Hi! I'm
Matthew
Engineer
DevOps, Broadcast, Theatre
I'm a DevOps Engineer by day, broadcast & theatre tech hobbyist by night. From SysAdmin to soldering, writing code to wrapping up a multi-track audio edit, I like to keep busy!
Based in Cambridgeshire, UK.
Day to day, I'm a Development Operations Engineer at Darktrace.
I work to develop, integrate and package software to bring Cyber Security solutions to customer environments.
Focusing on writing scripts and services to provide functionality, configuration utilities and monitoring. I also tackle issues in other languages where required!
Python, Bash and NodeJS
Using tools for repeatable deployment of software and hardware configuration, investigating performance, networking and operating system quirks.
Ansible, Containers and Linux
Making templates across the big cloud providers for deploying products under Infrastructure as Code with scaling, security, documentation and testing.
Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure RM
I've always loved technology, especially of the audio/video kind! You can blame my grandad for that one!
I shared my big love of music through DJing in my teens. These interests combined at the student radio and television stations at the University of York.
In this show, we talk about nerdy news topics, new technologies, things we get up to out and about and anything else that tickles our fancy. Live from a different location every episode, different technical and logistical constraints make it always fun to tech.
Youtube TikTok Instagram
Building a 3-stage festival in the middle of a field is a tricky one! I've helped get stages setup, deployed and improved live scheduling / captions signage and helped support EMF Films.
Back in 2026!
I replaced / redeployed / reconfigured pretty much everything with a CPU during my time at URY at least once. From storage servers to software audio routing and processing, I learned a lot about how to manage software and hardware in production environments.
Linux, FreeBSD and Windows
I got stuck into many projects during my time. Building hardware for studio lighting, routing and playout control, installing audio and visualisation hardware and Outside Broadcast facilities, including building new automation systems during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dante, ADAT, AES3, Analogue, SDI, Satellite
In my final year and beyond, being a pandemic-stuck graduate, I took the challenge to replace the ancient windows-based playout system used at URY. The result was a multi-OS and multi-user system with new features like audio normalisation, waveforms and improved studio integration.
Python, Electron, Continuous Integration
Building and tuning video playout systems for the studio and new outside broadcast kits, improving networking, edit bays and in-studio cabling, I got pretty stuck in.
FFMPEG, CasparCG, BlackMagic Design
I performed a big project to modernise the YSTV website, including design, playback and snuck in a few management features too. During my time we had our first UHD website release too.
Bootstrap, PHP, Transcoding
In Roses 2018 (one of the largest inter-university sport tournaments in Europe), I held a Master Control Room position, controlling and monitoring what went out when, including on 24/7 and venue streams.
Graphics, Communication, Scheduling
Since primary school, I've loved being backstage in the performing arts world!
Taking up roles in audio, projection and special effect bits, you can find me hovering around theatres all over Cambridgeshire and sometimes beyond!
Learning to mix line-by-line on a variety of shows, with a variety of mixers from Yamaha and Behringer. Dare I say I'm getting fairly good at it!
Mixing bands, monitoring mics and EQing Ice Rinks are also on the cards.
TheaterMix, Wavetool, Shure Wireless Workbench
When I'm not mixing microphones, I'm probably mixing a soundscape for a play. Working with several theatre companies to source media and implement QLAB cues automations for surround sound effects and video walls and projection contents!
QLab, Reaper, Davinci Resolve, PixelMator Pro
As if I don't have enough hobbies, I sometimes like to fit myself into tight spaces and follow the cast around the stage with light!
I'm also partial to making my own lighting effects for on-stage and background effects.
Electronics, Woodworking, ArtNet
Cambridge Consultants | 2018 - 2019
Designed, developed and tested embedded software for prototype medical devices. Involved writing code in Python, C and Swift to implement a Bluetooth protocol with PC and mobile applications for testing, conforming to ISO and FDA medical software development standards.
Led aspects of an intern project that incorporated Augmented Reality technology on smartphone platforms, producing a system to generate and serve 3D content from physical media in marketing and presentation scenarios. This covered all stages of a project’s lifecycle: gathering user requirements, architecture and user interface design, software development, user testing and evaluation. Culminated in presentations to the entire company, including the CEO.
University of York | 2016 - 2020
With modules in embedded systems, logic, networking and human computer interaction.
Student Radio Association | 2020
After working with the URY Computing Team to make a new Remote Broadcasting suite for the Covid19 pandemic over the course of a 3 week revision period in March 2020, I was part of a talk to explain how we switched to entirely broadcasting from home.
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