Manage the development and engineering efforts of multiple talented teams across the globe.
Matt Dobson
+44 (0)20 3318 5846
London | Midlands | UK
Matt Dobson
Technology Leader, Cloud DevOps Automation Specialist, Software Delivery Lead, Technical Project Manager, Development Team Lead, Product Owner, Technical Director, AI Systems Architecture, Web Systems Developer, Enterprise Systems Design, Innovative Automation Developer, Serverless Technical Architect.
Professional Profile
IT Consultant and Technology Leader, specialising in Cloud DevOps Automation, and leading a global workforce to build technology solutions to enterprise problems through software and infrastructure engineering.
25 years in Financial Services across a broad spectrum of technology disciplines.
21 years delivering transformational software solutions within regulated organisations.
19 years running internet services company providing bespoke internet solutions to small businesses and SaaS services.
12 years agile project leadership experience, and a lifetime of interest in computing.
Core Drivers
- Customer Journey (UX)
- Developer Experience (DevEx)
- Agility for Innovation (Cloud)
- Quality Software Delivered (DevOps)
- Implicit Security and Compliance (DevSecOps)
Tech
Cloud AWS + Azure + GCP DevOps CI/CD Jenkins GitLab Harness DevSecOps Secrets Management Vault Infrastructure Automation Containers Servers Serverless Networks Firewalls Databases Storage Security IAM Full Stack Development Angular Node.js TypeScript HTML/CSS/Javascript SQL C# .NET Java Python AI OpenAI
Leading Technology Teams
In Financial Services
Development Experience
What I can do?
After investing 28 years in to IT and software engineering, here are a few highlights:
Manage Worldwide Workforce
Architect Enterprise Solutions
Engineer world class solutions for enterprise businesses which are robust, scalable, and extensible.
Provide Technical Consultancy
Review the operations of a business and the customer profile to design a solution that will hit the target demographic and exceed the expectations of the business.
Web Design and Development
Build structured web solutions that are intuitive, responsive to mobile devices, incorporate industry leading development standards and AI driven interactive systems.
Cloud Computing
Deliver public cloud computing and serverless architecture within
financially regulated enterprise organisations.
Certified in the
big three (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Automation
Design and implement automated solutions to ANY scenario, anything is possible, it just takes an idea to make it happen.
I'm currently engaged on major project work...
I am currently working on a major project for a leading British bank, with some capacity to take on smaller projects.
Contact meCV
My experience and education.
Experience
DevOps Product Owner
Leading the transformation of DevOps across the bank. Enabling innovation through agility, low friction compliance, and improving the developer experience.
Lloyds Banking Group
2024 - presentHead of DevOps Automation | Global CI/CD Product Owner
Building self-service automation framework that makes DevOps accessible to application teams across the bank. Ephemeral pipelines, continuous integration tools, continuous deployment to AWS and on-prem, and opinionated CI/CD patterns delivery.
Barclays CTO
2019 - 2024Public Cloud Enablement | Serverless Product Owner
Member of a the pioneering cloud enablement team delivering public cloud and serverless architecture for application development teams across the enterprise.
Barclays Infrastructure
2016 - 2018Head of Automation Engineering
Managing a global team of 35 talented developers to create automation solutions for infrastructure projects, including IaaS Cloud, Network, VDI, Virtualisation.
Barclays Capital
2009 - 2016Technical Director - Internet Solutions Consultant
Lead the business to design and develop web fronted solutions, using smart data driven techniques and generative AI integrations, to enhance the business operations of both large corporations and small businesses.
MDTS UK Limited
2004 - presentTechnical Director
Co-founder and director of technology operations and development for the innovative pre-employment screening SaaS product. Driving business value, best practices, cloud computing and serverless architecture.
IScreenYouScreen.com Ltd
2009 - presentSenior Developer
Architect and develop enterprise solutions to infrastructure problems.
Various Financial Institutions
1997 - 2009Education
B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science
Honours Degree in Computer Science
Sheffield
1993 - 1997Professional
AWS Certified Professional
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Microsoft Certified : Azure AI Fundamentals
Google Cloud Certified : Cloud Digital Leader
ICAgile Certified : Agile Product Ownership - Professional
Harness Certified Expert
Continuous Integration Developer
Continuous Delivery & GitOps Developer
Chaos Engineering Developer
GitLab Certified
Git Associate
CI/CD Associate
PRINCE2 Practitioner
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Microsoft Certified Professional with Internet (MCP+I)
Contact Me
Anything is possible, all you need is an idea and the desire. If you don't think your idea is possible, let me help change your thinking.
"Matt Dobson", turning inspiration into reality since 1975
- London | Midlands | UK
- +44 (0)20 3318 5846
- matt.dobson.uk
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