James Cook
- @jamescook
- I ❤ Azure and DevSecOps so much I create content about it.
- He/Him
- London, United Kingdom
Hello 👋, I am a Cloud and DevOps Advocate who creates content via my blog, YouTube and live Podcast. I am a Microsoft Certified Trainer who specialises in Azure services.
Positions
DevOps Engineer
- FirstPort
- Sep 2021 - Present
Infrastructure Analyst / Cloud & DevOps Advocate
- PXP Financial
- May 2019 - Sep 2021
Technical Architect
- Herts for Learning
- Sep 2015 - May 2019
Network Consultant / Account Manager
- Herts for Learning
- Sep 2013 - Aug 2015
Technical Consultant
- Hertfordshire County Council
- Mar 2011 - Aug 2013
James's Collections
My 2021 Highlights
10 Highlights
Blog Posts
23 Highlights
Certification
8 Highlights
YouTube
8 Highlights
What James's working on
What James's working on
Started about 1 month ago
New Year’s Resolution
2022 New Year’s Resolution
- Learn/Develop skills
- Containers/Kubernetes
- Coding - Python/Go/C#
- Grow my personal brand
- Continue growing jamescook.dev
- Grow social media presence
- Collaborate with other content creators
- Participate in more in-person and online events as a speaker
- Submit sessions
Started 7 months ago
Studying for a Microsoft Certification
Revising for the AZ-304 exam. Using the Microsoft Learn content and will move onto some Scott Duffy content on Udemy.
2021
Nov 30, 2021
Selected to speak
I have been selected to speak at the Scottish Summit 2022.
Speaker List
Speaker Sessions
Speaker Schedule
Speaker List
Speaker Sessions
Speaker Schedule
Nov 18, 2021
Reached a milestone
9 months or
39 weeks or
276 days
This is how long it took for me to hit 20,000 readers on my blog jamescook.dev. Incredible, never thought I would hit such a number in my first year.
39 weeks or
276 days
This is how long it took for me to hit 20,000 readers on my blog jamescook.dev. Incredible, never thought I would hit such a number in my first year.
Nov 15, 2021
Wrote a Blog Post
In this blog post I walk through the process of using Azure Key Vault secrets in your GitHub Actions.
Azure Key Vault Secrets in GitHub Actions
Azure Key Vault Secrets in GitHub Actions
Sep 13, 2021
Started a new role at FirstPort
Excited to join FirstPort as DevOps Engineer! 🎉
DevOps Engineer, FirstPort
Sep 12, 2021
Created a YouTube video
I has the opportunity to collaborate with Peter De Tender on a video for #AzureBacktoSchool where were talk about Analyzing Azure DevOps auditing streams in your SIEM of choice.
We describe and demo each service in detail, allowing viewers to get started with auditing their Azure DevOps.
We describe and demo each service in detail, allowing viewers to get started with auditing their Azure DevOps.
Sep 01, 2021
Won an award
Very pleased to be selected as Septembers Cloud Champion with the CloudFamily community.
Great honour to feature amongst great content creators and contributors.
https://cloudfamily.info/cloud_champions/september2021/
Great honour to feature amongst great content creators and contributors.
https://cloudfamily.info/cloud_champions/september2021/
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