Kieron Harding

Lead Platform Engineer

Platform engineer focused on making cloud infrastructure secure, resilient, efficient and a pleasure for teams to operate.

# experience · 5 entries · newest first

entry_01Jul 2026 - Present

Team Matrix

platform_leadership: Primary infrastructure contact across business-critical services, setting technical direction and providing operational support.
cost_optimisation: Leading cloud and platform cost-reduction work while protecting performance, resilience and scalability.
simpler_foundations: Partnering with development teams to bring services in-house and improve long-term maintainability.
security_assurance: Supporting audits, penetration tests and remediation activity from an infrastructure perspective.

entry_02Jun 2025 - Jul 2026

VFX Financial PLC

modernised_delivery: Improved CI/CD reliability, consistency and delivery speed across platform services.
migrated_infrastructure_as_code: Moved automation from PowerShell to Terraform for repeatable, scalable provisioning.
reduced_cloud_costs: Identified and delivered savings without compromising performance, resilience or security.

entry_03Mar 2024 - Jun 2025

Matrix Security Watchdog

designed_the_core_platform: Led implementation and cost optimisation with high availability and security by design.
improved_automation_and_security: Strengthened IaC, cloud management, posture and GitLab processes for scalable delivery.
enabled_teams: Mentored junior engineers and worked with architects and stakeholders on CI/CD improvement.

entry_04Nov 2020 - Mar 2024

Matrix Security Watchdog

built_resilient_infrastructure: Used Terraform, Kubernetes, Azure and GitLab to deliver a highly available 24/7/365 service.
accelerated_releases: Reduced production deployment times by 65% through CI/CD optimisation.
reduced_vulnerability_windows: Automated patching to cut vulnerability lifetime windows by 90%.

entry_05Feb 2019 - Nov 2020

Security Watchdog

introduced_azure_sentinel: Implemented Azure Sentinel in preview, improving visibility across the estate.
delivered_critical_change: Managed a telephony migration and partnered with Microsoft on business-critical issues.
supported_compliance: Helped information-security teams enforce policy and compliance.

A stronger platform foundation that helps teams ship securely and quickly.

Right-sizing cloud resources without trading away reliability.

Automation that makes a secure default easier to maintain.

Azure, Kubernetes, Helm and Linux infrastructure.

Terraform, Python, Bash and infrastructure as code.

GitLab, CI/CD pipelines and pragmatic developer enablement.

Prometheus, Grafana and Elastic Stack.

Azure Sentinel, DevSecOps, assurance and compliance.

SQL querying, optimisation and database change.