Gavin McCance
I’m currently Chief IT Architect at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland.
I lead a team of architects and service specialists to define our IT architecture strategy,
maintain a coherent and consistent architecture across our diverse catalogue of IT services, and ensure compliance with our best practices and standards.
Strategy
Consistency
Best Practice
Some things I've done
IT Architecture
I designed the Petabyte-scale global data-transfer architecture for LHC computing and led the team that rearchitected the system that hundreds of our engineers use to manage the IT services of CERN.
I designed the Petabyte-scale global data-transfer architecture for LHC computing and led the team that rearchitected the system that hundreds of our engineers use to manage the IT services of CERN.
Service Delivery
I’ve been responsible for both the Petabyte-scale global data transfer system for the Worldwide LHC computing grid and for the primary Batch and HPC computing facillities that power the scientific computing of CERN.
I’ve been responsible for both the Petabyte-scale global data transfer system for the Worldwide LHC computing grid and for the primary Batch and HPC computing facillities that power the scientific computing of CERN.
Site Reliability Engineering
I enjoy the challenge of running reliable services that can scale up to the needs of our users. Measuring and problem-solving is the core of what I enjoy at work.
I enjoy the challenge of running reliable services that can scale up to the needs of our users. Measuring and problem-solving is the core of what I enjoy at work.
IT Manager
I’ve successfully led IT software development and operations teams for the critical computing services behind the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
I’ve successfully led IT software development and operations teams for the critical computing services behind the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Software Engineer
I’ve written lots of software and services (mostly Python, Go and Java) and I like to use software to solve problems.
I’ve written lots of software and services (mostly Python, Go and Java) and I like to use software to solve problems.
Particle Physicist
I was an experimental particle physicist in a previous life. I love to measure and analyse things, and apply this analytical approach to my work.
I was an experimental particle physicist in a previous life. I love to measure and analyse things, and apply this analytical approach to my work.
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