Lead Cloud Architect / Engineer

Craig Simpson

Lead cloud architect with production delivery across AWS, Azure, OpenStack, and Kubernetes/OpenShift. Focused on automation, reliability, and secure, scalable platforms.

Based in the UK — open to remote or hybrid roles.
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AWS Azure DevOps OpenStack OpenShift Kubernetes KubeVirt Infrastructure Automation
Professional Background

Experience & Engagements

What I do

Infrastructure Engineer / Architect with deep OpenStack and OpenShift expertise.

Substantial production experience designing and operating cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, OpenStack) and container platforms (OpenShift / Kubernetes).

Specialises in infrastructure automation, reliability engineering and secure, scalable systems.

Who I've Partnered With

Bauer MediaRackspace
CapgeminiHMRC
KX SystemsMotorola
TelefonicaT-Mobile
Personal Projects

Open Source & Side Projects

dev-bookstack

A local development environment for developing against the BookStack API, running in OpenShift Local. Installs completely via a GitHub Action triggered on your local laptop using a self-hosted GitHub Runner — zero manual setup.

aws-bookstack

A multi-AZ, fault-tolerant and highly available implementation of BookStack on AWS. Delivered via a CI/CD pipeline wrapped around Infrastructure-as-Code — production-grade from day one.

automatic-cv

A pipeline that automatically updates my CV and pushes it to my personal website — keeping my resume continuously deployed and always up to date.

dev-bookstack-site

Public-facing documentation for the dev-bookstack and aws-bookstack projects. Uses AI to scan the codebases for changes, updates the site content, then pushes it to GitHub Pages automatically.