Karl Stoney
Tech Architect - Platform Engineering
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKarl Stoney is a seasoned tech architect and platform engineering leader with 14 years of experience, currently leading the Delivery Platform team at Auto Trader to treat platforms as products and enable 400 applications to deploy to production 200+ times per day. A software engineer turned consultant and principal engineer, he focuses on developer-centric, cloud-native platforms built on Kubernetes (GKE), Istio and partner ecosystems like Google, Cloudflare and Mongo. He blends hands-on DevOps and SRE practice with strategic alignment across data, web and security pillars to commoditise cross-functional needs and remove friction for product teams. An active open-source contributor, his work on the widely-used Kubernetes ingress-nginx project improved security and operational features such as ModSecurity and dynamic GeoIP reloading. Outside tech he serves as a trained Special Constable, bringing mentorship, calm under pressure and restorative-justice skills to team leadership.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
IT, Computing, Electronics, IT, Computing, Electronics at Ridge Danyers CollegeComputer Science, Computer Science at Salford University
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Github Skills (15)
ingress-controller10
kubernetes10
docker10
nginx10
dockers10
kubernetes-pods10
geoip9
modsecurity9
go8
cicd8
system-design8
vbnet6
unit-testing6
visual-studio6
testing6
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
kubernetes/ingress-nginx
Jan 2018 - Feb 2020
Ingress NGINX Controller for Kubernetes
Role in this project:
DevOps & System Architect
DevOps & System ArchitectContributions:13 commits, 12 PRs, 225 comments in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Karl implemented several changes related to the build and configuration of the NGINX Ingress Controller. These changes included adding support for ModSecurity, incorporating the nginx_cookie_flag_module, adding GeoIP organizational data, and enabling dynamic reloading of GeoIP data. The user also addressed an issue related to request ID generation, improving request tracking and debugging capabilities, and adding an annotation for permanent redirect codes. These modifications highlight a focus on enhancing security, functionality, and operational aspects of the Ingress controller.
nginxcontrollernginx-ingress-controlleringress-nginxingress-controller
Stono/kconmon
Jun 2020 - Jul 2020
A Kubernetes node connectivity monitoring tool
Contributions:100 commits, 1 PR, 80 pushes in 1 month
connectivitymonitoring-toolobservabilitykuberneteskubernetes-node
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