Oliver Hookins
About Oliver Hookins
Oliver Hookins is a Principal DevOps Engineer at Bugcrowd, where he leads the Infrastructure Team and focuses on AWS infrastructure management. He has extensive experience in engineering and management roles at various companies, including Contentful, Nokia, and SoundCloud.
Current Role at Bugcrowd
Oliver Hookins serves as Principal DevOps Engineer at Bugcrowd since 2021. In this role, he leads the Infrastructure Team, focusing on managing multi-account and multi-organization AWS infrastructure. He emphasizes cost management and collaborates closely with Software Development and Cybersecurity teams to enhance security standards. His responsibilities include utilizing ECS for application deployment and planning a transition to Kubernetes.
Previous Experience in Engineering Management
Oliver Hookins has held multiple engineering management positions prior to his current role. He worked at Atlassian as Engineering Manager from 2019 to 2021 in Sydney, Australia. Before that, he served as Engineering Manager at SoundCloud from 2014 to 2016 in Berlin, Germany. His experience also includes a role as Engineering Manager at Contentful in 2016, where he worked for two years in Berlin.
Technical Skills and Tools
Oliver Hookins employs various technical tools and methodologies in his work. He utilizes Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and manages a range of infrastructure 'glue' Lambdas across multiple programming languages. He also works with Kafka Infrastructure for Change Data Capture (CDC) and inter-service streaming data. For continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), he uses Buildkite and GitHub Actions.
Education and Academic Background
Oliver Hookins studied at Macquarie University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Computing from 2000 to 2002. He also attended the University of Sydney from 1998 to 2001. His academic background provides a foundation for his extensive career in engineering and technology.
Mentorship and Team Collaboration
In addition to his engineering roles, Oliver Hookins mentors engineers across different time zones. He organizes work and plans long-term projects, facilitating collaboration among team members. His ability to adapt to the dynamic environment of a small company allows him to take on various responsibilities while supporting the growth of his colleagues.