Duncan Sutherland
AWS Cloud Architect at CLEO Systems
Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDuncan Sutherland is an AWS Cloud Architect based in Inverness with over a decade of IT experience and a strong track record in cloud architecture, DevOps, and infrastructure engineering across public and private sector clients. He has progressed from hands-on infrastructure roles at Capgemini to cloud-focused positions at Tribal Group and MINTRA, and now leads cloud initiatives at CLEO Systems. Accredited by multiple vendor certifications, he combines autonomous delivery with collaborative design, translating theoretical architectures into resilient, production-ready systems. Duncan also contributes to open-source firmware development—adding layouts and support for new keyboard models in the well-known QMK project—showing a practical curiosity for low-level engineering and user-focused hardware customization. Comfortable bridging legacy environments and cloud-native practices, he brings pragmatic problem-solving and an eye for modernizing systems without sacrificing operational stability.
5 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
NQ Rock Music Studies, NQ Rock Music Studies at UHI PerthHNC Computing, HNC Computing at UHI Moray
Github Skills (16)
c1710
firmware10
keyboard-layout10
keyboard-input10
keymapping10
qmk10
cpp10
c1110
cplus10
keymaps10
qmk-firmware10
keyboard10
atmel-studio9
atmel9
avr9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
qmk/qmk_firmware
Mar 2023 - Apr 2025
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1920 reviews, 219 PRs, 2458 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Duncan contributed to the open-source keyboard firmware, primarily focusing on enhancing and modernizing existing keyboard layouts. Their work involved adding new layouts for the `dactyl_manuform` keyboard, correcting and modernizing keymaps, and fixing layout errors. The user also added support for a new keyboard model, `dactyl_maximus`, indicating an involvement in both design and implementation of new keyboard features.
rp2040firmwareavratmelkeyboard-support
dunk2k/qmk_firmware
Apr 2023 - Mar 2025
Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families
Contributions:4 PRs, 3245 pushes, 348 branches in 1 year 11 months
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