About
About Mark Phillips
Technical Lead - Platform Engineering
I'm a Technical Lead with 8 years of specialized experience in platform engineering, leading global teams to deliver world-class Azure infrastructure and CI/CD platforms that achieve elite DORA metrics.
Azure Certified Professional (AZ-104, AZ-400) | Terraform Expert | Global Team Leader
What I Do
Technical Leadership
I lead global platform engineering teams, driving technical strategy and architecture decisions for enterprise infrastructure. My focus is on building high-performing teams, establishing engineering excellence, and delivering business value through platform capabilities.
Azure Infrastructure Excellence
I architect and implement enterprise-scale Azure infrastructure leveraging the full breadth of Azure services. From AKS clusters to Azure DevOps pipelines, I design solutions that are secure, scalable, and cost-effective.
Elite CI/CD Delivery
I architect CI/CD platforms that achieve elite DORA metrics - enabling multiple daily deployments with sub-1-hour lead times, minimal change failures, and rapid recovery. This transforms how organizations deliver software.
Infrastructure as Code Expertise
I'm a Terraform expert, building comprehensive infrastructure as code that is modular, reusable, and maintainable. I establish IaC best practices and mentor teams on infrastructure automation.
Platform Engineering
I build self-service developer platforms that accelerate teams while maintaining security and governance. These platforms reduce friction, improve productivity, and enable developer autonomy.
Core Strengths
Azure Cloud Mastery
Azure-certified professional (AZ-104 Administrator, AZ-400 DevOps Engineer) with comprehensive expertise across compute, networking, storage, databases, and platform services. I design Azure-native solutions optimized for performance, security, and cost.
Terraform Excellence
Expert-level Terraform development with deep experience in module design, state management, testing, and CI/CD integration. I build infrastructure that is declarative, version-controlled, and automated.
Leadership & Mentorship
Proven track record of leading global teams, mentoring engineers from junior to senior levels, and building collaborative, high-performing engineering cultures focused on continuous improvement.
DevOps Transformation
I drive DevOps adoption and maturity, achieving elite DORA metrics through comprehensive automation, robust CI/CD, effective monitoring, and cultural transformation.
Professional Approach
Automation First
I believe in automating repetitive tasks to reduce human error and free up time for more valuable work. Every manual process is an opportunity for automation.
Developer Experience
Great developer experience leads to productive teams. I focus on creating tools and platforms that make developers' lives easier.
Continuous Improvement
Technology evolves rapidly, and so should our practices. I continuously learn, experiment, and refine approaches to stay at the forefront of platform engineering.
Pragmatic Solutions
I balance perfectionism with practicality, choosing solutions that deliver business value while maintaining technical excellence.
Current Focus
Platform Engineering Trends
- Internal developer platforms and portal solutions
- GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and Flux
- Platform as a Product mindset
Cloud Native Technologies
- Service mesh implementations (Istio, Linkerd)
- Event-driven architectures with NATS and Kafka
- Serverless computing patterns
SRE Practices
- SLO/SLI definition and monitoring
- Chaos engineering and resilience testing
- Incident response and blameless post-mortems
Developer Productivity
- API-driven infrastructure
- Self-service platforms
- Documentation as code
Get in Touch
I'm always interested in discussing: - Platform engineering challenges and solutions - Cloud architecture patterns - DevOps transformation strategies - Infrastructure automation techniques
Contact: - Email: mark@markphillips.dev - GitHub: github.com/ragemarkus - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/markphillips
Let's build better platforms together.