Josh Hodgson
Platform Technical Architect
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Hodgson is a Platform Technical Architect with a decade of experience shaping resilient infrastructure and broadcast systems, currently leading platform architecture at Kainos. Trained via the BBC Get In engineering scheme, he brings deep operational expertise in Linux, VMware, Cisco networking, SIP/ISDN and audio-over-IP for live production environments. He has a proven track record moving from hands-on operations and tooling at the BBC to senior platform engineering and architecture roles, focusing on virtualization, automation and monitoring. Comfortable liaising with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, he combines meticulous change control discipline with rapid problem-solving under on-air pressure. With an academic background in Mathematics and an MSc in Broadcast Engineering, he blends analytical rigor with practical broadcast systems know-how. He’s particularly interested in how IP and virtualization can modernize live production workflows, and often designs test and automation solutions that anticipate future operational needs.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
A levels, A levels at Queen Elizabeth's HospitalMaster of Science (MSc) Broadcast Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Broadcast Engineering at Birmingham City UniversityBachelor of Science (BSc Hons) Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) Mathematics at Lancaster University
English, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, French
Github Skills (62)
python10
motion-detection10
raspberry-pi10
asyncio9
mqtt9
location9
zigbee9
iot9
home-automation9
camera9
internet-of-things8
monitoring8
controller7
rest7
rest-api7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
LA1TV/LA1TV-SlackBot
Apr 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:60 commits, 14 PRs, 53 pushes in 11 months
LA1TV/ATEM-Tally-Service
Jan 2016 - Apr 2016
Contributions:65 commits, 4 PRs, 55 pushes in 2 months
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