about
solutions architect at AWS. ex-Cloudflare, DTA, Geoscience Australia.
i believe that:
- we can always move faster - decentralise
- if you're lost, go listen to your users
- salmon pink is only a suggestion
- sometimes it's the exec with the chequebook; sometimes it's the engineer who can click the button
- i'm a bard not a mage
- staying quiet is a local minimum - you've got to listen to your soul
stuff i've done
principal AWS solutions architect for Census 2021 and 2026 [0] [1]
cloud-native operating model at the ATO
counter fraud ML stuff
mainframe data replication goodness
sole developer of the AWS Conformance Packs for ISM and E8
BDTI which led to monthly CPI
the Australian Government Secure Cloud Strategy [archived] was my baby
infrastructure engineer and automator for Sentinel and Earthquakes
things i've written
Australian Bureau of Statistics runs 2021 Census on the AWS Cloud
Reaching Essential Eight maturity on AWS
architecture docs, deployment guide, and launch announcement for the AWS IRAP Quick Start
AWS ANZ Public Sector Agency Fast Start Guide, including launch announcement
Gaining Operational Insights of the Australian Census with AWS (uncredited)
cloud advice for the Australian government [archived]
relevance tuning with Amazon Kendra
AWS IRAP reference architectures, IRAP assessment, and consumer guidance (contributor)
Security in Amazon CodeGuru Profiler whitepaper (contributor)
as well as a bunch of articles
presentations
wrangling multiple AWS accounts with AWS Organizations
AWS Conformance Packs for ISM and Essential 8
deploying the AWS IRAP Quick Start
community work
former organiser of Infracoders Canberra and the Australian Government Cloud Community
sometime presenter at the Canberra AWS User Group