Neil Holmes
Release DBA at Jet2.com and Jet2holidays
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolNeil Holmes is a Release DBA and Data DevOps Engineer with over a decade of experience specialising in SQL Server reliability, automation and repeatable deployments. Based in Leeds, he blends traditional DBA responsibilities—performance tuning, backups and security—with Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD practices to make database changes safe and agile. At organisations from local government to Jet2, he has driven automation for large fleets of databases and supported developers through production-ready release pipelines. An active community contributor and presenter, he pursues speaking engagements to share practical DevOps approaches for DBAs and often combines PowerShell and Azure tooling in his solutions.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons.), Games Computing (Software Development), 2:1, Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons.), Games Computing (Software Development), 2:1 at University of LincolnBrookfield Community School
Github Skills (38)
migration9
backup9
powershell9
database8
sql-server8
mssql8
database-administration8
graph8
terraform7
aws7
endpoints7
arm7
azure6
oracle6
sql6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Nullh/LuigiNo
Aug 2016 - May 2018
Contributions:3 releases, 62 commits, 16 PRs in 1 year 9 months
javascriptdoggame
Nullh/SQL-Gubbins
Mar 2016 - May 2019
Contributions:4 pushes in 3 years 2 months
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