Mail: jobs@metax.dev
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-cuckson
I'm a software engineering lead currently delivering cloud first solutions using modern approaches to architecture and design within global finance and government institutions.
Over my career I've had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of technical challenges using an array of technologies, languages and frameworks. Focused mainly on backend development, I'm never afraid to go out of my comfort zone to develop new skills.
I enjoy leading projects, mentoring and building relationships just as much as the technical aspects of my work and believe that it is in these areas where I can use my abilities to drive the biggest impact.
(December 2019 - ) Working for a consultancy specialising in helping clients with their cloud adoption strategy I am responsible for shaping the way we deliver the software engineering elements of our portfolio.
I engage with senior stakeholders within our client organisations to ensure we’re always doing the right thing when it come to software engineering & architecture.
As a rapidly expanding company I worked to develop and lead our successful graduate program in order to fast-track talent from the end of their studies to being highly qualified and productive engineers.
Through our engagements, I have led the development on a varied set of solutions such as:
(August 2012 - December 2019)
Working for a multi-national telecom provider I led the development of our cloud deployment services. Based around C# .net (backend), AngularJS (frontend) and queue based workflow engines, our team provided an API and UI for the provisioning of private cloud virtual machines.
As a founding member of a small team of 5 engineers/architects we were able to grow the platform into one of BT's most successful products which hosted fortune 500 and household named companies.
(August 2008 - August 2012)
Working for an airline, I was responsible for the performance, availability and security of the MS SQL based online bookings systems and business intelligence platforms. I was the go-to resource, working with the software development teams to find ways to drive out performance. I was able to deliver achievements such as:
(August 2006 - August 2008)
In this role I was working as the companies DBA. I was responsible for the support of their 24/7 ticketing, EPOS and finance systems
(January 2005 - May 2006)
In this role I was responsible for the day to day maintenance of SQL Server based business applications as well as performing network maintenance tasks and Citrix administration