Paul Fox

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About Paul Fox

Perl, Python, C/C++, Unix/Linux, Kernel programming, DTrace, Windows, MacOSX programming tools, Web, Networking (design/implementation). Software development and tools. System performance specialist. Security. Auditing/Legal. SDLC/CI/CD - Jenkins/TeamCity, automated software build testing, release. Front office trading application design patterns, based on Farms and inheritance. Benchmarking; application integration (FIX messaging, XML configuration). Configuration management and SDLC tools. Application and systems architecture; outage analysis. Capacity management, performance tuning, debuggers [everything from 80186 kernel debuggers, through to 386 SystemV kernel debuggers, through to porting dtrace to Linux]. All in an attempt to understand what is happening on boxes. Creating a framework to manage and view entitlements and infrastructure hygiene inconsistencies. Low latency work: analysing kernel/application latency issues in Linux; using dtrace to validate/trace kernel calls. Measuring how infrastructure failures can block applications. Global team management; cost reduction exercises. Specialties: Productivity enhancements and tools; leadership and expertise. Global solutions.