Dennis Dryden
About Dennis Dryden
Dennis Dryden is a Senior Engineering Manager at Cision, with extensive experience in infrastructure modernization and a strong background in Linux and various technologies.
Title and Current Role
Dennis Dryden is currently serving as a Senior Engineering Manager at Cision. He operates remotely from Brighton, England, United Kingdom. In his role, he leverages his extensive experience in engineering management and infrastructure modernization to drive technological improvements and operational efficiencies.
Previous Experience at Brandwatch
Before joining Cision, Dennis spent several years at Brandwatch in various roles. From 2022 to 2024, he worked as a Developer Platform Manager, engaging in hybrid work in Brighton, England. Prior to that, from 2019 to 2024, he served as the Capacity Engineering Manager. His earliest role at Brandwatch was as a Big Data Infrastructure Engineer from 2016 to 2019. Each position allowed him to deepen his expertise in data infrastructure and engineering management.
Experience at University of Surrey
Dennis Dryden's early career includes roles at the University of Surrey. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as a FEPS User Support Officer. Before that, from 2007 to 2009, he served as a Distributed Systems and Services Technician. These roles provided foundational experience in user support and distributed systems, which he has built upon in his subsequent positions.
Educational Background in Computer Science
Dennis Dryden completed his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the University of East Anglia, studying from 2003 to 2006. This academic foundation has been pivotal in his professional development, shaping his understanding of computer science principles and practices.
Technical Expertise and Infrastructure Management
Dennis has extensive expertise in modernizing legacy infrastructure as part of a global infrastructure team. He is adept in deploying and maintaining Kubernetes on premises, whether on bare metal or virtual machines. His technological proficiency spans AWS, GCP, Openstack, Kubernetes, C, C++, Java, Python, Go, Rust, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and Networking. His responsibilities also include managing all data centres and associated infrastructure. Dennis has a strong background in Linux, particularly Debian, which remains a key part of his current role.