Liam Reilly
Founder Consultant @Alchemist Labs
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WORK HISTORY
Founder Consultant @Alchemist Labs
Manchester, GB
InfrastructureDesigned and built a new multi-account AWS infrastructure using fully modularised Terraform, deployed automatically via CircleCI pipelines. Apps/ServicesDefined coding standards for Alchemist Labs.NET Core micro services. All (non-serverless) services are containerised and running on Elastic Container Service (ECS). Built numerous Nuget packages to allow all projects to be built in a consistent style. Applications are automatically built and tested with the code deployed and Terraform applied by CircleCI.Websites Completed multiple website projects using the latest versions of React, making use of latest features such as Hooks and Context API. Websites were built using various frameworks including NextJS and Gatsby.Digital TransformationConsulted on Digital Transformation for a large Manchester based e-commerce enterprise. Successfully migrated their mission critical Hybris system and supporting Oracle RAC databases, from IBM SoftLayer to AWS. Introduced new CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) to ensure the Java micro services could be tested and deployed automatically.System Reliability EngineeringWorked with an international luxury auto-mobile manufacturer to help secure, scale and monitor their Kubernetes clusters on Google Cloud Platform. Utilised a mixture of CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) and ArgoCD to deploy apps and services. Introduced Istio service mesh to replace Nginx for ingress for improved security (mTLS) between workloads, traffic management and monitoring capabilities.ServerlessWorked with an international fashion brand to deploy their new serverless applications to AWS. This included working alongside their software architects to bring AWS knowledge and experience to test their designs and offer alternative solutions where needed. Utilised a combination of Serverless Framework, Cloudformation and Terraform and required working with a third-party management company for cross-account resources and integrations.
EDUCATION
South Cheshire College
Level 2 Diploma For IT Practitioners; Level 3 Advanced Diploma For IT Practitioners
SKILLS
ABOUT LIAM REILLY
Seasoned software engineering professional with an entrepreneurial spirit. With a career spanning multiple decades building software across many industries and business sizes, has gained experience with everything from platform and language changes to complete software development paradigm shifts.Analytical, recognising new opportunities, spotting problems and recommending/building software solutions to help streamline business processes to meet business requirements.Formed Alchemist Labs to build new software products and share experience to help other companies improve their competitive edge in our cloud first, mobile first world.
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