Summary
Jason Mcclafferty is a Cloud Automation and DevOps engineer with a decade of experience building and operating cloud-native systems, currently a Software Engineer 2 at Skyscanner after four years focused on automation at Ericsson. He specializes in Python and Golang for scripting and microservices, container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker, and extending CI/CD pipelines to accelerate safe deployments. Jason has hands-on experience maintaining observability stacks (InfluxDB, Grafana, Prometheus) and has driven reliability improvements that supported 99.9% uptime in production environments. His background in communications testing and physics gives him a pragmatic, measurement-driven approach to system design and troubleshooting. Based in Glasgow, he prefers solving infrastructure complexity through automation and scalable patterns rather than ad hoc fixes. He is committed to continuous learning and engaging with peers to share ideas and improve delivery practices.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Physics at Dublin Institute of Technology
Bachelor’s Degree Computing with Computer Games Development, Bachelor’s Degree Computing with Computer Games Development at Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Leaving Certificate General Secondary Education., Leaving Certificate General Secondary Education. at Loreto Community School, Co. Donegal
English, Scottish Gaelic