Howard Burgess
Senior Software Engineer at Sky
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolHoward Burgess is a Senior Software Engineer based in London with 12 years of experience building multi-tier and SOA applications, currently contributing at Sky. He is a pragmatic Java specialist fluent in Spring (Boot/Security/Data), Hibernate and REST API design, with practical DevOps experience using Docker and AWS to streamline deployments. Comfortable across TDD/BDD and agile practices like XP, Scrum and pair programming, he focuses on elegant, maintainable code and automating manual processes for repeatability and scale. Howard has applied Scala in internal projects after earning a Coursera distinction and is actively seeking larger-scale commercial opportunities to blend Scala’s expressiveness with his Java expertise. His background includes delivering systems for high-profile clients such as British Airways and Virgin Media, reflecting an ability to translate complex requirements into production-ready solutions.
12 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Science, Computer Science, 2:1 BSc (Hons), BSc Computer Science, Computer Science, 2:1 BSc (Hons) at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd10 GCSEs including English (A) and Maths (A), 10 GCSEs including English (A) and Maths (A) at Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster, Dorset
English, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (102)
authentication10
linux10
cli10
shortcuts10
controller9
prometheus-exporter9
google-cloud9
dex9
git-addons9
ldap9
docker-compose8
monitoring8
coredns8
terraform8
google-cloud-platform8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
sky-uk/osprey
Aug 2019 - Mar 2022
Kubernetes OIDC CLI login
Contributions:4 releases, 40 reviews, 5 commits in 2 years 7 months
oidcauthenticationldapdexkubernetes
howardburgess/prometheus-unit-testing
Apr 2019 - Dec 2020
Presentation on Prometheus unit testing
Contributions:17 commits, 12 PRs, 25 pushes in 1 year 7 months
prometheus-exporterpresentationtestingunitalerting
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