Colin Farrelly
Principal Devops Engineer SME Manager at ESW
Ireland
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Top SchoolColin Farrelly is a Principal DevOps Engineer and SME manager with nine years of focused experience building cloud-native platforms and driving developer experience improvements across large Azure estates. He’s led migrations to AKS, implemented SRE practices, and automated end-to-end delivery pipelines while balancing cost, security, and observability for globally scaled services. A former .NET development lead, Colin pairs deep software craftsmanship with hands-on infrastructure expertise—often engaging with Microsoft CAT for early access to Azure innovations. Known for mentoring teams, resolving complex incidents, and upgrading delivery culture, he consistently turns legacy processes into automated, testable workflows. Based in Ireland, he blends practical engineering leadership with a research-minded MSc in DevOps, and a track record of promotions and measurable operational impact.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Junior Certificate Leaving Certificate, Junior Certificate Leaving Certificate at Carrigallen Vocational SchoolMSc in DevOps Computer Software Engineering, MSc in DevOps Computer Software Engineering at Letterkenny Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (47)
azure-pipelines9
azure8
autorest8
azure-devops8
windows8
cicd8
grunt-cli6
chocolatey6
powershell-module6
nodejs6
tether6
npm6
twitter-bootstrap6
javascript6
bootstrap6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
eShopWorld/vsts-autorest
Oct 2018 - Aug 2021
autorest tasking VSTS extension
Contributions:3 reviews, 9 PRs, 16 pushes in 2 years 10 months
vstsvsts-extensionautorestvscodevscode-extension
eShopWorld/caching-memory
Aug 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 7 months
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