Matt Dobson

Hello, I'm Matt Dobson

Technology Leader | Cloud DevOps Automation Specialist | Software Delivery Lead | Technical Project Manager | AI Systems Architect | Development Team Lead | Web Systems Developer | Internet Solutions Consultant | Enterprise Systems Design | Serverless Technical Architect

+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.

Skillset

Leading Technical Teams
Navigate Regulated Enterprises
Cloud & Serverless Architecture
DevOps & Infrastructure Automation
Agile Ways of Working
Web Design and Development
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Google Cloud Certified - Cloud Digital Leader Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals ICAgile - Agile Product Ownership
Harness Certified Continuous Integration Developer Harness Certified Continuous Delivery & GitOps Developer GitLab Certified Git Associate

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)

years

Leading Technology Teams

years

In Financial Services

+ months

Development Experience


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

What I can do?

After investing 28 years in to IT and software engineering, here are a few highlights:

Manage Worldwide Workforce

Manage the development and engineering efforts of multiple talented teams across the globe.

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 international bank, with some capacity to take on smaller projects.

Contact me

CV

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 - present

Head 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 - 2024

Public 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 - 2018

Head 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 - 2016

Technical 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 - present

Technical 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.

Senior Developer

Architect and develop enterprise solutions to infrastructure problems.

Various Financial Institutions

1997 - 2009

Education

B.Sc. (Hons) Computer Science

Honours Degree in Computer Science

Sheffield

1993 - 1997

Professional

AWS Certified Professional

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

AWS Certified Developer - Associate

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

Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals Google Cloud Certified - Cloud Digital Leader ICAgile - Agile Product Ownership

Harness Certified Professional

Continuous Integration Developer

Continuous Delivery & GitOps Developer


GitLab Certified : Git Associate

Harness Certified Continuous Integration Developer Harness Certified Continuous Delivery & GitOps Developer GitLab Certified Git Associate

PRINCE2 Practitioner


Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

Microsoft Certified Professional with Internet (MCP+I)

PRINCE2 Practitioner Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

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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