Rob White
Engineering, Cloud Platform
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolRob White is an experienced engineering leader specializing in cloud platform and DevOps, with over a decade building resilient infrastructure and high-performing teams across companies like Canva and Qantas. He combines hands-on automation expertise—demonstrated by upstream contributions to core Ansible AWS modules—with a strategic focus on long-term, measurable solutions rather than quick fixes. At Qantas he designed AWS foundations for a Java microservices migration and scaled teams and automation to support rapid business growth, while at Sensis he drove logging and CI improvements that dramatically reduced daily errors. Known for clear communication and cross-functional programs that spread best practices, he excels at translating operational metrics into business decisions. Based in Sydney, he brings practical engineering depth from low-level system work through to platform leadership and open-source collaboration.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Network Management & Design, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Network Management & Design at University of Portsmouth
Spanish
Github Skills (24)
ec10
boto10
python10
package-development10
plugin-development10
cloud-infrastructure10
automation10
amazon-ec210
aws10
ansible10
ansible-galaxy10
automations10
cloud-services10
drupal-module10
amazon-web-services9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
ansible/ansible-modules-extras
Jan 2015 - Dec 2015
Ansible extra modules - these modules ship with ansible
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 57 PRs, 441 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Rob's contributions primarily involved modifying Ansible modules, specifically focusing on improving the functionality and maintainability of existing modules. They addressed case sensitivity issues in a monitoring module, ensuring compatibility with upstream changes. Additionally, they updated existing modules by converting symlinks and adding boto profile support for AWS integration, enhancing the module's capabilities. Furthermore, the user developed and added new modules to manage AWS S3 buckets and logging features, expanding the project's functionality.
ansible
ansible/ansible-modules-core
Jan 2015 - Jul 2017
Ansible modules - these modules ship with ansible
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:25 PRs, 149 comments, 17 issues in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Rob primarily contributed to the core Ansible modules, focusing on improving Amazon Web Services (AWS) module functionality. The contributions include bug fixes and enhancements to the `iam`, `iam_policy`, `ec2_metric_alarm`, and `ec2_vol` modules. The user addressed issues related to error handling, API usage, and code clarity while also improving module documentation and overall usability.
ansibleansible-module
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