Hello, World!
I'm a Graduate Engineer & Consulting Software Developer based in Brisbane, Australia. I enjoy developing complex, cloud-based applications and integrating business processess through clever use of devops best practices.
I work with any size team or business to develop custom applications, data pipelines and workflows in order to integrate external tools into a single environment. I help businessess streamline their data collection and storage infrastructure, outsource their infrastructure requirements to the cloud, and automate most of the process for them. I strive to develop robust solutions in Python using open-source technologies like Django and Flask which have extensive development and a well established community.
As a qualified engineer, I strive to provide a rigourous and systematic methodology to all projects I work on. This can be seen through the quality of work I provide, not just as a developer, but through the documentation and systems I provide alongside the software I develop. I have adopted the agile project management methodology, and tend to work with an iterative, continuous development and deployment pattern.
I leverage the raw computing power and managed infrastructure of Amazon Web Services to give my clients access and insight into their data. I have embraced the serverless approach to quickly implement applications independent of their physical architecture, allowing businesses to launch new product ideas quicker, and without the expensive overhead typical of launching production ready applications and pipelines.
How can I help build value for your business?
Sam Dyson
BEng GradIEAust
Education / Certification
One of my core values is continuous development - which includes my own education and training.
AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty | Certification
December 2018
Valid until: December 2021 / Validation Number: 4B7414PKLBB4Q0KD
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate | Certification
December 2018
Valid until: December 2020 / Validation Number: 3X12J6811ER1Q393
AWS Certified Developer - Associate | Certification
October 2018
Valid until: October 2020 / Validation Number: 0JZ77RM2CJ44QTC2
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate | Certification
October 2018
Valid until: October 2020 / Validation Number: BB9W8V5K22R41ZC0
BEng Mechatronics & Robotics | Queensland University of Technology
Feb 2013 - Dec 2016
First Class Honours
High School Diploma | David H. Hickman Highschool
Sept 2004 - May 2007
Experience
My experience has given me the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects.
Consulting Developer @ Idea 11
July 2018 - Present
Idea 11 is a Brisbane-based technology company specialising in Amazon Web Services, managed services and consulting. We've partnered with the best companies on earth to deliver world-class technology solutions that power Queensland business and make new things possible.
As a Consulting Developer at Idea 11, my role is to provide our customers with development and consulting services for various cloud-based projects. I have completed many types of projects during my employment:
- developed automated deployment methodologies for production ready, highly available WordPress stacks;
- implemented robust, serverless, production-ready data ingestion pipelines with monitoring;
- implemented devops pipelines for managing all of these projects;
- and helped refactor old code-bases to implement new business opportunities
Web Application Development @ Flight Data Systems
January 2017 - November 2018
At the beginning of 2017 I was contracted by Flight Data Systems to develop a platform to manage and collaborate on risk management plans for UAVs. The application runs on a Django backend, exposed by a REST API. The front-end was developed from a template source. In the end the project was chosen to not be pursued by the Flight Data Systems parent company, but this project was an excellent learning experience.
Vacation Research Assistant @ QUT
Summer 2014 & Summer 2015
During the summer break in 2014 I participated in the Vacation Research Experience Scheme at QUT, working under Associate Professor Ben Upcroft. I spent the summer doing research about neural networks and their usage in unsupervised learning problems. The title of my research was Implementing DeepMind in Caffe - Deep Learning for Atari 2600 Games.
During the summer break of 2015 I was offered a position as a Vacation Research Assistant, working under Associate Professor Michael Milford. My research project was titled: Cheap Camera-based Road Defect Detection. A video of the results can be found here: https://youtu.be/_jIp_kbOB6s
Sessional Academic | Head Tutor @ QUT
Feb 2014 - July 2018
In semester 1, 2014 I was offered a position to tutor CAB202 Microproccessors and Digital Systems. I teach a weekly class of 25 students the basics of C and its use in microcontrollers. During semester 2, 2016 I was offered a leadership position within CAB202 as head tutor. My responsibilities as head tutor included: managing administration and issues of tutors, handling issues with students marks, developing content for tutorials, and running weekly meetings with teaching staff.
Web Developing Contractor @ contractor
August 2012 - Present
I started my contracting career in Brisbane in August 2012 when I was contracted to work for local business owner Toni-Maree Bishop. My job was to maintain, develop, and deploy her five businesses websites and provide my experience in many technical aspects of the businesses, such as business data aquisition (for BI purposes) and internet marketing. Between 2012 and 2014 I had re-deployed the main company website (elaundry), launched two new business websites, and developed a data visualisation dashboard for Toni-Maree's businesses.
I have also maintained a steady working relationship (to present) with a handful of small businesses in the East Brisbane area. I provide value to Marcus Collings of SASSOM Fitness in East Brisbane by helping maintain and extend his WordPress website, and to Dan Walker of Zen Natural Beds in the same way. I strive to provide the same level of engineering quality for a cost which these very small businesses can justify. These clients have also referred me further work which allowed me to live more comfortably during off times at university.
Left USA, Moved to Brisbane
August 2012
Freelance Web Designer @ Self-Employed
August 2007 - August 2012
After graduating high school, I began my freelance career in web design and development. For over five years, I worked on websites for small, local businesses in the Columbia, Missouri (USA) area providing affordable, highquality work on-time and under-budget.
Skills
Services
I love to solve problems, it is what drives me to do this work - here are some examples of problems I can solve for you.
Web Application Development
Building a custom web application is a difficult task - there are many variables you need to take into consideration, and experience is important when attempting to build software into your business strategy.
Data Engineering
The data you've collected in the many different software packages your business uses can be a gold mine for your business, if only you can access it in a convienient, cost-effective way.
Engineering Consultancy
Got a business requirement, think some software solution could be useful, but have no idea where to start? I can provide general consulting services to help you determine the best approach.
Companies I've Worked For
