Summary
Simon Mackinnon is a Senior Cloud Engineer with 11 years’ experience designing, automating and operating infrastructure, currently building AWS platforms at NAB to accelerate application cloud migrations. He brings a rare blend of embedded, safety-critical firmware development and modern infrastructure-as-code practice—having shipped medical-grade embedded systems, radar/laser road-safety software, and now Terraform/CloudFormation-driven cloud stacks. Skilled across Python, Node.js, C/C++, .NET and CI/CD tooling, Simon focuses on automation, developer enablement and reliable operations at scale. He has led community-of-practice and tutoring initiatives, reflecting a passion for teaching and uplifting engineering teams. Outside work he builds websites, runs meetups and continuously experiments with new tooling, which keeps his practical skills broad and current. Colleagues rely on him to turn complex, high-risk requirements into pragmatic, auditable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Terang College
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science and Software Engineering, 3rd Class Honours, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science and Software Engineering, 3rd Class Honours at Swinburne University of Technology
German