Summary
Martin Littlecott is a Principal User Experience Developer with 30 years in IT and over 20 years working deeply with Oracle RDBMS, middleware and enterprise SOA, now focused on Oracle Linux and cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes, Podman, Prometheus/Grafana, Terraform and Ansible. He excels at resolving highly technical, escalated issues for large enterprises, bridging conversations between senior executives and engineering teams to drive timely resolution and customer satisfaction. Comfortable across Linux/Unix and Windows Server environments, he brings hands-on experience with observability, service mesh and CI/CD ecosystems (Istio, Fluentd, ELK, Helm, Calico). A pragmatic problem solver and global collaborator, he has led knowledge management efforts and screening of complex defects at Oracle, which complements his current engineering role in the Oracle Linux & Virtualisation team. Unusually, he pairs deep enterprise support expertise with a recent formal academic focus in geosciences, reflecting a methodical, analytical approach to troubleshooting and systems design.
10 years of coding experience
31 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Geosciences, Master’s Degree, Geosciences at The Open University
High School, High School at Salesian School, Chertsey, Surrey