Summary
Alex Darby is a pragmatic engineering leader with over a decade of experience building resilient cloud and DevOps practices, currently serving as Head of Engineering. He has led DevOps, SecOps and automation teams to deliver infrastructure-as-code, 24/7 operational support, and a consolidated security telemetry stack across Azure environments. Comfortable shifting between scripting, platform engineering and hands-on incident triage, he combines a strong technical generalist background with project-driven R&D to evaluate and integrate new tools. His unusual pairing of a photography degree and printmaking experience informs a design-minded approach to systems and tooling, valuing clarity and usability alongside reliability. Based in Cardiff, he’s known for turning complex operational and security challenges into maintainable, automated solutions.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Photography, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Photography at University of the West of England
BTEC National Diploma Photography & Digital Imaging, BTEC National Diploma Photography & Digital Imaging at Coleg Glan Hafren