Rob Cheale

Devops Engineer @Storyteq

London, GB

Led platform engineering initiatives within an Agile Scrum framework, focusing on automation, developer experience, and cloud infrastructure optimization on GCP. Architected and implemented a Terraform/Terragrunt framework for GCP infrastructure, achieving an 83% cost reduction and a 97% pipeline runtime decrease through modular design and automation. Developed a self-service Internal Developer Platform (IDP) using Python/Flask on GKE, reducing manual configuration effort by ~65% and configuration errors by ~40%. Spearheaded the adoption of Argo CD, Crossplane, and the App of Apps pattern, reducing deployment time by 60% and standardizing application delivery. Implemented New Relic with OpenTelemetry for distributed tracing, cutting fault-finding time by ~70%. Championed developer experience improvements, including CI/CD catalogues and pre-commit hooks, reducing development time and code-related errors. Enhanced security posture through secure secret management strategies (SOPS & GCP Secret Manager) and implementing Workload Identity Federation with GitLab runners.