Gary Spendlove

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ABOUT GARY SPENDLOVE

I enjoy working in the messaging and integration space, and have developed a strong track record of designing, building, and delivering robust and flexible solutions for major projects. I have worked across a range of enterprise platforms - including AWS - and am au fait with both legacy and current frameworks such as IaaS and Microservices. Affable and open, I like to share and engage with those I work with on any project. I also have a track record of taking charge when the situation demands to drive technology deliverables over the line-Technical Skills & ExperienceExperience and knowledge of High and continuous availability of messaging and transformation Infrastructure, most recently on AWS. • Design and build of high-volume messaging systems on AWS – Kafka, IBM MQ in containers and Amazon MQ/ActiveMQ/RabbitMQ. • Cloud - AWS, Kubernetes [AWS EKS], Apache Kafka and AWS MKS plus Streams and Connect, Istio Service Mesh, Hashicorp – Vault & Atlantis.• Bash and Perl scripting.• Terraform & Terragrunt.• Helm & Kustomize. • Git/Git Hub.• AWS design and builds – SRE shared network Services such as p2p VPN, VPC & subnets, VPC peering, Direct Connect, Network Load Balancers and Transit Gateways, NAT, EC2’s, EFS and S3.• IBM MQ messaging – on cloud [AWS EC2], Kubernetes [Red Hat Open Shift, AWS EKS], Linux, z/OS [mainframe], AIX, iSeries, and Windows.• IBM Message Broker/IIB/ACE – admin and development – mainly on Linux, also z/OS.• Practical experience designing and working within SOA and Microservices frameworks.• CI/CD - Jenkins & Argo CD, Prometheus & Grafana, Gradle, Maven• DevOps experience with JMS/Java/Kotlin and API’s-Soft Skills & Experience• Messaging/decoupling architecture and design from mainframe to cloud-native microservices.• Experience of working in both waterfall and Agile environments during the Software Development Life Cycle.• Team lead, Tech PM, and Tech lead experience on significant infrastructure projects.• Presentation skills and experience – able to present to both technical and managerial stake holders, tailoring the message to the fit the audience.• External client and third-party supplier-facing experience.• Coaching and mentoring – as we share, we also learn. • Strong understanding and experience of ITIL and TOGAF methodologies.