Martin Coxall
About Martin Coxall
Martin Coxall is a Platform Team Lead with extensive experience in DevOps and cloud engineering. He has worked at BMLL since 2018 and has a strong background in modernizing infrastructure and implementing cloud-based solutions.
Work at iSAM
Currently, Martin Coxall serves as the Platform Team Lead at iSAM, a position he has held since 2022. His role involves overseeing the platform team and ensuring the effective delivery of cloud solutions. The work environment is hybrid, allowing for a combination of remote and in-office collaboration. His leadership contributes to the strategic direction of platform development and operational efficiency within the organization.
Previous Experience at BMLL
Martin Coxall worked at BMLL as a DevOps Engineer from 2018 to 2022, where he advanced to the role of Senior DevOps and Cloud Engineer. During his tenure, he was responsible for significant infrastructure projects, including the migration of on-premises virtual machines to an immutable infrastructure. His expertise in tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, and Ansible played a crucial role in modernizing the company's cloud operations.
Experience at ECS Digital
Before his time at BMLL, Martin Coxall was employed at ECS Digital as a DevOps Consultant from 2017 to 2018. In this role, he focused on rebuilding a legacy single-stack Terraform estate into a DRY Terragrunt-based system. This project enhanced modularity by effectively separating stacks by environment, region, and application, showcasing his skills in infrastructure as code.
Education and Expertise
Martin Coxall studied at the University of Oxford, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Physics from 1995 to 1999. He also attended Westcliff High School for Boys from 1988 to 1995. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his technical expertise in cloud engineering and DevOps practices.
Technical Achievements
Throughout his career, Martin Coxall has led various technical initiatives. He built a new AWS Organization from scratch, utilizing Control Tower and Account Factory for Terraform, and integrated AzureAD as an SSO provider. Additionally, he designed and implemented a new AWS-based monitoring system using a Kinesis Firehose ETL pipeline, AWS OpenSearch, and an EKS cluster running Prometheus on Kubernetes. He also modernized legacy Ansible code to align with contemporary best practices.