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Harry King

Dev Ops Lead Engineer at Ground Control

Harry King has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Harry started their career as a Student Librarian at St. Mark's Catholic School, where they were responsible for organizing and managing library resources. Harry then worked as an Office Junior at British Airways Clubs, where they gained experience in data entry and using Microsoft Office software.

Harry later joined PCIDeals as a Sales Representative, where they provided technical advice and assistance to customers. Harry then worked at the University of Portsmouth as a Service Delivery Advisor, where they helped in formalizing working practices and worked with the wireless network team on troubleshooting.

Moving forward, Harry joined Nimbus Partners as a Junior Tester, where they followed industry standards while testing software and documentation. Harry then returned to the University of Portsmouth as a Senior Service Delivery Advisor, where they wrote internal Wiki articles and assisted in resolving issues with the wireless network.

Harry's next role was at TIBCO Nimbus as a QA Engineer, where they conducted manual testing and oversaw critical releases. Harry then worked at Jobsite as an Agile Automation Tester, where they maintained and rewrote tests for the Jobsite website.

Their most recent role was at Workray, where they served as an Automated Test Lead. Harry was part of a small agile team and played multiple roles, helping in the development of the Workray application and ensuring quick delivery of results.

Harry's current position is with Ground Control, where they hold the title of Dev Ops Lead Engineer. Harry joined the company during a period of growth and rebranding. Their responsibilities include extending monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch and automating disaster recovery for the main MySQL database.

Harry King attended St. Mark's Catholic School from 2000 to 2007, but no specific degree or field of study is provided for this period. From 2007 to 2012, they studied at the University of Portsmouth and obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Computing. In terms of additional certifications, Harry obtained a certification in Selenium 2 WebDriver Basics With Java from Udemy in June 2014. Harry also gained an AWS Certified Developer - Associate certification from Amazon Web Services in December 2018. Additionally, they obtained an ISTQB-BCS Certified Tester Foundation Level certification from BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, although the specific month and year of completion are not provided.

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Timeline

  • Dev Ops Lead Engineer

    October, 2019 - present