Lee Webb is a Platform Architect specializing in cloud and SRE with a decade of experience building high-performance teams and platforms that underpin digital business strategies. Currently at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation after leadership roles at Booktopia and Nine, he combines hands-on DevOps and backend engineering with people-first management to deliver secure, cloud-native products. His open-source contributions include improving Jenkins' amazon-ecs-plugin and fixing Route53 state handling in Salt, showing a pragmatic focus on resource management and reliable infrastructure tooling. Lee’s background spans operations, release engineering and site reliability across media and SaaS, giving him a rare blend of operational depth and platform architecture. Based in New South Wales, he brings a systems-minded approach informed by early technical leadership and structured training in IT and aviation. Colleagues describe him as someone who deliberately designs both resilient platforms and the team cultures needed to sustain them.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Aviation, Aviation, Distinction, Bachelor of Aviation, Aviation, Distinction at University of New South Wales
Higher School Certificate, Higher School Certificate at Pittwater High School
Advanced Diploma of Business Systems, Information Technology, Dux, Advanced Diploma of Business Systems, Information Technology, Dux at Spherion Education Australia
Rescue Boat Licensing / Endorsement, Rescue Boat Operations, Rescue Boat Licensing / Endorsement, Rescue Boat Operations at Bayview Yacht Racing Association
Software to automate the management and configuration of infrastructure and applications at scale.
Role in this project:
Backend & DevOps Engineer
Contributions:45 commits, 5 PRs, 22 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Lee primarily contributed to the boto3_route53 state module, addressing various issues and implementing fixes. These changes include patches related to resource record handling, particularly concerning AliasTarget entries and TXT record formatting. Additionally, the user's commits merged updates from the 'develop' branch and implemented changes related to logging and error handling, showing DevOps contributions. The contributions demonstrate a focus on ensuring the reliability and functionality of infrastructure management within the project.
Contributions:6 commits, 10 PRs, 6 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Lee primarily focused on enhancing the `amazon-ecs-plugin` for Jenkins, specifically by adding and refining features related to container memory management within ECS tasks. They introduced soft memory limits (memoryReservation) and integrated these settings into the scheduling process to improve resource allocation. Furthermore, the user updated documentation and interface elements to clarify the use of memory settings, improving the usability and clarity of the plugin. Finally, they addressed post-review feedback to ensure the code's quality.
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