Simon Thorley
Principal Data Engineer
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Thorley is a Principal Data Engineer with 11 years of focused experience building and operating large-scale data and DevOps systems, primarily for the insurance sector. He combines hands-on Linux and Windows systems administration (RHCSA 7 certified) with end-to-end production deployments across on-prem, AWS, and hybrid environments. At CDL Software he progressed from IT engineer to principal, architecting ELK-based logging infrastructures that handled millions of daily insurance quotes and terabytes of indexed data. He is experienced in real-time data enrichment pipelines and deployment automation, and is known for reliably delivering on challenging projects. Based in England, he thrives on learning new technologies and taking ownership of complex operational problems. A practical engineer at heart, he pairs deep operational knowledge with a developer’s mindset to make systems scalable and maintainable.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
A-Level Computer Studies, A-Level Computer Studies at Ridge Danyers CollegeHazel Grove High School
English
Github Skills (115)
heartbeat10
terraform10
ruby-client10
elasticsearch10
node-client10
visualizations10
logstash10
rest10
search-engine10
observability10
filebeat10
java10
git-hooks10
elastic10
terraform-provider10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
thenom/vimrc
Apr 2016 - Jul 2025
Contributions:53 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 9 years 4 months
thenom/terraform-provider-aws
Nov 2019 - May 2026
Terraform AWS provider
Contributions:11 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 6 months
providerterraform-modulesaws-terraform-providerterraformterraform-provider
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