Simon Guerin

Leadership and People Management

• Fostered collaborative work environment to boost team productivity
• Provide professional development of cloud and database engineers
• Provide direction and set team vision and roadmap
• Aligning engineering goals with business objectives
• Establishing ways of working, holding effective 1:1's and managing performance

Project Management

• Successfully led numerous projects to successful outcomes
• Prioritised workloads to meet tight deadlines
• Raised business cases, tracked spend and provided progress updates
• Led cost reduction initiatives with strategic planning, resulting in $1 million per year saving

Third Party Management (TPM)

• Liaise with material and critical suppliers
• Tracking and managing ongoing spend
• Adhere to governance processes around TPM
• Involvement in contract negotiations and renegotiation

Risk Management

• Ensure risks are raised and managed appropriately

Leadership and People Management

• Directed cross-functional team in managing database storage and messaging pillar of Cloud Engineering, including RDS (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL), Redshift, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, and Kafka. Provided mentorship, technical guidance, and performance evaluations.

Project Management

• Led successful migration from on-premise infrastructure to AWS, ensuring timely project completion. Defined target design for transitioning CTM's MongoDB estate to MongoDB Atlas.

Automation & Efficiency

• Developed and implemented automation scripts using Terraform, reducing MongoDB Atlas cluster deployment time to 10 minutes.

Process Improvement

• Established operational processes and best practices, enhancing efficiency and consistency in cloud operations.

Cost Optimisation

• Led initiative to reduce cloud database and storage costs

Database Management

• Supported SQL Server and MongoDB estates in on-premise and AWS environments.

Performance Tuning & Capacity Planning

• Optimized database performance and managed capacity planning.

Compliance & Security

• Ensured GDPR compliance and managed database security.

Disaster Recovery

• Participated in disaster recovery planning and execution.

Mentorship

• Provided technical consultancy and mentorship to junior team members.

Technical Support

• Supported SQL Server database estate for high-availability financial and reporting systems.

System Upgrades & Automation

• Managed SQL Server upgrades and developed PowerShell scripts for task automation.

24/7 Support

• Provided on-call support for database-related issues.

Database Support

• Managed SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, and MySQL databases.

Performance Optimization & Compliance

• Performed SQL optimization and ensured compliance with company policies.

Infrastructure Support

• Managed SQL Server estate and Windows servers. Supported database backups and recovery tasks.

Database Management

• Supported over 100 SQL Servers, managing installations and performance tuning.

Replication & Disaster Recovery

• Implemented replication topologies and participated in disaster recovery planning.

System Support:

• Supported a large-scale network of Windows NT4/2000 servers and workstations, ensuring operational efficiency and minimal downtime.

Network Management:

• Monitored and planned network capacity, implemented disaster recovery strategies, and evaluated new software solutions.