Solutions Architecture roles, focusing on Observability
Marty Lindsay
@martylindsay
Experienced Solution Architect specializing in Observability
What I'm looking for
I specialize in cloud architecture and observability solutions, with experience designing and implementing systems both on-premises and in the cloud. A highlight project was architecting and delivering the monitoring systems for Xero's AWS migration - one of the largest cloud migrations in Australia and NZ at the time.
At Kiwibank, I provided technical leadership for initiatives including their Sumo Logic implementation and SIEM architecture design - reducing troubleshooting actions from 1 hour (with an SRE) to less than 5 minutes (self service).
My expertise spans multiple observability platforms including Sumo Logic, Datadog, Splunk, and New Relic, along with AWS cloud services.
I'm currently building serverless apps with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, and DynamoDB to deepen my JavaScript skills and enhance my cloud-native development capabilities
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
Kiwibank
Jan 2023 - Jan 2024 (1 year)
Led the SIEM project for Kiwibank, designing the Splunk migration and implementing Sumo Logic integration with Azure. Developed observability strategies and created tools to enhance system navigation and chatbot functionalities. The project reduced troubleshooting actions from 1 hour (with an SRE), to less than 5 minutes (self service).
Architect
Xero
Feb 2021 - Jan 2023 (1 year 11 months)
Developed high-level solutions for new audit capabilities and collaborated with stakeholders to evolve existing systems. Focused on user and team tenancy domains to enhance provisioning and onboarding processes.
Freelance NoCode Developer
Self Employed
Feb 2021 - Feb 2022 (1 year)
Designed and built various projects using Bubble.io for international clients, including integrations with Twitter, Zapier, and Stripe for SaaS subscriptions.
Platform Architect
Xero
Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 (1 year)
Investigated and documented Event Driven Architecture, providing architectural support to PaaS teams and assisting in defining non-functional requirements for projects.
Platform and Reliability Architect
Xero
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year)
Designed an automated AWS tagging system and provided architectural support to platform and SRE teams, enhancing efficiency and compliance.
Product Owner and Lead Monitoring and Tools Architect
Xero
Oct 2016 - Jan 2018 (1 year 3 months)
Managed monitoring systems and tools, expanded team capabilities, and ensured high availability while maintaining vendor relationships. AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
Senior Tools Engineer & Team Leader
Xero
Jan 2015 - Oct 2016 (1 year 9 months)
Led the migration of Xero to AWS and managed the transition from Splunk to Sumo Logic for log aggregation, scaling tools to meet demand.
Performance Tools Engineer
Xero
Feb 2014 - Jan 2015 (11 months)
Owned global monitoring systems, designed and implemented Datadog to replace Nagios, and upgraded Splunk infrastructure for scalability.
Senior Systems Engineer
Spark
Jan 2011 - Feb 2014 (3 years 1 month)
Configured Splunk forwarders, developed enterprise monitoring solutions using MS System Center Operations Manager, and performed C# development for alert systems.
Technology Consultant
HP
Apr 2008 - Jan 2011 (2 years 9 months)
Designed and implemented monitoring systems for various clients, including the Commonwealth Bank and Telecom NZ, focusing on disaster recovery options.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Auckland
Bachelor of Science
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Xero
Amazon API Gateway
Splunk
AWS IAM
Amazon EC2
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon S3
AWS Step Functions
GitHub
GitHub Enterprise
AWS CodePipeline
AWS CodeDeploy
Rollout
Node.js
Google Analytics
Mixpanel
Terraform
AWS CloudFormation
AWS Cloud Development Kit
JFrog Artifactory
JavaScript
Python
HTML5
CSS 3
PowerShell
AWS CloudTrail
Bubble
Amazon DynamoDB
New Relic
Datadog
SumoLogic
AWS Lambda
Serverless
Git
Zapier
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Octopus Deploy
TeamCity
ServiceNow
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
marty.co.nzSalary expectations
Social media
Skills
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