Alex Kent
Lead System Architect at WTW
Greater Brighton and Hove Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlex Kent is a Lead System Architect with over a decade of experience designing and delivering cloud-native solutions, currently shaping architecture at WTW from Greater Brighton. He specializes in Microsoft Azure (AKS, Service Bus, Functions, AD, Storage), containerization with Docker, and a broad .NET stack including C#, Web API, Entity Framework and modern front-end frameworks like Angular and TypeScript. Alex has progressed through engineering and architecture roles at Willis Towers Watson and Elekta, bringing hands-on skills from DBA and test engineering into pragmatic system design and operational reliability. He blends strong DevOps and messaging experience with disciplined T-SQL/SQL Server practices and automated testing (NUnit, Jasmine), enabling resilient, observable services in regulated environments. Known for moving teams toward cloud-first, containerized platforms, he also brings an uncommon background in configuration control and DB administration that helps bridge development and operations.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons), Computer Science, BSc (Hons), Computer Science at Solent UniversityA Level, A Level at BHASVIC 6th Form CollegeGCSE, GCSE at Hove Park School
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Github Skills (72)
command-line-interface10
azure-cli10
azure10
cli10
command-line9
ngx-translate9
directive8
azure-container-apps8
autocomplete8
microsoft-azure8
strings8
microsoft8
translate8
strava-api8
jquery-plugin7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
alexpkent/ngx-translate-lookup
Jul 2018 - May 2021
vscode extension to display strings, autocomplete and find missing strings on html pages using ngx-translate
Contributions:19 commits, 32 PRs, 44 pushes in 2 years 10 months
stringsvscodevscode-extensionngx-translatengx
alexpkent/StravaHeatmap
Apr 2020 - Mar 2025
Similar to the paid version from Strava this will overlay all Strava map activity on a Leaflet map with summary data and activity selection controls using Azure Static Web Apps for hosting and API.
Contributions:1 review, 86 PRs, 121 pushes in 4 years 11 months
leafletapihostingsimilarazure-static-web-apps
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