Alan Son

Alan Son

Senior DevOps Engineer & Founder @ AlanOps

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner | London Area, United Kingdom

Professional Summary

Experienced DevOps Engineer with 20+ years in IT infrastructure, cloud platforms, and automation. Specialized in AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code. Proven track record of leading complex migrations, building scalable SaaS platforms, and implementing AI-driven automation workflows. Founder of AlanOps, a DevOps and AI consultancy focused on eliminating complexity and enabling engineering teams to ship with confidence.

Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer & Founder

AlanOps · Full-time

Oct 2025 – Present · 2 mos | London Area, United Kingdom · Remote

Founder of AlanOps. DevOps & AI Consultancy helping fast-moving teams eliminate complexity, fragility, and manual work through platform engineering, cloud migrations, and intelligent automation.

Senior DevOps Engineer

SciBite (Part of Elsevier) · Full-time

Apr 2022 – Oct 2025 · 3 yrs 7 mos | Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Designed, built, and supported infrastructure for Life Sciences SaaS platform, focusing on developer experience and delivering secure, scalable, cost-effective solutions.

Key Achievements:

  • Piloted agentic workflows using Claude Code and GitHub Copilot to automate repetitive tasks and enhance productivity
  • Migrated CI/CD pipelines from Jenkins to GitHub Actions, improving reliability and speed
  • Trialing ArgoCD for GitOps-based continuous delivery and automated environment sync
  • Built and managed infrastructure using Terraform, Terragrunt, Helm, and AWS Secrets Manager
  • Deployed and optimized Docker containers and EC2 instances on AWS
  • Implemented Golden Signals for observability and improved authentication with Keycloak
  • Integrated Azure Cognitive Services with SciBiteSearch Chat AI
  • Managed Keycloak authentication on EKS and coordinated multi-tenant app deployments

DevOps Engineer | System Administrator

Omnicom Media Group · Full-time

Jul 2015 – Apr 2022 · 6 yrs 10 mos | London Area, United Kingdom

Specialized in AWS and Azure cloud platforms, focusing on EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, and DynamoDB. Utilized Terraform for infrastructure management and employed Ansible, GitLab CI/CD for automation.

Key Projects:

  • Migrated data centers to AWS
  • Deployed WordPress with WP-CLI to WP Engine
  • Supported global SCCM rollouts
  • Streamlined deployments with Nginx and Apache2
  • Enhanced security and efficiency across cloud environments

Digital Transformation Consultant

HyperStream · Founder

Jul 2003 – Apr 2022 · 18 yrs 10 mos | London Area, United Kingdom

Founded and operated digital transformation consultancy serving 50+ clients including Same Day Doctor and EON Energy. Led digital project delivery, UI/web design, marketing/SEO strategies, and business development. Managed leadership, branding, finance, and service quality for diverse client portfolio.

Core Competencies

Cloud Platforms

AWS (EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, Lambda), Azure, Google Cloud Platform

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform, Terragrunt, AWS CloudFormation, Helm

Container Orchestration

Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Docker, Microservices

CI/CD & Automation

GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Ansible

Programming & Scripting

Python, Go, JavaScript, Bash

Observability & Security

Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Keycloak, SIEM

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Early Career Highlights

Built strong foundation in IT infrastructure and systems administration through diverse roles including:

  • Home Connections (2005-2009): Led digital media strategy, 3D Visualisation, and virtual tours. Built render farm network and won E-Innovation award.
  • London Borough of Camden (2004-2005): Provided 2nd line support to 1000+ users across 60+ sites with 80% phone resolution.
  • Various Roles (2001-2004): Desktop support, rollout engineering, and systems administration across banking, manufacturing, and public sectors.

Let’s Work Together

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