Experience
My professional journey in platform engineering, cloud architecture, and software development.
Platform Engineering Lead — Pickles Auctions
2020 — Present
Leading platform engineering for one of Australia's largest car auction companies.
- Empowering developers and engineers by leading Developer Experience-focused initiatives, optimising tools, platforms, and workflows to enhance productivity and innovation — consolidating 200+ technologies into a unified IDP for engineers, delivery leads, and team leads.
- Leading and mentoring a team of engineers, fostering talent, and aligning goals to deliver high-impact outcomes — progressing from DevOps Lead to Platform Engineering Lead over 6 years.
- Combining mentorship, stakeholder management, and project management expertise to deliver innovative tools and processes that foster collaboration and success.
- Designing and implementing a cloud adoption framework centred on GitOps, Change Management 2.0, Cloud Governance, and Cloud Re-Architecture, while building an advanced internal developer platform (IDP) to streamline processes.
- Modernising and standardising our Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) framework with a multi-cloud architecture (Azure, AWS) to ensure consistency, scalability, and precision with Terraform Cloud Enterprise.
- Driving standardisation and migration projects, including GitHub workflow optimisation and Dynatrace migration, alongside building a comprehensive observability platform for engineers and stakeholders.
- Delivered significant infrastructure cost reductions on AWS and Azure through right-sizing, performance optimisation, geo-replication design, and caching strategies (CloudFront, Cloudflare, Varnish).
- Implemented Bitwarden & HashiCorp Vault for organisation-wide secrets management, PKI management, covering environment variables, rotating database credentials, and sensitive data — establishing a robust security baseline.
DevOps Freelancer / Tech Consultant / Cloud Architect — Freelance
2016 — 2019
Independent DevOps and cloud architecture consulting for startups and SMEs.
- Delivered cloud architecture and migration projects on AWS and Azure
- Built and deployed full-stack web applications using modern JavaScript frameworks
- Designed DevOps workflows and CI/CD pipelines for client modernisation projects
- Provided technical consulting and training to clients on cloud adoption, infrastructure automation, and best practices
Full Stack Engineer — iflix
2016 — 2017
Full-stack engineering at one of Southeast Asia's leading video streaming platforms.
- Worked across multiple tech streams at iflix, a subscription video-on-demand platform serving millions of subscribers across Western and Asian content markets.
- Part of the personalisation stream, responsible for delivering tailored content discovery and recommendation experiences to millions of active subscribers.
- Developed personalisation and recommendation features using full-stack web and backend frameworks, integrated with AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Maintained and evolved the web application portal, introducing new technical improvements to enhance platform performance and user experience.
Senior Software Engineer — Accenture
2014 — 2015
Enterprise software delivery for clients across multiple industries.
- Led development of full-stack web applications and REST APIs for large enterprise clients (Telekom Malaysia, Accenture internal projects)
- Embedded within the Order and Service Management department to handle order fulfilment and defect resolution using the Oracle Communications vendor system.
- Monitored and recovered problematic live orders, diagnosing process flow defects and delivering constructive resolutions to maintain fulfilment continuity.
- Built automated tools using Java, JSP, and HTML to eliminate laborious production-level tasks, significantly reducing manual effort for the support team.
- Developed web application tools to support daily production workload activities, improving operational efficiency across the team.
- Produced technical documentation and deployment requests, providing deployment support, end-user training, and post-implementation assistance for the client.
- Conducted technical analysis on the client's order system architecture, improving end-to-end process flows, product lifecycle management, and order fulfilment pipelines.
- Supported client business change activities and provided rapid incident response via an Incident Management System.
Associate Software Engineer — Accenture
2013 — 2014
Enterprise software delivery for clients across multiple industries.
- Contributed to building a globally scoped prototype framework for Accenture using the Oracle Communications Order and Service Management (OSM) vendor system.
- Designed and tested various OSM business processes, translating requirements into functional process flows within the vendor platform.
- Supported the System Integration Testing (SIT) phase with technical documentation, deployment requests, and hands-on testing support.
- Assisted in defect resolution and process flow fixes, gaining foundational experience in order management, fulfilment, and client-facing delivery.
Freelance Developer — Multiple Clients
2010 — 2012
Worked across multiple companies as a freelance developer and during summer internships.
- Designed and developed websites for multiple clients across early education (Tadika Adik Bistharii), logistics (Macrolink Logistics), and management services (RAKAN Management Services) sectors.
- Built and maintained a company website and subsidiary e-commerce store for Macrolink, including an online merchant storefront for product sales.
- Administered office IT infrastructure at Macrolink — covering computer and server maintenance, technical fault resolution, and a building surveillance system setup.
- Provided knowledge-sharing sessions to staff on computer-related matters and general IT upkeep.
- Handled secretarial and client-facing responsibilities at RAKAN Management Services, supporting seminar and lecture coordination alongside web development duties.
Education
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science
Oxford Brookes University · 2018 — 2019
Postgraduate studies in computer science with a focus on cloud computing, distributed systems, data science, and secure systems architecture.
Activities: OBU Gaming Society · OBU Malaysian Society
First Semester
Second Semester
MSc Dissertation
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computing Science
University of East Anglia · 2009 — 2012
Undergraduate course in Computing Sciences covering a broad area of computing from Networks to Artificial Intelligence.
Activities: International Student Society
