James Park-watt
Platform Architect
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Park-watt is a Platform Architect with over a decade of hands-on experience building secure, automated Linux-based systems and reducing public sector IT costs. He progressed through engineering and architectural roles at UKCloud and SiXworks (now part of IBM), driving automation, reliability, and pragmatic platform design. Comfortable at both the command line and in cross-functional strategy discussions, he has a history of lowering total cost of ownership while improving stability and performance. His career began in systems administration for high-traffic web hosting, where he rebuilt infrastructure to scale hundreds of users. Based in England, he blends deep operational craft with platform-level thinking, often translating operational pain points into durable automated solutions. Colleagues rely on him for steady delivery on complex, security-conscious platforms rather than flash, experimental tech.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
AVCE's, AVCE's at Brooklands CollegeGCSE's, GCSE's at Hinchley Wood SchoolAVCE's / NVQ, AVCE's / NVQ at Spelthorne College
English
Github Skills (98)
razor9
puppet9
raspbian9
provisioning9
active-directory9
aes-encryption9
shamir-secret-sharing9
vagrant9
raspberry-pi-os9
packer9
one-time9
symmetric9
sd-card9
virtual-server9
ssl-certificate9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
jimmypw/adcs
May 2019 - Dec 2022
Active Directory Certificate Services command line utility.
Contributions:5 releases, 1 review, 68 commits in 3 years 7 months
golangactive-directorysslpkiadcs
jimmypw/trees_lighting_v2
Jun 2018 - Sep 2021
Contributions:12 pushes, 4 tags in 3 years 3 months
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