Hello, my name is Ben Sykes. I am a developer, software engineer, cloud expert and open-source advocate currently working for the federal Government of Canada (GoC).

current work

I am working as a Technical Advisor at Shared Services Canada (SSC/SPC) on the Private Cloud team. As a founding member of the GC Private Cloud project, I am responsible for the design and development of an enterprise Private Cloud solution using open-source technologies (Openstack, Ceph, others) for the Government of Canada (GoC).

previous work

Previously, I worked as a Technical Advisor on the Cloud-Native Solutions team at Statistics Canada which is a modernization initiative part of the larger Cloud Services Enablement Project (CSEP) in the Government of Canada.

In this role, we investigated, designed, developed and operated modern infrastructure systems powered by cloud-first designs and open source software that enables teams to develop, deploy, and operate applications in a secure, flexible, scalable and interoperable fashion.

You can find out more on govcloud.ca.