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charl van der merwe

@charlvandermerwe

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Azure DevOps Engineer at Computershare who helped create shared Git Flow templates for roughly 100 .NET API pipelines.

United Kingdom

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At Computershare, I helped design the Git Flow YAML templates behind roughly 100 .NET API pipelines. They deploy to AKS and on-premise Windows Server across Lab, Integration, PPE and Production, replacing per-team duplication with a shared set of templates.

I manage the GitOps and ApiOps systems and infrastructure that keep those deployments running. I also took a Flyway proof of concept through to implementation, bringing database schema changes under the same version control and release discipline as application code.

I designed, built and run YourCart solo: a multi-tenant commerce platform that gives each merchant branded iOS, Android and web storefronts from one Flutter codebase. Its Azure DevOps pipelines handle merchant provisioning, database migrations and releases, and the platform is in production with real customers.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

DevOps Engineer

Current

Computershare

May 2022 - Present (4 years 6 months)

Manage Azure DevOps build and release pipelines for application teams, including reusable YAML templates for .NET APIs deploying to AKS and on-premise Windows Server. Oversee GitOps and ApiOps systems and implement database CI/CD with Flyway.

Azure DevOps YAML PowerShell BASH Python .NET AKS Windows Server GitOps APIOps ForgeRock Ping Identity (Ping AM)Flyway Redgate SQL Change Automation Azure API Management Key Vaults Application Insights

Current

Founder and Developer

Current

YourCart

Jan 2020 - Present (6 years 10 months)

Designed, built, and ran a multi-tenant e-commerce platform solo, with Azure DevOps pipelines across five repositories. Provisioning pipeline uses composable YAML templates to set up new merchants, with Azure services and a database per merchant.

Data Migration Engineer

Connect Childcare

Apr 2021 - Apr 2022 (1 year)

Performed T-SQL data migration across on-premise SQL Server estates.

T SQL SQL Server Data Migration

SQL Database Developer

Derivco

Apr 2020 - Dec 2020 (8 months)

Developed SQL solutions within a rigorous SDLC environment.

SQL SDLC

Senior SQL Developer

Shandon Business Solutions (EOH)

Apr 2016 - Mar 2020 (3 years 11 months)

Worked on the database team for SARS eFiling, a national high-volume OLTP platform. Developed stored procedures with error handling and auditing, schema design, release data-fix scripts with rollback, query and index tuning, and job scheduling.

SQL T SQL Stored Procedures Schema Design Query Tuning Index Tuning SQL Server Agent