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Byron Sorgdrager
Architect | Engineer | Security
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Founding Contractor · 2026
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Primary specialism
Other IT Specialism
Location / working location
London
Current availability
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Confirmed 12 Aug 2026
Profile status
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Professional profile
Hands-on cloud, platform and security engineer and architect with 15+ years’ breadth and 12+ years delivering regulated, high-throughput platforms across AWS, Azure & GCP. Leading long-term engineering programs for tier-1 banks, central government and high-growth scale-ups. Practitioner of DevOps/SRE, Zero-Trust security and Infrastructure-as-Code, known for leading from the terminal, automating at scale and mentoring multi-disciplinary teams. Passionate about IPv6 evangelism and building inclusive engineering cultures. Author of A Philosophical Approach to IT Architecture.
Core skills
Cloud & Containers: GKE
EKS
AKS
CAF
CloudRun
Kubernetes
Docker
Helm
Infrastructure-as-Code & Automation: Terraform
Ansible
Packer
CI/CD: Jenkins
GitHub Actions
Argo CD
GitLab CI
What I’m looking for next
Target roles: Cloud Architect · Security Architect · Consultant · Lead Engineer
Somewhere I can make a difference and add value. Be that tin-to-cloud migrations, compliance / security architecture or expanding on-prem or in-cloud environments.
Contract preferences
Working preferenceRemote
Will workRemote UK
IR35 preferenceOutside IR35
SeniorityFlexible / depends on role
Contract lengthAny contract length
IT experience20 years
Contracting experience14 years
Relevant work experience
• Leadership & Team Development: Hire, mentor and lead 3-15-person SRE/DevOps squads; incident management. • Communication & Stakeholder Management: Translate deep-tech topics for C-suite, regulators and engineers. • Analytical Problem-Solving: Diagnose multi-vendor cloud issues and design resilient fixes via data-driven RCA. • Project & Programme Delivery: Run £1-12m cloud/security projects in Agile and ITIL environments. • Security-by-Design: Embed Zero-Trust, IAM and compliance (PCI-DSS 4.0, ISO 27001, GDPR, DORA).
Experience & credentials
Certifications, sector experience and security clearance are self-declared unless specifically marked as independently verified by IT Contractors UK.
Sector experience
Finance · Government · Startups · Medical
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