Who am I?
I'm Donna, my pronouns are she/her.
Originally from Northern Ireland, I've been living in Scotland for almost 10 years.
I'm a Senior Site Reliability Engineer on the Foundations team at GitLab.
About me
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🎓 I have a BSc in Business Information Technology from Queen's University Belfast. -
🐾 I have two dogs: Skye (Border Collie) and Lewis (Golden Retriever). -
📹 I have an adventure YouTube channel. -
😅 I started my career in tech by accident. Ask me about it! -
💻 Whilst I specialise in infrastructure, I've navigated the full tech stack. -
🔥 On my first oncall shift (of my career) a datacentre literally caught on fire. -
📈 I've automated the deployment of the largest CloudFoundry PaaS in the world (supporting over 1.5k production applications). -
✨ I've "Sparked API Joy" by standardising CircleCI's API Infrastructure.
Hobbies
- Hiking (Munro Bagging: climbing all 282 mountains over 3,000ft in Scotland).
- Videography (sharing adventures on a small YouTube channel).
- Aerial Arts (trapeze, aerial hoop, etc).
- Running.
- Travelling.
- Gardening.
- DIY.
How I work
I work as asynchronously as possible, but I'm usually near a computer between 9am and 6pm UTC (give or take an hour). My calendar is kept up to date for ease of scheduling.
More specifically:
- Overcommunication: I work in public channels where possible and will direct work related DMs to the appropriate public channel where possible.
- Celebrate the smol wins: No matter how small of an achievement, I will always relish the opportunity to celebrate my team.
- Whimsy: I like to inject personality and a bit of whimsy into my work where I can, either through emoji reactions or adding GIFs when reviewing MRs (Thank GIF It's Friday).
- A Safe Pair of Hands: I can be trusted to do the right thing, and ensure everyone is kept updated as I go.
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Senior SRE at GitLab
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Member since April 29, 2024