Scott McIlravie

VP of Engineering

Kinghorn, Scotland, United Kingdom30 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led global IT teams for Amazon with zero downtime expectations.
Transitioned complex telephony systems to centralized SIP services.
Volunteered as a lifeboat crewmember for nearly three decades.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned IT Infrastructure Manager with extensive experience in global operations and team leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Information Technology InfrastructureOperations ManagementTeam ManagementProject ManagementMicrosoft ExchangeLinux System AdministrationUnix AdministrationSoftware DevelopmentTechnical SupportNetwork Administration

Other Skills

CoachingScalabilityCareer DevelopmentIT GovernanceStrategic PlanningVendor ManagementSharePointSMBWindows ServerXenHyper-VPHPPerl AutomationPowershellBash

About

Key service owner in a large enterprise company with an IT focus. Experienced in building new teams, growing careers, improving processes and delivering to senior stakeholders in a resource constrained environment. A passion for the sea and almost three decades of experience as a volunteer lifeboat crewmember, helmsman and casualty carer. Currently, manager of a global team of IT Systems and DevOps Engineers building, maintaining, scaling and responding to outages of some of Amazon’s key internal productivity and collaboration systems, storing Pb of documents in a zero downtime environment.

Experience

Amazon

2 roles

System Engineering Manager

Promoted

Nov 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 4 mos · On-site

Manager of a global team of IT engineers responsible for building, maintaining, scaling and responding to outages of key internal productivity and collaboration systems, collectively storing petabytes of documents. Leading teams based in India, Central America, Europe and the USA architecting highly scaled systems and providing 24x7 on call engineering support at Tier 3+. Over 900,000 internal users with a zero downtime expectation. Grew a Unified Communications team into a strong global workforce, including the hiring of local managers. Transitioned the company from various discrete in-office/warehouse PBX and VoIP telephony systems to a centrally operated and regionally managed Broadworks SIP service. Retained skills in PowerShell and Python to ensure in team and contractor developers meet a high bar for systems management tooling, integrations between products and customer facing applications. Annual roadmapping to ensure strategic visions are developed and progressed, while overseeing project managers responsible for implementing defined goals towards the overall roadmap.

Information Technology InfrastructureOperations ManagementCoachingScalabilityCareer DevelopmentIT Governance

Systems Engineer

Oct 2013 – Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo · On-site

Operationally supported Microsoft Exchange, Lync/Skype for Business, SharePoint, SMB File Servers, RDS/Terminal Servers, Hyper-V parents, Linux Xen parents, international pager systems and global Windows server patching. Department SME for vulnerability management and patching. Third line support oncall engineer taking escalations from global helpdesk. Automations via Powershell, PHP, Perl and BASH scripting.

Microsoft ExchangeSharePointSMBLinux System AdministrationWindows ServerXen+5

Amazon uk services ltd

System Engineer

Oct 2013 – Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Operationally supported Microsoft Exchange, Lync/Skype for Business, SharePoint, SMB File Servers, RDS/Terminal Servers, Hyper-V parents, Linux Xen parents, international pager systems and global Windows server patching. Department SME for vulnerability management and patching. Third line support oncall engineer taking escalations from global helpdesk. Automations via Powershell, PHP, Perl and BASH scripting.

PHPPerlLinux System AdministrationVMware

Port80 wholesale technology ltd

2 roles

Senior Systems Administrator

Aug 2012 – Oct 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos

Administered company and client virtual machines. Fault location and repair, patching and security testing Linux and Windows servers. Performed penetration testing for client servers and services. Introduced helpdesk ticketing and automated monitoring to the company.

Senior System Administrator

Aug 2012 – Oct 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos

Administered company and client virtual machines. Fault location and repair, patching and security testing Linux and Windows servers. Performed penetration testing for client servers and services. Introduced helpdesk ticketing and automated monitoring to the company.

Mgt

Senior System Administrator

Aug 2010 – Aug 2012 · 2 yrs

Implemented improvement projects within a strongly Solaris Unix environment. Advised on outside methodologies and new technologies to enhance existing working practices and improve efficiency within the company. Scaled systems and built error handling to cope with burst activity during UK wide pay per view events.

Mgt

Senior Systems Administrator

Aug 2010 – Jul 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos · Kirkcaldy, Scotland, United Kingdom · On-site

Implemented improvement projects within a strongly Solaris Unix environment. Advised on outside methodologies and new technologies to enhance existing working practices and improve efficiency within the company. Scaled systems and built error handling to cope with burst activity during UK wide pay per view events.

SolarisUnix AdministrationRed Hat Linux3rd Line Support

I-design plc

Software Engineer

Apr 2008 – Jul 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Newport-on-Tay, Fife · On-site

Developed and tested web based applications. Some desktop application writing in Visual Basic with SQL Server database models. Improved a legacy PHP web application designed to assist the rapidly expanding remote sales team – often requiring some in depth investigation of legacy code and user requirements to fix emerging bugs and implement new features.

Software DevelopmentPHPDatabase Administration

I-design multimedia ltd

Software Engineer

Apr 2008 – Jul 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Developed and tested web based applications. Some desktop application writing in Visual Basic with SQL Server database models. Improved a legacy PHP web application designed to assist the rapidly expanding remote sales team – often requiring some in depth investigation of legacy code and user requirements to fix emerging bugs and implement new features.

LinuxOperating SystemsTechnical Support3rd Line Support

Amazon.co.uk

Systems Administrator

Jan 2006 – Apr 2008 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Glenrothes, Fife · On-site

Supported the local warehouse. Asset tracking and management of the local server, desktop, laptop and other trackable items. Provided technical and planning support for the build out of the new Swansea warehouse. Was a key member of a small international team of system administrators who provided 24/7 on call support to critical global warehouse systems during rota hours.

Operating SystemsUnixLinuxNetwork AdministrationDatabase AdministrationFileMaker+1

Amazon uk services ltd

System Administrator

Jan 2006 – Apr 2008 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Supported the local warehouse. Asset tracking and management of the local server, desktop, laptop and other trackable items. Provided technical and planning support for the build out of the new Swansea warehouse. Was a key member of a small international team of system administrators who provided 24/7 on call support to critical global warehouse systems during rota hours.

Fife council

Youth Worker

Jan 2002 – Jan 2005 · 3 yrs

Ran a youth club in Dalgety Bay one evening per week. Planned the schedule of events for the club, supervised other staff members and provided support and counselling to young teenagers.

Compugraphics international ltd

2 roles

IT Engineer

Jun 1996 – Jan 2006 · 9 yrs 7 mos

Brought modern Linux and Windows domain servers and support methods to the company, ran asset tracking and management processes including statistical analysis of stored data, supported desktop computers, printers and networking issues. Implemented redundancy and failover processes for important servers and services.

Information Technology Engineer

Jan 1996 – Jan 2006 · 10 yrs

Brought modern Linux and Windows domain servers and support methods to the company, ran asset tracking and management processes including statistical analysis of stored data, supported desktop computers, printers and networking issues. Implemented redundancy and failover processes for important servers and services.

Rnli

Volunteer Lifeboat Helmsman

Jan 1996 – Present · 30 yrs 2 mos · Kinghorn, Fife

Volunteer Lifeboat Crew since age 17. Taking charge of rescues as Helmsman since 2003. Also launch vehicle driver and casualty carer (advanced trauma first aid) when not taking charge of the lifeboat. Responsible for delivery of training and assessment of crewmember capabilities to maintain crew competence