Tim Knight
Lead Consultant - Software Delivery at Opencast
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Knight is a lead consultant and hands-on software delivery specialist with roughly four years in senior roles driving secure, cloud-native CI/CD at scale for public-sector and commercial clients. He blends T-shaped full-stack development (Java, Node, Python, React) with deep DevOps and GitLab CI expertise, having led DWP’s migration to a dedicated GitLab instance and built OCI-compliant, Docker-less container pipelines. Known as a mentor and engineering leader, he creates repeatable tooling and shared CI patterns that reduce maintenance overhead across thousands of repositories. He has a track record of embedding security early—automating secret rotation, vulnerability scanning, and real-time remediation tied into GitLab and Chainguard integrations. Outside work he volunteers in high-stakes operational roles (vaccinator, first aid at the London Marathon) and runs social media and design for Britain’s largest roller derby tournament, reflecting a practical, people-first approach to leadership.
4 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Geophysics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Geophysics at Durham UniversityA2, Geology A, Chemistry B, Computing B, History (AS) B, A2, Geology A, Chemistry B, Computing B, History (AS) B at Horsforth School
Github Skills (55)
npm10
gitlab-api10
python10
gitlab-ci10
configuration-as-code10
gitlab10
infrastructure10
api10
azure-devops10
yaml10
credentials10
scanning10
cli10
package-management9
dependency-manager9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
TimKnight-DWP/python-gitlab
Feb 2024 - May 2024
A python wrapper for the GitLab API.
Contributions:97 pushes, 9 branches in 3 months
TimKnight-DWP/gitlabform
Feb 2024 - Mar 2025
🏗 Specialized configuration as a code tool for GitLab
Contributions:6 reviews, 4 PRs, 206 pushes in 1 year
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