Ben Merriman

The definition in nearly nocturnal nerd

Welcome!

Hi, I'm Ben. Say hello to my little corner of the Internet.

(does the Internet even have corners?...)

I made this page to try and organise the clutter I have strewn over all the other corners of the web and to show you what I can do! Please feel free to take a look around, you can find my contact information at the bottom of the page, or that handy contact button at the top!

About me

30 years old. British. DevOps Engineer. Urbanite and International traveller. Buzzwords.

In case single word sentences aren't your thing let me give you a bit more detail. I've always been fascinated with technology and have managed to somehow get paid for my passion (what more can you ask for?). Oh and I'm married to an amazing American woman (check out her Instagram!) so life is pretty good!

SKILLS

What I can do

SCRIPTING

I'm proficient in PowerShell, Python and Bash. I have an understanding of PHP, Ruby and SQL

ENTHUSIASTIC

I've been working with computers since I was old enough to reach the keyboard. Don't believe me? Check this out

EXPERIENCED

I have 7 years experience working for e-commerce and FinTech companies as a Network Engineer, SysAdmin and in a DevOps role

UNIVERSAL

I've worked with a large number of operating systems; Windows, OSX and Linux

CERTIFIED

I'm in the process of becoming a VMWare certified professional and an AWS Certified Solutions Architect

EDUCATED

I have a degree in Computer Science from the University of Leicester

PowerShell
Bash
Python
PHP
Ruby

Ubuntu
Windows
OS X
RHEL
FreeBSD

VMWare
Checkpoint
SonicWALL
Arista
Cisco

Projects

What I'm most proud of

PCI

I've been instrumental in two companies passing their PCI certification, both in helping policy making and digitally securing the company's assets

COMMUNITY

I have a been contributing to the Linux community for a number of years

DATACENTERS

I have helped build two multi-million GBP datacenters, from the physical racking through networking, hypervisor installations right through to migration.

WEBSITES

I've built websites for friends and family. Don't tell anyone, but you're browsing one of my favourites right now!

DIY

I put together my own computers and servers from components. Being able to recognise hardware is ~~very sad~~ awesome

TRAVEL

I love to travel as much as I can, so far I've managed to rack up 227,318 miles over 518 hours (that's 365,833 km).
Proof here!

CONTACT

Contact me and I'll try and get back to you within 48 hours