Andy Irving
Senior Systems Architect at The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Thirsk, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAndy Irving is a Senior Systems Architect with 14 years of hands-on experience designing scalable architectures and optimizing SQL Server environments for major cultural institutions. Currently at the Bodleian Libraries after a long tenure at the British Library, he blends deep database expertise with systems-level thinking to deliver reliable, auditable solutions for large, data-rich organisations. His background spans roles from support analyst to senior SQL developer, giving him a practical appreciation for operational resilience and maintainability. Based in Thirsk, England, Andy combines academic training in computing and software engineering with a pragmatic focus on performance and architecture, and his history of working in national libraries suggests a talent for managing complex legacy systems and sensitive data.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc, Computing, Bsc, Computing at Sheffield Hallam University
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Github Skills (131)
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
irv/tarsnap-backup
Apr 2012 - Apr 2018
Contributions:14 commits, 6 pushes in 6 years 1 month
haskellbackups
britishlibrary/TremendousIIIF
Apr 2017 - Jul 2020
A bigly good IIIF image server.
Contributions:65 commits, 18 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 3 months
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