/CD Pipelines using Azure Pipelines and YAML definitions targeting different cloud environments
• Agile processes using Azure Boards
• .NET development
• Git – branching strategies, merge, cherry-pick etc
• Mentor developers, code reviews etc
• Stakeholder meetings, technical working groups
• Collaborating with different individuals and teams
• Team Leading
• Working with offshore and geographically distributed teams
• Troubleshooting

I was the technical lead for an Atos designed warehousing system at the MOD site in RAF Donnington. We partnered with Boeing Defence to provide a service to the MOD. I was involved in the initial development of the web site and applications and provided BAU support till I left Atos. Main responsibilities and skills:-

• Database design
• Writing/amending SQL Server stored procedures
• Designing web sites using ASP.Net, JavaScript, Classic ASP & Crystal Reports
• Application development using VB.net
• SQL Server DBA
• Customer facing support
• Fault resolution
• Weekly site visits for implementation and progress reporting
• Collaborating with different individuals and teams from multiple companies
• Consulting and stakeholder skills
• Documentation
• Technical Support
• Network Administration/ Windows Server Administration
• Performance tuning
• Server Builds / Hyper-V Configuration
• MySQL

I wrote the Delivery Booking application for the London 2012 Olympic games project. This application was used to manage the movement and capacity planning for the delivery of construction materials into the project venues. I also provided support for this and many other London2012 applications. Main responsibilities and skills:-

• Database/Website design
• Writing/amending SQL Server 2005 stored procedures
• Designing web sites using ASP.Net 3.5, agile development methodology
• SQL Server DBA
• SQL Server Cluster Installations
• Creation of reports using Crystal Reports
• Site visits for implementation and progress reporting
• Delivering customer workshops
• Website/Database Installation
• Fault resolution
• Active Directory Management