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David Roberts

@davidroberts1

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Strategic cloud platform leader driving secure, scalable, regulated-sector transformations.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I’m seeking a senior platform leadership role where I can own cloud strategy, improve DevEx, mentor teams, and deliver secure, compliant, scalable platforms.

I am a strategic, hands-on technology leader with deep experience transforming complex platforms into scalable, cloud-first solutions for regulated sectors such as banking and insurance.

I have led cloud platform strategy and execution, acting as an architect and manager to deliver secure, resilient infrastructure with measurable gains—25% operational efficiency improvement and 40% reduction in security incidents.

I've built and mentored diverse engineering functions, introduced DevEx improvements that increased developer velocity by 20%, and implemented governance, IaC and CI/CD practices across large organisations.

I seek to own platform futures, lead by example on architecture and design, and deliver solutions that align technology strategy with critical business objectives.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Cloud & DevEx Platform Manager

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Chetwood Bank

Oct 2022 - Present (2 years 11 months)

Defined and executed cloud platform strategy for regulated banking, delivering a 25% increase in operational efficiency and a 40% reduction in security incidents through governance and automation. Improved developer velocity by 20% via workflow automation and platform initiatives.

Cloud Architecture Developer Experience Governance Terraform CI CD Security Azure AWS Automation)

Lead DevOps Consultant

Amach

Apr 2022 - Oct 2022 (6 months)

Led a major DevSecOps transformation for a health insurance client, migrating legacy on-prem processes to cloud SaaS (GitHub/GitHub Actions) and embedding an SSDLC to improve vulnerability mitigation. Delivered unified DevSecOps practices and training.

DevSecOps GitHub Actions)CI CD SSDLC Cloud Migration Automation)Security Developer Experience

Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Innospec

Sep 2021 - Apr 2022 (7 months)

Led architecture and migration of business-critical systems to Azure and AWS using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD, improving redundancy and implementing disaster recovery and business continuity plans. Upskilled the infrastructure team in IaC and CI/CD.

Terraform Gitlab CI Azure AWS Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Infrastructure as Code Cloud Migration

Associate Director, Public Cloud Automation

IHS Markit

Jul 2020 - Sep 2021 (1 year 2 months)

Led the strategy to transition IHS Markit to a cloud-first approach, influencing 70+ application teams and delivering Terraform IaC templates to standardize secure, cloud-native application design. Mentored teams to raise technical standards.

Terraform Cloud Native Automation)Mentorship Governance AWS Azure

Cloud Engineering and Infrastructure Lead

ADESA UK

Dec 2019 - Jul 2020 (7 months)

Led cloud engineering for multicloud platforms across Azure and AWS, managing IaC and CI/CD pipelines with a strong focus on security and zero-trust, supporting applications generating over £13M annually. Oversaw global role-based access policies.

Azure AWS IaC CI CD Security Terraform Serverless Access Control

Senior Cloud Engineer

ADESA UK

Apr 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year 8 months)

Designed, deployed and maintained flagship products on AWS, building CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, CloudFormation, Serverless Framework and Terraform while ensuring GDPR compliance and secure data handling across international teams.

AWS Jenkins CloudFormation Terraform Serverless CI CD GDPR)DevOps Automation)

Senior Service Manager

GBG

Jun 2014 - Apr 2018 (3 years 10 months)

Managed end-to-end delivery of applications and deployments for products generating over £25M per annum, leading 50+ team members and implementing automated deployment and disaster recovery solutions including GCP PoCs.