Louise Champ

DevOps Engineer

Last updated: 20/02/19

email: louise@linux.com | Based in London, UK | linkedIn: louisechamp | GitHub: myauie

Within the DevOps space:

• Container orchestration using Kubernetes, primarily on AWS and vSphere platforms
• CI/CD using Jenkins, writing pipeline scripts in Groovy
• Infra build automation using Terraform
• Linux sysadmin (primarily Ubuntu and CoreOS)

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2018 attendee. I also have an interest in Linux systems programming: my third year Uni dissertation was a natively implemented network management daemon for OpenBSD

Experience

2017 - Present

LiveWyer - DevOps Infrastructure Engineer

• Cloud native consultant working with a number of clients - see below
• Delivered (and continuously refreshed) four day Kubernetes training course for clients
• Designed introductory online learning portals for Kubernetes and Cloud Native ecosystem
• Contributed pull requests for Kubernetes-based Open Source projects

2018 - Present

K3 Imagine - DevOps Engineer

• Migrated existing dotNet-based Jenkins CI pipeline from Powershell scripts to native Linux Dockerfiles
• Developed Helm-based Kubernetes deployment architecture for existing microservices
• Wrote additional libraries in Groovy for custom Jenkins platform
• Refreshed infra Terraform build
• Troubleshooted Kubernetes cluster, Helm releases and Jenkins jobs

2018 - Present

Red Bee Media - DevOps Engineer

• Developed software architecture for subtitling API project targeting Kubeless framework
• Troubleshooted Kubernetes clusters and AWS infra

2018

Camelot Global - DevOps Engineer

• Implemented bespoke Nginx rules for services on Kubernetes, ensuring compatibility with A10 loadbalancer
• Developed expanded ingress logic for bespoke pre-Helm Kubernetes deployment tooling written in Jinja2

Education

UCAS Points: 420

2013 - 2017

King's College London - MSci Computer Science

Classification: First Class Honours

Additional activates:

• Student rep representing MSci programme cohort
• Selection for and recipient of King's Leadership & Professional Skills Award

Dissertations:

• Wireless network manager for OpenBSD
• Common Lisp implementation in Java 8

Certifications

• Cloud Native Computing Foundation: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (December 2018 - December 2020)
• CompTIA: A+ (Good for lifetime)
• CompTia: Network+ (Good for lifetime)

Achievements

• Credit Suisse Prize finalist, was invited to present Dulwich Outdoor Gallery app to a delegation of their technology team at their Canary Wharf location.
• Received best student award in both years of BTEC course; In first year this included a then-newly released iPad 3.

Interests

• In my spare time, I like to keep up with politics and current affairs. I am also a season ticket holder for my local non-league football team.