Mark KayeI Automate Everything
Designing reliable, automated systems that scale —
passionate about observability and continuous improvement.
About Me
I'm an AI-first and opinionated Automation Architect with over 2 decades of experience designing and implementing systems that run themselves. My career has spanned DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, and large-scale digital transformation — all built around one principle: if it can be automated, it should be — even if that means automating myself out of the job.
I've delivered automation strategies for enterprises across logistics, retail, and government, helping teams move from fragile infrastructure to resilient, self-healing systems. My expertise covers cloud architecture, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and observability — everything that keeps modern platforms reliable and scalable.
What drives me is solving complex operational problems through elegant automation. I love turning repetitive processes into efficient, auditable systems that free people to focus on innovation instead of firefighting.
When I'm not building automation frameworks or optimising deployments for some of the world's largest organisations, you'll usually find me experimenting with emerging AI and automation technologies — from AI-driven reliability to humanoid robotics — and exploring how they can redefine the future of work.
I built a Wi-Fi-enabled thermometer for my daughter’s aquarium — Raspberry Pi Zero, Prometheus, Grafana… naturally 🐟🐠🐡
Oh, and I'm a motorsport, car and motorcycle guy. Sorry, not sorry 🏍️💨 🏎️💨
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Recent Experience
Founder & Principal Consultant
Logistology
Founded Logistology to focus on automation and early adoption of humanoid robotics in logistics and industrial environments. Designs scalable architectures, develops automation frameworks, and delivers integration models supporting AI-driven workflows and robotic systems.
- ▹Developed technical models for early-stage integration of Tesla Optimus and other humanoid robotics platforms.
- ▹Designed automation frameworks and data pipelines supporting robotics-as-a-service deployment.
- ▹Defined infrastructure blueprints enabling modular deployment and minimal operational overhead.
Founder & Technical Consultant
CIOJoy
Established CIOJoy to provide automation and cloud engineering consultancy through a productised service model. Delivered end-to-end solutions encompassing infrastructure as code, observability, and AI-assisted operational workflows.
- ▹Built reusable Terraform and Ansible modules for multi-cloud deployments across AWS and Azure.
- ▹Implemented observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki to improve mean time to detection (MTTD).
- ▹Automated build and release pipelines reducing deployment time by 60% across client environments.
Senior Consultant / Country Manager
Flo Group Limited
Delivered automation and DevOps transformation programmes for logistics clients including IKEA, DHL, and Lockheed Martin. Led technical delivery teams, established an offshore development centre, and implemented global infrastructure consolidation and cloud migration initiatives.
- ▹Founded and managed an offshore technical centre delivering DevOps and platform engineering.
- ▹Implemented Containerisation to streamline service deployment and improve portability.
- ▹Consolidated over 250 servers to 75, signficantly cutting infrastructure costs.
- ▹Improved transport management reliability by 15% through observability and infrastructure automation.
- ▹Delivered cloud migration roadmaps for global logistics platforms valued up to £12m.
Recent Projects
Ephemeral Infrastructure as Code Platform
Architected and developed a commercial SaaS solution that automated the provisioning of ephemeral test environments and execution of Selenium-based test suites on demand. The Terraform-driven platform enabled customers to schedule and run fully automated tests against their applications, delivering scalable, repeatable, and cost-efficient testing as a service.
Technologies:
Role: Lead Architect
Key Wins:
- ✓Reduced infrastructure costs by 80% through ephemeral environment automation
- ✓Achieved 5 nines uptime for test execution platform
- ✓Scaled to support unlimited concurrent test environments
- ✓Customer security first approach to environment provisioning
Key Challenges:
- ⚡Managing deployment state across ephemeral resources
- ⚡Ensuring test isolation and security in multi-tenant environment
- ⚡Optimising Terraform execution times for large-scale deployments
Comprehensive Infrastructure Consolidation
Led a major infrastructure modernisation, consolidating the virtual server estate by over 70% through containerisation, DBaaS adoption, and automation with Ansible. Delivered a scalable, self-monitoring platform integrating proprietary Oracle application clustering, Prometheus, Grafana OSS, Loki, Traefik and Uptime Kuma to enhance reliability, observability, and operational efficiency.
Technologies:
Role: Lead Architect (DevOps and Infrastructure)
Key Wins:
- ✓Consolidated server estate by 70%, reducing operational overhead
- ✓Significantly improved deployment times by 50%, reducing downtime for a business critical application
- ✓Achieved order of magnitude reduction in environment provisioning times
Key Challenges:
- ⚡Migration of legacy Oracle DBs to DBaaS was complex and time consuming
- ⚡Integrating multiple monitoring tools into unified platform
- ⚡The project required upskilling and cultural transformation to embed DevOps practices
CIOJoy – CIO-as-a-Service
Conceptualised and developed CIOJoy, a business model offering fractional and interim CIO services as a fixed-price product. The model enables organisations to access strategic technology leadership, governance, and automation-driven transformation expertise without the overhead of a full-time executive hire.
Technologies:
Role: Founder & Principal Consultant
Key Wins:
- ✓Developed a scalable service framework for delivering CIO and technology leadership services as a subscription product
- ✓Created repeatable playbooks for IT strategy, infrastructure modernisation, and digital transformation delivery
- ✓Defined governance and reporting models using automation and observability principles drawn from SRE practices
- ✓Established a modular pricing and engagement structure balancing accessibility for SMEs with enterprise-grade expertise
Key Challenges:
- ⚡Productising traditionally bespoke CIO advisory services into a standardised, outcome-based offering
- ⚡Balancing strategic leadership deliverables with operational execution capacity
- ⚡Building trust and demonstrating value to clients unfamiliar with fractional CIO models
- ⚡Integrating automation, observability, and data-driven reporting into an executive consulting framework
What People Say
"Mark, you are a serial optimiser!"
Jon Harvey
Systems Development Manager, Apple
"Mark's architectural vision and technical depth were pivotal to the success of a €1 million information management programme. He brings rare clarity, professionalism, and leadership that inspire confidence at every level."
Alan Bainbridge
Programme Manager, BHP
"Mark is an excellent Solutions Architect with deep expertise across Documentum, application servers, and infrastructure. His design leadership and technical insight were key to the success of our Network Rail deployment."
Andrew Van Der Laan
Senior Architect, Network Rail
"Mark is a highly motivated technology consultant with deep technical knowledge and an infectiously enthusiastic attitude. He brings energy, expertise, and genuine passion to every project — a pleasure to work with."
John Anderson
Lead Content Platform Architect, HMRC