About Sam
I help organisations make confident, informed technology decisions by translating complex engineering challenges into clear strategic options. As a senior technology leader and platform engineer, I combine hands-on delivery with high-level oversight, enabling teams to build secure, scalable, and cost-efficient systems that align with business goals.
I specialise in cloud architecture (primarily AWS and Azure), Kubernetes at scale, DevSecOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, and end-to-end platform management. My work spans designing secure cloud platforms approved by national security leads, re-platforming revenue-critical applications, standardising cloud governance across global brands, and migrating enterprise estates to Cloudflare to strengthen resilience and reduce operational overheads.
What sets me apart is the ability to bridge engineering, governance, and strategy. I’m skilled at explaining deeply technical issues in a way that supports decision-makers, driving alignment across boards, technical authorities, vendors, and delivery teams. I’ve led multi-disciplinary platform teams, created business-wide technology standards, and guided organisations through compliance, change management, and major infrastructure modernisation.
Typical engagements include: cloud migration and optimisation, platform engineering and DevSecOps uplift, architecture review and assurance, cost control and capacity planning, process and standards development, and troubleshooting complex distributed systems. I also bring unique experience in delivering community broadband projects, demonstrating long-term stewardship, stakeholder management, and hands-on engineering.
My goal is always the same: enable organisations to deliver reliable, secure, and future-proof technology through clarity, collaboration, and well-engineered foundations.
English
Native or bilingual
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- FSNDigitalDirectorTECHApril 2023 - Today (3 years and 2 months)Manchester, United KingdomThrough FSNDigital I provide creative Engineering services to help bring client’s ideas to life. From 3D manufacturing, Cloud computing setups, to IT security audits, I offer a full-suite of tools to match your tech needs.To see see innovation in action please visit https://fsnd.co.uk/portfolio
- Kaplan InternationalLead Platform EngineerEDUCATION AND E-LEARNINGJanuary 2023 - Today (3 years and 5 months)Manchester, United KingdomWorking within a group function responsible for managing any Cloud estate across 20+ brands globally. A large part of my role ensures that Kaplan has common understanding through published standards, signed-off by Technical authority (of which I sit), enablement of 3rd parties and internal teams to work consistently. Large project management is also present in my role; re platforming a custom application responsible for multiple million pound revenue generation, migrating all externally facing hosts in AWS to Cloudflare, and rolling out Cloudflare One, ensuring Kaplan has the best available technology to protect against rising threats to education providers.
- Haven Digital (Bourne Leisure Group)Senior EngineerENTERTAINMENT AND LEISUREJanuary 2022 - January 2023 (1 year)Manchester, United KingdomWorking within the Engineering discipline on the Platform team to support all teams on their DevOps journey. Day to day I was involved with system design, solution architecture, AWS build and maintenance, Kubernetes operation, troubleshooting with Development teams. I worked closely with the SRE team to ensure our designs were fit for purpose for both reliability and ease of use by Developers.
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Education
- BEng Electronic Engineering (IEng)Sheffield Hallam UniversityBachelor's Degree with IET accreditation
- A-LEVELCheadle and Marple Sixth Form CollegeA-levels in Physics, Use of Mathematics, Electronics, and Computing