Available for new opportunities

Scott
MacKenzie-Shannon

// Platform Architect & DevOps Engineer

8+ years building secure, scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS. Automating everything, mentoring teams, and shipping with confidence.

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8+ Years experience
Trailblazer L4 National First Cohort
100% Infrastructure as Code
20+ Tools & Technologies
P1 Incident responder
$ whoami

About Me

scott@cloud ~ bash
scott@cloud:~$ cat profile.json
{
  "name": "Scott MacKenzie-Shannon",
  "role": "Platform Architect / DevOps Engineer",
  "location": "Woking, United Kingdom",
  "experience": "8+ years",
  "cloud": "AWS",
  "iac": "Terraform",
  "philosophy": "platform teams should enable, not gatekeep"
}
scott@cloud:~$

Experienced DevOps and Platform Engineer with a passion for Infrastructure as Code, cloud-native tooling, and operational excellence. I thrive in fast-paced environments — resolving P1 incidents under pressure, mentoring junior engineers, and driving continuous improvement across entire delivery pipelines.

My core belief is that a platform team should act as an enablement function, not a gatekeeper — removing friction for developers while maintaining the guardrails that keep systems secure and reliable.

$ ls ./skills

Core Skills

☁️

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS EC2 ECS Fargate Lambda CloudFront VPC Terraform Serverless SQS SNS Event-driven Docker Localstack
⚙️

CI/CD & Automation

GitHub Actions Jenkins Bash Linux Ansible Python Scripting
💻

Dev & Tooling

Node.js JavaScript SQL GraphQL Git Kubernetes
📊

Observability

Grafana CloudWatch Prometheus Runbooks DR Planning
🔒

Security & Compliance

IAM DevSecOps Security Groups Access Control Hardening
🤝

Practices

Agile Incident Response GitOps Mentoring On-call
$ git log --oneline

Experience

Platform Architect / DevOps Engineer Jun 2018 — Present
Invuse Ltd · Woking
  • Engineered and maintained AWS infrastructure using Terraform, Docker, and Serverless frameworks — owning the full stack end-to-end
  • Automated CI/CD workflows via GitHub Actions and Jenkins, cutting deployment time by 60%
  • Designed local dev environments with Docker and Localstack, significantly improving team velocity
  • Responded to and resolved P1 production incidents within SLA (4-hour target) during high-pressure outages
  • Implemented CDN caching strategies and AWS Lambda routing to optimise platform performance
  • Maintained Grafana dashboards and CloudWatch monitoring for full system observability
  • Mentored junior DevOps engineers and embedded cloud-native best practices across teams
  • Collaborated cross-functionally with backend/frontend teams to resolve complex platform issues
Support Engineer Apprentice Jul 2016 — Jun 2018
Smart Systems Ltd · Ascot
  • Delivered technical support and data integration for pricing and order management software
  • Handled supplier data transformations for business clients
  • Assisted in new client onboarding, training, and issue resolution
  • Developed and maintained software applications; participated in code reviews
$ cat ./education.md

Education

Level 4
DevOps Engineering Apprenticeship
Sep 2021 — Dec 2023
Trailblazer — among the first in the country to complete this apprenticeship course
Level 3
Software Developer Apprenticeship
Jun 2017 — Jul 2019
Grade: Distinction
A-Level / BTEC / GCSE
Woking College
Woking
A-Level: Electronics  ·  BTEC Engineering: Distinction*  ·  GCSEs: Maths, English, Science
// Certifications in progress
🏗️
HashiCorp Terraform Associate
In progress
☁️
AWS SysOps Administrator Associate
In progress
// When I'm not on-call
🤖 AI & Machine Learning
🔧 Infrastructure Automation
🏎️ AWS DeepRacer
🎸 Guitar
🎯 Shooting
$ ./contact.sh

Get In Touch

Let's work together

I'm open to new opportunities in DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Cloud Infrastructure. Feel free to reach out — I respond promptly.

📬   scottms@sky.com
📱 +44 7429 027922 📍 Woking, United Kingdom 💼 LinkedIn 📄 Download CV