Lindsay Newton
About Lindsay Newton
Lindsay Newton is a DevOps Engineer with eight years of experience at the Government of Canada, specializing in deploying applications and managing infrastructure. With a background in computer science and extensive skills in Kubernetes, Terraform, and Python, Newton has contributed to enhancing system reliability through various projects.
Work at Government of Canada
Lindsay Newton has been employed as a DevOps Engineer at the Government of Canada since 2016. In this role, she has focused on deploying applications and managing infrastructure using tools such as Terraform on Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Prior to her current position, she served as a Programmer Analyst from 2012 to 2016, where she contributed to various projects aimed at enhancing system reliability and performance.
Education and Expertise
Lindsay Newton studied at the University of Ottawa, where she earned an Honours degree with Specialization in Computer Science, completing the Co-operative Education Option from 2007 to 2011. Her educational background has provided her with a strong foundation in computer science principles, which she applies in her professional roles, particularly in DevOps and system reliability.
Background in Software Development
Before her tenure at the Government of Canada, Lindsay Newton gained experience in various roles within the technology sector. She worked as a Web Development Consultant and a Web Application Developer at the Bank of Canada from 2011 to 2012 and 2009, respectively. Additionally, she held a position as a Software Developer at General Dynamics Canada in 2010 and as a Quality Assurance Technician at Magmic Inc. in 2008.
Technical Skills and Contributions
Lindsay Newton has extensive experience in deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters across multiple platforms, including GCP, Azure, and bare metal environments. She has developed automation tools in Scala and Python to improve system reliability and has contributed to the creation of dashboards and alerting systems. Her work includes deploying metrics collection using collectd and integrating Single Sign-On (SSO) into third-party applications.
Professional Development and Tools
In her current role, Lindsay Newton collaborates with users to define requirements for new environments, including the creation of test plans and investigation of bug reports. She has built and managed a Cloudera cluster with Hadoop installations on over 100 bare metal nodes. Additionally, she utilizes Jupyter and develops Python tools to support data engineering tasks, showcasing her commitment to continuous professional development.