# Alex Vinall

Alex Vinall is a remote worker on Himalayas, Senior Solutions Architect at Alfa, based in United Kingdom.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@alexvinall

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Senior Solutions Architect and Software Project Manager w 10 years in Fintech, specialising in AWS
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Open to opportunities |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Authorized to work in | United Kingdom |
| Salary expectations | 115k-150k GBP |
| Job categories | Cloud Solutions Architect, Chief Architect, Solutions Architect, Project Manager |
| Skills | AWS, Distributed Systems, DevOps, Docker, Fintech, Java, SQL, Shell, Software Engineering, PostgreSQL, Amazon EKS, SaaS, Team Management |
| Website | https://alexvinall.com |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/alexvinall |
| GitHub | https://github.com/alexvinall |
| Twitter | https://twitter.com/alexvinall |

## What I'm looking for

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Ethical fintech with a company that focuses on shipping great software for end customers
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## About

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I'm currently working as a Senior Solutions Architect and Software Project Manager at Alfa. I've worked as a backend software engineer and as a software implementation consultant. I'm currently working on SaaS web applications deployed in AWS using Docker and EKS.

My experience in software projects ranges from small, agile projects with a one-pizza team, up to 5+ year, 500+ person IT programs for some of the world's largest banks and manufacturers.

My experience across both software engineering and consulting means I bridge the functional and technical sides of software projects, with a focus on building resilient distributed systems, DevOps, and continuous improvement.

I've lived in the UK and US, and have been working remotely for over 3 years, across multiple countries, projects, timezones, and clients.
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## Experience

### Senior Solutions Architect (current)

Alfa. Sep 2012 - Present

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Lead architect on a multi-country, multi-currency software implementation project for a European multinational. Implementing an enterprise systems landscape based around Alfa's SaaS offering, including multi-cloud (AWS and Azure) integrations, with ownership across architecture, integration, and data migration.

Previous 10 years experience detailed on my LinkedIn profile to avoid duplication.
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Skills: SaaS, Docker, Java, Software-Engineering, Team-Management

## Tech stack

- OpenAPI
- Splunk
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon S3
- Kubernetes
- AWS Fargate
- Jenkins
- Bamboo
- PostgreSQL
- Oracle
- IntelliJ IDEA
- Jira
- Apache Maven
- Sonatype Nexus
- Java
- JSON
- Java EE
- Zsh (Z shell)
- Splunk Enterprise
- Amazon SQS
- Kibana
- Hibernate
- macOS
- Windows
- AppDynamics
- Elasticsearch
- SumoLogic
- Amazon RDS
- Amazon Aurora
- Mockito
- Docker
- Jetty
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- SQL

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