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Tom Knight-Markiegi

@tomknight-markiegi

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Senior software engineer and technical architect, leading teams to ship secure cloud systems.

El Salvador

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead delivery and technical architecture for secure, scalable products—building Agile/DevOps pipelines, mentoring teams, and applying AI where it improves engineering efficiency and onboarding.

I’m a versatile Senior Software Engineer and technical architect with 20+ years’ professional experience across telecoms, e-commerce, iGaming, and UK Higher Education. I bring 30+ years’ experience designing and developing websites, plus ITIL Expert qualification and a reputation for being “unflappable” and a “safe pair of hands.”

I’ve built and led teams in bilingual (English/Spanish) environments, establishing Agile and DevOps processes like code review and technical debt management. In one role, my team formation and delivery approach reduced incidents and deployment issues by 60%, while mentoring improved QA automation practices and continuous improvement.

I focus on shipping resilient systems end-to-end: migrations to modern React/Astro stacks, CI/CD automation using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and ArgoCD, and web application delivery for leading iGaming brands. I also develop AI-enabled tooling (e.g., a Python REST APIs + Sourcegraph “code interrogation tool”) to accelerate onboarding and developer performance.

Security and service reliability are core to how I work—implementing cybersecurity best practices, leading hardening initiatives, and driving DevOps practices that improve testing, deployment efficiency, and long-term maintainability. I aim to bring structured architecture, thoughtful governance, and practical leadership to every engagement.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Consultant Web Application Developer

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Angel Comedy

Feb 2022 - Present (4 years 4 months)

Managed and developed Angel Comedy’s web presence and e-commerce, including bespoke WordPress/WooCommerce plugin and theme development to improve functionality and engagement. Administered Linux servers on DigitalOcean and executed system hardening to align with cybersecurity standards.

WordPress WooCommerce Linux System Administration DigitalOcean System Hardening Nginx MySQL SEO JavaScript

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Founder - Software Consultancy

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Guiding Knight

Nov 2019 - Present (6 years 7 months)

Established a remote software consultancy in 2020 and delivered client projects across the US, Europe, UK, Australia, and Asia. Provided full-stack engineering support with emphasis on technical architecture, DevOps, and team-led execution.

Full Stack Technical Architecture DevOps Cloud Computing Agile Delivery PHP JavaScript Laravel React AWS

Senior Software Engineer

FoshTech

Jun 2025 - Jun 2026 (1 year)

Formed and led bilingual Agile/DevOps team practices, reducing incidents and deployment issues by 60%. Led React/Astro migration, CI/CD automation with Azure DevOps/Jenkins/ArgoCD, and built an AI code interrogation tool using Python REST APIs and Sourcegraph to improve onboarding.

Agile DevOps CI CD React Astro REST APIs Azure DevOps Jenkins ArgoCD Sourcegraph

Theatre Stage Manager & Sets

Pacifico Arts Community Theatre

Oct 2023 - Dec 2025 (2 years 2 months)

Supported a community youth theatre through stage management and set construction responsibilities. Contributed to theatre production delivery for recurring youth programming.

Stage Management Set Construction Youth Theatre Support Event Coordination Team Coordination Production & Logistics

Development Team Lead

Critical.net

Nov 2021 - May 2024 (2 years 6 months)

Led a globally-disparate team of five developers, overseeing code reviews and mentoring while improving QA automation and delivery practices. Achieved a 75% reduction in AWS cloud computing costs, implemented an anti-fraud tool for e-commerce platforms, and led security audit/remediation for the Linux architecture.

Team Leadership Laravel Vue.Js DevOps Automated Testing Cybersecurity API Development Linux

Systems Support Team Lead

Sheffield Hallam University

Feb 2010 - Oct 2019 (9 years 8 months)

Led development governance and QA activities across a large IT department, ensuring compliance with industry regulations as one of only three certified ITIL Experts. Managed a team of 10 developers and business analysts and introduced DevOps and automation tooling, including automated QA frameworks using Selenium and JMeter, plus an automated deployment process to minimize downtime.

ITIL DevOps Azure Selenium JMeter Octopus Deploy TeamCity Agile Linux

Forums Infrastructure Lead

Gentoo Linux

Mar 2004 - Sep 2016 (12 years 6 months)

Administered Gentoo forums infrastructure, including migrating forums to UTF-8 from multiple character sets and coordinating global translation work into 16 languages. Served as forums infrastructure lead administrator and moderator across community forums.

Forum Administration Infrastructure Management UTF 8 Migration Community Moderation Volunteer Leadership Documentation

Software Engineer

Dialogue Communications (Sinch)

Aug 2004 - Feb 2010 (5 years 6 months)

Delivered software across the full lifecycle, developing APIs and writing technical specifications and documentation in support of production deployments. Built and operated a high-throughput SMS voting dashboard for Big Brother and designed a mobile internet payment system (Payforit Single Click) using agreed service specifications.