Travis Stanley

Owned GitHub Actions and Terraform-based platform automation, implementing reusable MongoDB Atlas modules for engineering consumption and strengthening testing, validation, and auditing workflows. Continued Kubernetes/Terraform delivery and implemented Microsoft Entra role governance with PIM for privileged-access monitoring across high-availability sportsbook platforms.

Provided operational support for IaaS/PaaS and on-prem systems, participated in cloud migration to Azure, and automated monitoring and maintenance tasks to improve observability and reliability.

Built Terraform modules to automate AKS infrastructure, including reusable alert-creation workflows and environment automation integrated with GitHub repositories and GitHub Actions. Delivered zero-downtime Kubernetes deployments using Helm and Terraform, and improved observability by replacing Cribl with Logstash (reducing costs by ~£90k/year) while consolidating ingress across Cloudflare, Traefi

Led global operational engineering for the Betway Sports Trading platform on Azure and VMware, acting as SME during high-severity incidents and driving RCA and preventative actions. Reduced 1,300+ Azure Monitor alerts to 20 via tuned Prometheus/Grafana rules and migrated from Splunk to the Elastic Stack while delivering SQL-based validation and automated testing for regulated gaming workflows.

Supported deployments across regulated jurisdictions and 3rd-party sports feed integrations, using TeamCity and Octopus Deploy for controlled releases. Migrated observability from ELK/Kibana to Splunk and improved operational reliability through automated tooling and documentation.

Provided operational support and technical mentorship, automated operational workflows and contributed to CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments to improve system reliability.

Automated testing of Java services using Robot Framework and Selenium, conducted performance testing with JMeter, and managed AWS environments to ensure quality and performance.

Performed manual and automated testing for mobile, frontend, and backend systems, supported MS SQL and Windows Server environments, and contributed to high-impact database and gaming service projects.

Developed SQL reporting and web services for internal applications, improving data access and reporting capabilities for business users.

Developed and enhanced C# ASP.NET and SQL Server applications, achieving 100% unit test coverage on the Web Messaging Bus service. Built automated functional and load/performance testing suites using Robot Framework, Selenium, Python, Java, and JMeter, and supported deployment validation on AWS EC2.

Enhanced legacy POS systems using ASP.NET and SQL, contributing to stability and feature improvements in point-of-sale software.

Automated ~60% of manual runbooks using Python, Bash, PowerShell, and Cortex XSOAR, while creating documentation and delivering training across global teams. Developed C#/.NET and SQL Server components for retail POS systems.

Completed National Diploma in Technology in 2012 with coursework focused on IT and related technologies.

Completed Grade 12 with subjects including Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Biology, English, and Afrikaans.

Earned an ND in Information Technology (Software Development) at Durban University of Technology in 2012.