Summary
Darren Edmonds is a cloud domain solutions architect with a strong foundation as a senior database professional, bringing over a decade of experience delivering scalable data and cloud architectures in enterprise environments. He designs robust data pipelines, data lakes, and storage systems while ensuring high availability, security, and performance for mission-critical databases. At Barclays, he has progressed from Oracle DB leadership to cloud-focused architecture, translating complex technical needs into practical cloud-native solutions across teams and stakeholders. His background spans hands-on Java development and a history of on-call database operations, disaster recovery, and capacity planning across Oracle and SQL Server estates. Based in the Greater Liverpool area, he holds an Open University BSc in Computing and blends rigorous engineering with curiosity—tinkering with technologies beyond his day job. An open and collaborative communicator, he aligns data initiatives with business goals and mentors teams to raise reliability and speed of delivery.
11 years of coding experience
Bsc (Hons), Computing, Bsc (Hons), Computing at The Open University