Matthew Hill

Experience

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  Ezy PC Limited

  Mar 2004 - Nov 2011

  Owner/Technician

  Computer sales and servicing company supporting a variety of business types including corporate, industrial, retail, tourism, and manufacturing.

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  Xaeco Limited

  Jan 2005 - now

  Owner/Developer

  Part-time full stack developer specialising in C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server.Created a software-as-a-service process management system hosted in Azure, written in C#, utilising SQL Server, Redis Cache, .NET Framework and many more technologies.Providing technical hands-on skills in design, development and engineering services for solutions incorporating Azure Public Cloud, API development, database design, hybrid networking Kubernetes and many more.

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  New Zealand Fire Service

  Jan 2012 - May 2016

  Senior Database Specialist

  Initially hired as a database administrator with a broad generalist skillset. Promoted to senior database administrator and assisted with many other non-database related initiatives.Implemented SQL Server Enterprise clusters creating their first highly-available database platform. Incorporated AlwaysOn Availability Groups, Log Shipping, Reporting Services, and Integration Services technologies.Implemented and maintained monitoring systems. Setup System Center Operations Manager, SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer and Erwin Data Modeler as shared tools across multiple teams and over a dozen applications.Development and testing of the organisation's disaster recovery plan including scheduled failover and failback of databases, applications, and domain controllers. Show less

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  Fire and Emergency NZ

  May 2016 - May 2019

  Foundations for Mobility Technical Work Stream Lead

  Hand-picked, based on many years of database and cloud development experience, as a developer and team lead on the Foundations for Mobility project.Developed and implemented a mobile information platform utilising C#, PowerShell, ARM, SQL, ETL to combine emergency services near real-time information with on-premises business critical information to enhance situational awareness and safety of front-line staff.Setup and managed the organisation's first development and collaboration environment utilising Azure DevOps integrated with on-premises directories.Lead the development of the organisation's first mobility focussed database and the development of custom software to integrate and transform near real-time information. Show less

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  New Zealand Defence Force

  May 2019 - Dec 2021

  Cloud Consultant

  Aggressively recruited as a Cloud Consultant to accelerate the development of their modern hybrid cloud information environment. Worked across multiple teams in an organisation in the preliminary stages adopting the scaled agile framework for enterprises. Developed a hybrid cloud platform utilising PowerShell, Bash, Bicep, ARM and Ansible to deploy infrastructure to Azure and on-premises systems within a complex and multi-tenanted environment. Developed a query language in PowerShell to provide a human readable way to articulate and filter complex object structures. Played a critical role in architectural discussions to determine solutions to technical problems, enabling teams and the organisation to keep moving forward. Educated and assisted multiple teams with utilising infrastructure as code. Positioning them better to work within an ever changing and increasingly complex landscape. Show less

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  The Treasury - New Zealand

  Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

  Senior Systems Engineer

  Worked with a great group of engineers and architects upgrading SQL servers, operating systems and line-of-business applications. Helped develop the foundations for cloud migration and resource governance initiatives.