Georgios Georgiou
Cloud Infrastructure & CI/CD Automation
About Me
Background
Dynamic and results-driven DevOps Engineering Lead with 15 years of experience in software engineering within the financial technology sector. Currently leading the CI/CD Release Engineering team at TSYS International, driving modernization across both on-premise and cloud-based systems.
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Beyond Code
Technical Skills
A comprehensive toolkit built over 15 years in financial technology and DevOps engineering.
DevOps & CI/CD
Cloud & Infrastructure
Monitoring & Performance
Languages & Frameworks
Databases & Data
Specialization
Core Expertise
- ▸Enterprise CI/CD Pipeline Architecture
- ▸Kubernetes & Container Orchestration
- ▸Cloud Migration & Modernization
- ▸DevOps Team Leadership
Proven Achievements
- ▸Zero-Downtime Portfolio Conversions
- ▸80% Deployment Time Reduction
- ▸Global DevOps Team Leadership
- ▸Multi-Million Dollar Project Conversions
Work Experience
15+ years building robust infrastructure and leading teams at TSYS International
Associate Director DevOps Application Modernization
TSYS International
Leading a global DevOps team, architecting and automating the transformation of the card management platform into a cloud platform.
- ▸CI/CD transformation
- ▸Application modernization & containerization
- ▸Kubernetes deployments
- ▸Automated Release management
Data Engineer Consultant
TSYS International
Automatic provisioning and management of data layer infrastructure on AWS.
- ▸Automatic Provision of data store layer (Oracle, Redis, MySQL, PostgreSQL) on AWS
- ▸CI/CD application delivery using Liquibase
- ▸User Access provisioning
- ▸Performance monitoring & Oracle tuning
- ▸Jenkins automation
Lead Conversion Engineer
TSYS International
Leading the conversions of Financial portfolios to TSYS Prime processing platform with focus on zero-downtime operations.
- ▸Converted multiple multi-million worth card portfolios to TSYS platform
- ▸Zero downtime conversions
- ▸Automated reconciliation processes
- ▸Oracle performance tuning
Lead Software Developer
TSYS International
Led design and development of scalable solutions for credit card industry clients.
- ▸Database design & development on Oracle PL/SQL
- ▸.Net technologies integration
- ▸Unix shell scripting
- ▸Credit card portfolio expertise
Education
Continuous learning and academic excellence from leading UK and Cypriot institutions
MSc in Internet Computing
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, UK
Final Year Project: Location Based Shopping - iOS platform for location-based shopping
BSc in Computer Science
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, UK
Final Year Project: 3D Simulation Tutorial Platform for OpenGL - Automated code generation for junior developers
HND in Computer Studies
HTI - Higher Technical Institute
Nicosia, Cyprus
Final Year Project: Utility Bill Payment Platform for Municipal Town Halls
Years Experience
University Degrees
First Class Honours
Featured Projects
Key accomplishments showcasing technical excellence and business impact
Zero-Downtime Portfolio Conversions
Architected and executed zero-downtime conversions of multi-million dollar card portfolios to modern processing platforms.
Impact: Successfully converted multiple portfolios worth hundreds of millions in transaction volume
Technologies
Cloud Infrastructure Transformation
Leading modernization of legacy card management platform to cloud-native architecture.
Impact: Enabled 10x faster deployment cycles and improved reliability
Technologies
Global DevOps Team Leadership
Built and scaled DevOps team fostering culture of automation and continuous improvement.
Impact: Reduced deployment time by 80% and improved system reliability to 99.9%
Technologies
Developer Self-Service Platform
Implemented automated infrastructure provisioning enabling developers to deploy independently.
Impact: Eliminated manual deployment bottlenecks and improved deployment frequency
Technologies
Let's Connect
I'm always interested in discussing DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and building amazing things. Feel free to reach out!
Available for consultation, speaking engagements, and collaboration.