Tony Henson

Linux Guru | Infrastructure & Storage Specialist | DevOps | Automation | Problem Solving Adept | Lego expert | Always too many browser tabs open

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

About

Highly competent RedHat Linux Engineer experienced in building and supporting complex Linux-based infrastructure across a broad range of industries. Significant experience with Symantec products (Storage Foundation, VCS, NetBackup) and 12 years Storage configuration experience (SAN fabrics, Enterprise-class storage arrays (HP 3PAR)). 5 years experience supporting and administering on-premise Atlassian products (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket). Apache, Tomcat, Java installation, configuration and run-time tuning. Nagios configuration and support. 20+ years experience in IT in UNIX/Linux/Storage/Infrastructure field in high-profile, high-pressure, high-demand operational environments (key fields: Solaris, Linux, HP-UX, Storage, NetBackup) An analytical mind with significant troubleshooting skills and a professional approach to developing designs and overcoming problems. Currently moving to a much more SRE/DevOps-focused role/skillset. Recent exposure to and experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Git, BitBucket, Jenkins, SonarQube, Prometheus, Grafana and currently deep into Openshift and Ansible

Experience

  • Solution Delivery Engineer at NCR Voyix
    Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    Installation and support of Kubernetes-based NextGen POS solution

  • Infrastructure Engineer / Consultant at CGI
    Apr 2025 - Oct 2025 · 7 mos

  • UNIX Systems Admin at Boeing
    Jun 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Infrastructure Operations Engineer at Atkins Global
    Nov 2022 - Jun 2023 · 8 mos

  • Technical Support Consultant at Apak Group Limited
    Sep 2014 - May 2022 · 7 yrs 9 mos

    Support of RedHat Linux servers (both virtual and physical). Installation, configuration and upgrade of Apache Tomcat and Java applications. Performance Analysis and tuning of Java VM's. Postgres installation and support. Installation, Upgrade, Configuration and Support of Atlassian products including JIRA, Confluence and BitBucket.