Summary
Lewis Yates is a Lead Cloud Security Architect with 11 years’ experience building and securing cloud platforms, currently driving cloud security strategy and automation at Experian in Nottingham. He progressed through DevSecOps and senior architect roles at Experian, specializing in AWS governance, IaC, container and perimeter protections, and embedding security-by-design across global UK/US estates. Earlier roles as a DevOps engineer and developer gave him hands-on experience with migrations, CI/CD, monitoring and infrastructure tooling across Linux, Windows and Azure ecosystems. Lewis combines practical scripting and automation skills with a focus on auditability and resilience (BC/DR, IAM, WAF), and retains a maker’s mindset from his DevOps roots evidenced by a GitHub background in engineering automation.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
William Farr C of E Academy
Computer Science (BSc) Computer Science, Computer Science (BSc) Computer Science at University of Lincoln
Cherry Willingham Community School