Senior Technical Consultant for Infrastructure, FinTech and Trading Automation

I help companies, traders and technical teams solve complex problems across, systems architecture, Linux systems, monitoring, automation and trading-platform integration. With more than 25 years of hands-on experience, I focus on practical technical guidance that helps organisations diagnose issues quickly, improve reliability and make better architectural decisions.

I am based near London in the UK and work with companies, trading teams and technical organisations where robust business-critical systems, clear thinking and commercially grounded technical experience matter.

Linux, Ubuntu, Bash, PHP, Python, MySQL and Apache
Monitoring, troubleshooting, automation and systems design
MetaTrader 5, MQL5, PineScript, TradingView and trading automation

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Specialist Areas

Projects, capabilities and technical delivery

These sections highlight the types of technical problems I help solve for traders, companies and teams working in demanding environments.

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System Design and Process Automation

A core part of my work is identifying where systems contain repeated operational tasks or fragile processes that could be improved through better architecture or automation. With experience across Linux infrastructure, trading environments and production systems, I help organisations recognise these patterns and introduce practical solutions that reduce manual effort, improve reliability and simplify operations.

This often involves reviewing how applications, servers, networks and operational processes fit together, and how the people using those systems interact with them. From there I help shape an approach that is robust, scalable and straightforward to support.

Linux and Microsoft production environments
Systems architecture and infrastructure design
Identifying operational workflows that can be automated
Automation scripts and operational tooling
Apache and MySQL performance awareness
Operational design informed by ISO 27001 best practice

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Trading Automation and MetaTrader Integration

Much of my work is in the trading and platform-automation space, particularly where MetaTrader and related tools need to connect cleanly with external systems. This includes MetaTrader 5, MQL5 scripting, TradingView, Pine Script, Python integration and automation workflows that move trading or market data into websites, dashboards, reports or other supporting systems.

Typical work includes solving problems for Signal Providers and traders, implementing custom copy trading solutions, custom indicators, handling latency issues, exploring how a trading idea can be implemented, distributing live price feeds, exporting structured data from a platform, or helping design the technical bridge between trading software and the wider infrastructure around it.

MetaTrader 5, MQL5, TradingView and Pine Script
Python integration and structured data export workflows
Trading automation and platform-aware technical guidance
Support for dashboards, reporting and downstream automation

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Monitoring, Troubleshooting and Operational Visibility

Another strong area of delivery is helping teams understand what is happening inside live systems, identify problems quickly and improve operational confidence. This includes monitoring design, troubleshooting difficult issues, and building the visibility needed to support cloud platforms, hosted environments and trading-related VPS systems more effectively.

The goal is not just to produce dashboards. It is to create a practical monitoring and troubleshooting approach that makes issues easier to detect, investigate and resolve, while reducing repeated manual effort and improving day-to-day reliability.

Prometheus and Grafana monitoring solutions
Logging, diagnostics and observability using Elasticsearch and Logstash
Bash, PHP and Python scripts for automation and support tooling
Monitoring for both general infrastructure and trading-related environments

Example Problems I Help Solve

Much of my work starts with a practical problem that needs diagnosing, stabilising or connecting to other systems. Below are some typical examples of the kinds of situations where I can help traders, signal providers and technical teams move forward quickly.

Helping a trader automate a strategy using MetaTrader, MQL5 or related tooling
Assisting signal providers with reliable signal distribution and automation workflows
Providing a dependable live gold (XAUUSD) price feed for dashboards, websites or trading tools
Monitoring and stabilising a VPS running MetaTrader or trading-related infrastructure
Running MetaTrader under Wine on Linux and diagnosing platform or environment issues
Investigating and resolving difficult Linux server or infrastructure problems
Writing scripts or automation to connect servers, move data or integrate systems

Many engagements begin with a short conversation to understand the problem clearly and identify the most effective next step, whether that involves troubleshooting, small automation work, or architectural guidance.

Approach and Working Style

Most engagements start with a focused conversation about a technical problem that needs diagnosing or unblocking. With more than 25 years of experience across Linux infrastructure, automation and trading systems, I am often asked to review an architecture, investigate an operational issue, or help identify how to automate a common procedure.

The goal is first to understand the problem clearly and identify the most effective next step. In many cases a small change, a script, an architecture adjustment or improved monitoring can remove friction quickly and make an existing system much easier to operate.

Technical diagnosis and troubleshooting of difficult system issues
Architecture review and practical infrastructure guidance
Automation advice and scripting solutions
Improving monitoring, visibility and operational reliability
Helping teams move quickly from problem to practical next step

Many engagements begin with a short discovery call to understand the situation and decide whether deeper technical support or consultancy would be useful.

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Skills and Technologies

This section is here as a concise reference for technologies and areas I have worked with across infrastructure, automation, monitoring, trading systems and related projects.

Linux, Ubuntu, Bash and shell scripting
PHP, Python, MySQL and Apache
MetaTrader 5, MQL5, TradingView and Pine Script
Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch and Logstash
Cloud and hosted environments including AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
DNS, VPNs, firewalls, networking, replication, proxying and caching
Encryption, key-management awareness and security-focused operational practice
FFmpeg and command-line media-processing workflows
Data-led analysis and custom automation tooling

Book a Discovery Call

If you have a technical problem around Linux systems, monitoring, automation, trading-platform integration or infrastructure design, the best place to start is usually a free 15-minute discovery call. This is a simple first conversation to understand the issue, decide whether I can help, and identify the most useful next step.

Where appropriate, that can then lead into a focused troubleshooting session, architecture review, scripting support or a wider consulting engagement.

Free 15-minute discovery call to discuss your situation
Suitable for companies, traders and technical teams
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