Summary
James Orange is a Senior Cloud Engineer with 12 years of hands-on experience designing and operating highly available, secure cloud and hybrid infrastructure across AWS, Azure, GCP and on‑prem data centres. He has progressed from 3rd-line support to leading multi-disciplinary operational teams and driving EMEA-wide data centre strategy, migrations and cyber compliance. Known for blending pragmatic project delivery with squad-level agile leadership, he consistently translates business requirements into resilient, cost-effective architectures. James has a strong background in virtualization, storage, networking and disaster recovery, and has been a key driver for public cloud adoption at scale within large enterprises. Based in Leeds, he brings a rare mix of deep operational experience and stakeholder engagement that helps bridge service providers, application owners and executive leadership.
12 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BSc (hons) Business Computing, Bachelor of Science - BSc (hons) Business Computing at Teesside University