Matt Clarke is an Infrastructure and Cloud Architect with over a decade of hands-on experience designing secure, scalable Azure and hybrid environments for public sector and enterprise organisations. Currently seconded as Manager Digital Service Operations at Christchurch City Council, he led one of the region’s largest overnight migrations to Azure and has driven cloud, VDI and backup transformations that shifted control and SLAs back to the organisation. Certified as an Azure Solutions Architect Expert and Azure Administrator Associate, he specialises in Azure IaaS/PaaS, governance, cost optimisation and automation while retaining deep on-prem skills across VMware, MECM, Exchange, SQL and Windows Server. He pairs technical execution with stakeholder engagement—translating business impact for senior leaders and upskilling teams to operate new platforms. Practical and delivery-focused, he’s presented the council’s cloud migration at Microsoft’s Cloud & AI Summit, showing an ability to communicate complex projects to industry audiences. Based in Christchurch, he favours pragmatic, auditable solutions that balance innovation, cost and operational resilience.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners, BTEC National Diploma for IT Practitioners at Trowbridge College
Contributions:20 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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Matt Clarke - Manager Digital Service Operations (Secondment)