David O'Brien

DAVID O’BRIEN Melbourne, Victoria, Australia EMAIL:-| david-obrien.net | xirus.com.au MOBILE: +61 - SUMMARY          Manage complex software and infrastructure projects within enterprise environments across Europe and Australia Technical and strategy team lead on contemporary cloud projects across several industries, including Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance and Travel Internal and external stakeholder management on cloud DevOps projects Experienced in external partner / SI selection for digital transformation projects Effectively lead, mentor and supervise complex, cross-functional teams including industry specialists whilst providing strategic advice and driving recruitment to achieve key measurable results and IT orientated goals Demonstrated ability to apply innovative solutions to manage risk and environmental constraints and lead project teams through example and deliver business outcomes In-depth technical know-how around API driven cloud environments Awarded 5 times Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP, Cloud) Globally recognised speaker and track owner at IT conferences PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS:  Design PCI compliant, API driven payment gateway integrating to third party payment services like Mastercard, on Microsoft Azure. Highly available across multiple geolocations.  Lead initial phase of an Australian bank’s digital transformation program identifying opportunities in their vendor selection, product and platform choice and that way setting the second phase (implementation) up for success  Lead migration project of PCI compliant payments platform from customer’s datacentre to the Microsoft Azure cloud ensuring all internal parties and external vendors are aligned to the business’s goals, defining the project migration plan in collaboration with customer’s CIO and Enterprise Architects  Lead a greenfield Microsoft Azure cloud implementation for Australian FinTech, identifying business requirements, creating Agile backlogs in collaboration with Development Leads, tracking progress and realigning efforts to business goals where required  Lead a cost management and spending review of Azure cloud subscriptions for enterprise customer, introducing showback strategies and reducing overall cost of cloud platform TECHNICAL EXPERTISE 1|Page DevOps / Agile Practices  Infrastructure automation / Infrastructure as Code  Full-stack automation  Technical / Delivery Lead Project Management  Atlassian Jira / Confluence Public Cloud  Microsoft Azure  Amazon Web Services (AWS) Infrastructure as Code  Azure Resource Manager Templates (ARM)  Terraform  Pulumi Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment  Visual Studio Team Services / Azure DevOps Services  Jenkins Databases  Microsoft SQL Server  Microsoft Azure SQL Container platforms  Kubernetes (Open Source) Serverless cloud architecture  Azure Functions / Azure Logic Apps Development Languages  PowerShell (Expert), C# (basic), Python (basic), NodeJS (basic) Software Development Lifecycle  Various implementations of git  Test automation guidance Web / API messaging  REST / JSON API design EXPERIENCE DIRECTOR, XIRUS May 2018 – present  Responsible for Cloud/Technology/DevOps strategy  Vendor selection and management  Translate business requirements into technical requirements  Overall cloud architecture  Hands-on implementation of Azure environments PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT / CONTRACT May 2018 – March 2019  Translate business requirements into technical requirements  Provide consulting services to clients  Uplift customer development and operations teams  DevOps Assessments and follow-on action on those assessments SENIOR DEVOPS CONSULTANT May 2016 – May 2018  Responsible for technology direction and selection for customers  Leading development and operations teams  Provide consulting services to clients 2|Page     Oversee Lift & Shift projects from on-premises datacentre into Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud Implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment processes for .net development teams Uplift customer development and operations teams DevOps Assessments and follow-on action on those assessments SOLUTION ARCHITECT July 2015 – May 2016  Responsible for technology strategy/roadmap  Automate software development lifecycle processes  Create detailed design, as-built, test plan and operational documents  Design and implement automated Amazon AWS environments  Provide customer training on Microsoft automation disciplines SOLUTION ARCHITECT February 2014 – July 2015 Technical Team Lead at customer site Customer presentations and technical pre-sales Design & implement high-level architecture solutions Create detailed design, as-built, test plan and operational documents  Assist clients to create detailed operational procedures  Drive automation of customer business processes PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT February 2009 – February 2014       Provide Microsoft / Citrix consulting services to clients Community engagement OTHER MENTORING / TEACHING  Pluralsight author, 2017 – present  “A Cloud Guru” author, 2019 - present PRESENTING  Techmentor Conference, Seattle/USA, 2018  Highload Conference, Moscow/Russia, 2018  Riga Dev Days, Riga/Latvia, 2018  Nordic Infrastructure Conference (NICConf), Oslo/Norway, 2015, 2016  Microsoft TechEd Australia, Melbourne and Sydney, 2014  IT DevConnections, USA, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018  Brisbane Infrastructure Saturday, 2014, 2015, 2017  Founder of PowerShell Meetup Melbourne, 2016 – 2018 MICROSOFT MOST VALUED PROFESSIONAL (MVP) AWARD  2013 – 2014 Enterprise Client Management  2015 – 2017 Cloud and Datacenter Management / PowerShell  2017 – 2018 Microsoft Azure REFERENCES upon request 3|Page