Years of DevOps experience
Blain Noone
hulme
Summary
Driven and solutions-focused individual with a strong interest in automation and DevOps practices. Experienced in supporting developers, identifying issues early, and combining technical expertise with a collaborative approach. Passionate about optimising infrastructure and streamlining operations to enable reliable deployments and high-performing systems
Overview
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2
2
Years of University Education in UA92
4
4
Certifications
Work history
DevOps Engineer
GlobalLogic(JD Sports)
Manchester
2024.10 - 2026.04
- Designed and maintained infrastructure using terraform/terragrunt across the JD landscape
- Collaborated with software developers and QA teams to streamline DevOps processes.
- Developed automated workflows to catch issues early. improve efficiency and adhere to best practices efficiently
- Integrated Snyk scanning (SAST, SCA, IaC) into CI/CD pipelines across JD landscape
- Built monitoring dashboards and alerts New Relic using Opentelemetry and NQRL queries
- Implemented security measures to reduce risks throughout development and deployment processes.
- Ensured compatibility issues such as terraform provider upgrade for use with later node versions
- Liaised between development and operations teams to support efficient infrastructure management.
- Supported new developer onboarding and troubleshooting issues
- Migrated Lambda infrastructure within admin tooling projects
- Contributed to migration from legacy AWS setup to Landing Zone Accelerator
- Performed daily system checks, debugging, and issue resolution
- Implemented monitoring tools to proactively identify system issues.
- Helped develop continuous integration pipelines and security integrations for enhanced code security and best practices
- Collaborated with other developers to identify and alleviate software bugs.
- Collaborated with cross-functional development teams to raise technical standards for ongoing projects..
Warehouse Operative
Currys
2016.01 - 2023.09
- Developed further communication and problem-solving skills in customer-facing roles
- Logistics and working within a team
- Ensured high standards of cleanliness by regularly sanitising warehouse equipment.
- Managed disposal of waste materials, maintained clean working environment.
- Performed general maintenance tasks around the warehouse, ensured a safe work environment.
- Replenished shelves as needed, helped maintain adequate stock levels at all times.
- Loaded and unloaded delivery vehicles, ensured safe transport of goods.
Sales Assistant
Retail, HMV, Dealz
2015.01 - 2016.01
- Developed strong communication and problem-solving skills in customer-facing roles
- Trained new staff members, fostering a supportive working environment.
- Delivered exceptional after-sales service, encouraging repeat business.
- Demonstrated products effectively leading to increased sales conversions.
- Built strong relationships with regular customers for repeat business.
Education
A-Levels - Secondary Education
ST Mels College
Longford, Ireland 2003.09 - 2009.04
3 years - Software/Web Design Course
TUS/AIT
Athlone, Ireland 2010.08 - 2013.07
Certificate of Higher Education - DevOps
University Academy UA92
Manchester 2023.01 - 2025.01
Skills
- Automation techniques
- Infrastructure as code
- Cloud computing and platforms
- Continuous integration and delivery
- Version control systems
- Security
- Network
- Scripting
- Monitoring and logging
- Systems administration
- Strong communication skills
- AWS
- Python
- Scripting
- Docker understanding
- Web application design
- Project lifecycle understanding
- API development
- DevOps practices awareness
Certification
- CompTIA Cloud+
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Linux Essentials
- Cisco IT Essentials
Affiliations
- Writing music/ Guitar
- Reading
- Football
- Learning new languages/tools
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
GlobalLogic(JD Sports)
2024.10 - 2026.04
Certificate of Higher Education - DevOps
University Academy UA92
2023.01 - 2025.01
Warehouse Operative
Currys
2016.01 - 2023.09
Sales Assistant
Retail, HMV, Dealz
2015.01 - 2016.01
3 years - Software/Web Design Course
TUS/AIT
2010.08 - 2013.07
A-Levels - Secondary Education
ST Mels College
2003.09 - 2009.04