David Maidwell
Cloud and Infrastructure Manager @Sports Interactive (SI)
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WORK HISTORY
Cloud and Infrastructure Manager @Sports Interactive (SI)
London, GB
Spearheading the Core and Build Infrastructure Engineering team at Sports Interactive, part of the SEGA Europe family• Achieved a 20% reduction in Azure Cloud costs while expanding services through FinOps strategies and BI reporting• Rationalised Azure agreements, migrated away from legacy CSP agreements to Microsoft EA to simplify budget and take advantage of enterprise saving opportunities • Introduced and championed formalised risk management process within senior leadership forum• Combined two teams and rebranded (DevOps and Infra/SRE into one) identifying skills gaps and cross-skilling and up-skilling• Drove improvements and ownership around key DevOps processes for both application and game development using Azure DevOps and Teamcity, reducing failure rate and improving speed and reliability• Led the re-architecture of Azure Cloud presence, implementing a landing zone approach based on Microsoft’s well-architected framework• Embedded modern Infrastructure as Code approach to Cloud and On-Prem infrastructure based on Azure DevOps and Terraform/Ansible• Enhanced operational efficiency by enhancing and driving proactive monitoring, significantly reducing unplanned outages
EDUCATION
The University of Bolton
BSc(Hons), | Computer Games Software Development
ABOUT DAVID MAIDWELL
As a highly experienced and certified Cloud and Infrastructure Leader, I bring a proven history of successfully managing cross-functional teams and executing complex, large-scale Technology projects using DevOps and SRE approachesMy expertise spans critical public and private cloud platforms and security ecosystems, enabling me to consistently drive delivery velocity, manage blockers, and ensure high-quality, on-time project execution, all while effectively modernizing and improving business as usual operations
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