Scott Hehir
Emerald,VIC
Summary
I am a highly capable technology leader with over 25 years experience in complex enterprise environments. My technical and leadership capability has been built over many years, providing a calm, respected and balanced technical leader. In the last 12 months within my area of influence, I have been driving change towards team culture, shifting to Agile and DevOps approaches with real value delivered to the business I work for. I am a life long learner, inspired by the technological advances in our world and how they will shape our lives into the future. I am constantly looking for innovative use cases where the technologies I have studied can be applied to drive business outcomes.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Chief Engineer Cloud and Platform Services
DXC Technology
11.2014 - Current
- Trusted adviser and confidant to GM level
- Innovative business use cases, applying new technology to solve real business problems
- From light bulb to execution including, business engagement/presentation/pre-sales, then tech execution
- Studied organisational modelling and cultural diversity and the value it brings to teams
- AI Object Detection and Speech Detection with Python, Keras, Tensorflow and Pytorch on GCP
- Change agent driving a strategy shift to Agile and DevOps, Buy vs Build models and skills to drive business outcomes
- Hybrid Cloud Architect across Datacentre, GCP and AWS
- Presenting innovation to C-level
- Technical lead and management for disaster recovery events
- Define and agree managed services operating models for DXC and customers in complex multi-vendor environments
- Member of Program Steering Committee
- Skills recruitment, assessment and Project Lead of 4 Engineers/Architects
- Executive engagement with customers for pre and post sales, operational issues
- Technical Cloud and Data Centre Environments, Google Cloud Platform, Speech to Text (STT), Kubernetes, Docker, Firestore, IAM, AutoML, Python, Anthos, Audio/Video streaming and protocol (HLS/SRT), AI frameworks Pytorch, Tensorflow, Keras, VMWare, Pure Storage, HPE Blades and 3PAR Storage, DELL Compute and Storage, Converged and HyperConverged architectures
- Highly regulated business and technical environment
HP Enterprise Services Lead Infrastructure Architect
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
08.2011 - 11.2014
- Lead HP Architect for a customer datacentre exit program of work, documenting datacentre exit strategy, working closely with customer Senior Management to agree and document high level migration plan
- All phases from planning through to design and execution of plans
- Define and agree operational model for HP and the client in a complex multi-vendor environment
- Private/Public Cloud technical model and ROI business case preparation
- Lead HP Architect, defining Service Catalogue process, pricing, templates and scope, obtaining agreement with HP Engineering teams and the customer
- High Level and Detailed Level infrastructure estimates for Business Project estimation
- Representing project estimation at HP Executive Governance for commercial release
- Lead HP Engineer for Business & IT Projects, covering complex infrastructure solutions
- Technical escalation for complex problem management
- Platforms and products include Linux RHEL v5/6, Microsoft Windows 2008, Microsoft SQL 2008, VMWare ESXi, HP D2D storage devices, Active Directory, Netbackup v7.5, HP Blade enclosures, servers and virtual IO, HP P9500 SANs
- Lead HP Architect for HP Software Tools used to enable infrastructure monitoring, capacity management, server automation, server security compliance
- Lead HP Engineer for customer Disaster Recovery High Level Design for business critical applications
- Chair Joint Infrastructure and Architecture Governance Committee
Infrastructure Designer – Strategy, Planning and Consulting
Australia Post
03.2010 - 08.2011
- Create High Level and Detailed Level Design documents for business projects
- Platforms and products included Windows 2008, Linux RHEL v5, VMWare ESX, Apache and IIS6, Weblogic 10.3, Oracle RAC 10g/11g, SQL2005, NetApp storage, Cisco Load Balancers and switches, TIBCO integration, Identity Management – AD and Oracle Access Manager
- Present design documentation to operational teams to enable transition to support
- Liaise with Solution Architecture and business representatives to provide high level project estimates and more precise project estimates pre-business case
- 2IC Strategy, Planning and Consulting team including work allocation, project issue resolution and recruiting
Infrastructure Architect – OSS Infrastructure
Telstra
05.2008 - 02.2010
- Validate integration architecture of OSS applications and translate to technical connectivity
- Develop, communicate and enforce infrastructure and environment management standards
- Included, standards and principles to minimise infrastructure cost by sharing infrastructure across multiple non-production environments
Platform Architecture – R3 Discounting and R4 Store Replenishment Programs
Coles Myer Group
02.2000 - 04.2008
Senior Network Designer (Contract)
National Australia Bank
05.1999 - 02.2000
Senior Developer in the Project Services Group
ANZ Bank
05.1995 - 05.1999
Analyst Programmer using C on Unix Servers
GEAC Computers
05.1993 - 05.1995
Trainee Programmer using C on Unix Workstations
Intergraph
01.1991 - 03.1992
Education
BA - Applied Science, Computer Science & Electronics
Swinburne University
01.1992
Skills
- GCP Cloud Architect
- Hybrid Cloud Architecture
- Microservices Architecture
- Python
- GenAI
- Organisational Modeling
- Pre-sales
- Innovation use cases
Certification
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Certified Professional Data Engineer, May 2024
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Certified Professional Architect, March 2022, Re-certified April 2024
- AWS Solution Architect (Associate), 12/01/19
- TOGAF 9 (Parts 1 & 2), 01/01/17
- Foundation Certificate in ITIL, 01/01/04
Factsaboutme
- I love cycling and mountain bike riding
- I am a craft beer brewer, enjoying the challenge of brewing and aging clean and mixed fermentation beer
- I go camping every year with the same group of friends I’ve had since primary & high school
- I love watching the mighty Hawks play footy
- I swam in the Dead Sea
- I climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge
- I had a surfing lesson in Hawaii
References
- Barnaby Wedd, Microsoft Services Executive
- Tim Fraser, DXC Google Practice Lead
- Jon Fernandes, Paramount Liquor General Manager - Retail
Timeline
Chief Engineer Cloud and Platform Services
DXC Technology
11.2014 - Current
HP Enterprise Services Lead Infrastructure Architect
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services
08.2011 - 11.2014
Infrastructure Designer – Strategy, Planning and Consulting
Australia Post
03.2010 - 08.2011
Infrastructure Architect – OSS Infrastructure
Telstra
05.2008 - 02.2010
Platform Architecture – R3 Discounting and R4 Store Replenishment Programs
Coles Myer Group
02.2000 - 04.2008
Senior Network Designer (Contract)
National Australia Bank
05.1999 - 02.2000
Senior Developer in the Project Services Group
ANZ Bank
05.1995 - 05.1999
Analyst Programmer using C on Unix Servers
GEAC Computers
05.1993 - 05.1995
Trainee Programmer using C on Unix Workstations
Intergraph
01.1991 - 03.1992
BA - Applied Science, Computer Science & Electronics
Swinburne University
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