Sam Dunne
Director Of Technology at ClarusONE Sourcing Services, LLP
Dublin, Ireland
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Top SchoolSam Dunne is a pragmatic engineering leader and Director of Technology based in Dublin with 13 years of hands-on experience scaling SaaS platforms and building DevSecOps capabilities. He has led cross-functional teams across software engineering, infrastructure, service desk and cybersecurity, driving SoX compliance automation and reducing release cycles from fixed cadences to release-on-demand. Sam’s background spans startups to enterprise (including a JV between Walmart and McKesson), where he’s delivered evolutionary architectures, CI/CD and platform-as-a-service solutions that cut cost and cycle time. He’s contributed to the Terraform ecosystem, notably enhancing PostgreSQL provider integration and extension management, highlighting deep domain expertise in databases and infrastructure-as-code. A former CTO and co-founder, he combines product-minded engineering with rigorous operational controls and a track record of hiring and maturing high-performing teams. Sam’s uncommon strength is translating regulatory and audit requirements into automated, auditable engineering processes that scale.
14 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Leaving Certificate, State Exam, Leaving Certificate, State Exam at Oatlands CollegeBsc, Computer Science, Bsc, Computer Science at University College Dublin
English
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Github Skills (28)
opentofu10
postgresql10
schema-design10
terraform10
terraformer10
go10
database-design10
db-schema10
database-schema10
infrastructure-as-code10
database-management10
schema10
automation9
automations9
infrastructure9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
hashicorp/terraform
Sep 2016 - Nov 2016
Terraform enables you to safely and predictably create, change, and improve infrastructure. It is a source-available tool that codifies APIs into declarative configuration files that can be shared amongst team members, treated as code, edited, reviewed, and versioned.
Role in this project:
Back-end & Database Engineer
Back-end & Database EngineerContributions:5 commits, 4 PRs, 12 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Sam's contributions primarily revolve around enhancing PostgreSQL integration within the Terraform ecosystem. They added functionality to skip chef registration, indicating involvement in configuration and infrastructure management. Furthermore, they developed and integrated a resource for PostgreSQL extensions, demonstrating expertise in database schema management and Terraform provider development. Their work also included code formatting and refactoring tasks.
terraformgraphinfrastructure-as-codecloudcloud-management
monkeylittleinc/jenkins_plugins
Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:22 PRs, 16 pushes, 25 branches in 2 years 4 months
jenkinschefjenkins-pluginconfigure
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