HI THERE I’m Steven Emerson

Aspiring DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer based in United Kingdom.

About Me

Hello. I’m a self-taught, highly motivated and aspiring DevOps Engineer and Linux System Administrator with experience in deploying to AWS and Digital Ocean cloud platforms using a range of modern technologies such as Terraform, Ansible and Jenkins.
My recent career in Tech is backed by several years of self-learning through a full and complete DevOps roadmap. My previous career of the past 20 years has seen me progress through senior management and head of department and director positions where I was responsible for managing teams, budgets and direct client onboarding, delivery and expectation.

Core Skills

  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • GitHub Actions
  • Terraform
  • AWS
  • Python
  • Git
  • Github
  • MySQL

Other Skills

  • 3D Design
  • 3D Animation
  • Motion Design
  • Responsive Web Design

Education

2012 - 2016

BDes, Bachelors of Design with First Class Honors

University of Ulster

2005 - 2008

Higher National Diploma (HND) in Computing Science

Southern Regional College

2003 - 2005

Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education (AVCE) in Computing

Southern Regional College

2000 - 2002

General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)

Portadown College

Work Experience

2020 - 2021

Facebook / Meta

Lead Motion Graphics Designer

Lead Motion Graphics Designer and Senior Editor at Facebook / Meta Video Productions. Supporting creative and technical content for their EMEA region and sometimes other Global regions.

2013 - Present

Tiny Dots Ltd

Designer, Animator & Founder

A freelance career turned agency with clients such as Meta, Twitch, Epic Games, Panasonic and many, many more. A recognised 3D artist and guest speaker for Maxon Cinema 4D and NextLimit RealFlow software.

2016 - 2017

Whitenoise Studios

Head of Motion & Animation

Leading the Motion Graphic / Animation department and a team of 10. Implementing and applying industry standard production pipelines, particularly for 3D and computer infrastructure around rendering / processing. And also workflows and automation around data archival and backup.

2013 - 2018

video edge

Founder, Production Supervisor & Senior Editor

Filming, managing and editing a minumum of 60 long form video productions per year. Employing and building a team to manage high workloads.

2008 - 2009

NI Assembly, Parliment Buildings

IT Officer, Programmer & MLA IT Support

Creating and managing various .NET information systems. Maintaining servers and workstations. MLA and politician IT support.

2006 - 2008

Telefonica O2

Team Leader & Business Contract Specialist

Managing business leads and referrals and coaching team members.

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