Aaron East

Experience

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  Pod1

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  UI Developer
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  CB Richard Ellis

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Analyst Programmer
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  Trafalgar Management services

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2007

  Server side programmer
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  IG Index

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Senior Java Developer

  Senior server side developer primarily working on the web trading platform which involved components like DMA, CFDs. Worked on supporting components like a RESTful addon library to Spring following JSR-311 standards.Technologies used; Java 5 & 6, Spring 2.x, Oracle, JMX, JMS, MQ Series, Tomcat, EHCache, Terracotta, Unix and RedHat linux administration, Python, C#

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  Razorfish

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Server side programmer

  Senior server side developer primarily working on a marketing portal for EDF energy. This role was mainly in a part-time capacity.Technologies used; Java 6, Lucene Search, Solr, Liferay, portlets, JQuery, maven, Spring, Spring Roo, hibernate

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  Sky

  Apr 2010 - Nov 2010

  Contracted Senior Server Side Developer

  Senior Server side developer working on a video portal for sky web content.Technologies used; Java 6, Lucene, Compass, Solr, Groovy, Grails, Quartz, RPM, Javascipt, Prototype, CSS, HTML, ActionScript 3.0

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  Unibet

  Nov 2010 - Mar 2011

  Contracted Senior Server Side Developer

  Senior Server side developer working primarily on a back office bonus system. Technologies used: Spring, Hibernate, MySQL, Active MQ and Flex 4.

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  Equal Experts

  Mar 2011 - Mar 2012

  Contracted Senior Developer

  Senior Developer / DevOps sub-contracted to O2 to work on the Priority Moments project a location based vouchers application available on IOS, Android, Blackberry and web.Technologies used: Java 6, MongoDB, Sprin, Groovy, Tomcat7, nginx, Amazon AWS, Hadoop (a number of supporting technologies eg Pig, Oozie)

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  Expressive Software Ltd

  Mar 2012 - Jul 2012

  IT Consultant at Orange Vallee

  Brought in as a NoSQL expert to help with the migration of a messaging system stored in a RDBMS to a NoSQL solution.Technologies used; Scala, Cassandra, Java, Spring

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  RBC

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  Contracted Senior Developer

  Senior Analyst Programmer working primarily on an internal compliance and reporting application.Technologies used were Java, MongoDB, REST, Javascript, AngularJS, d3.js, underscore.js, JQuery.

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  Visa Europe

  Sept 2013 - Sept 2015

  Contracted Architect / Technical Lead

  I manage a number of components for the v.me project (Visa Europe digital wallet). Themain component is the wallet management portal along with a number of micro services like the anti-fraud service, notification service, merchant service, consumer service. I have been heavily involved in the re-architecting and redevelopment of the system. I put together a roadmap for the system architecture in conjunction with solution & infrastructure architects, security and the business. Improvements were aligned with deliverables to ensure that resource is always focused on areas which provide the best business value. I managed a team of 6 developers and 2 QAs.Technologies: Java 6/8, Spring, Solr, Jetty, Apache2, RPM, Node.js, JavaScript, AngularJS, docker, OAuth, OpenId connect, MQ Series Show less

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  Lenio (UK) Ltd

  Oct 2015 - Jan 2016

  Technical Solution Architect

  Lenio is looking to make donating a part of your banking experience. As well as reducing the cost to the charities so you know what you give goes to the charity.I have been brought in on a contract basis to design, mentor and develop the Lenio donation system.Technologies: Java 8, play framework, Docker, Docker swarm, Flocker, Kubernetes, AWS, GNU Make, Atlassian suite

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  McKinsey & Company

  Feb 2016 - May 2016

  Technical Architect

  Worked on a number of projects in the financial services sector. Roles varied from hands on development and design to more analysis and design.Technologies: Node.js, Docker, Nomad, AWS, Terraform, Packer

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  Direct Line Group

  May 2016 - Nov 2017

  Cloud Platform Technical Lead & Architect

  Cloud Platform Technical Lead managing a team of cloud infrastructure engineers for the delivery of the strategic cloud platform.Formally was Technical lead managing a team and the technical delivery of renewals & migration on a large insurance project. Technologies: Terraform, Consul, Packer, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Guidewire ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter, Jenkins, Nexus, GitLab, Confluence, Jira

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  Pacto Systems

  Jan 2017 - now

  Architect | DevSecOps | Cybersecurity

  Offering consultancy in Cybersecurity, DevSecOps, Cloud & SRE, and FinOps.

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  Shinobi Security

  Sept 2022 - now

  AIOps/Cloud Advisor

  Provide advisory services for the following: Cloud & Cloud operations, FinOps, AIOps, IAM and DevSecOps

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  Symmetry Cyber Intelligence

  Feb 2023 - now

  Director of Technology | Co-Founder

  Providing consulting services in Cybersecurity, DevSecOps and Cloud I leverage my extensive knowledge and hands-on experience to assist organizations in crafting a strategic vision and solution which meet the organisations goals.