01

OLIVER
BERESFORD.

Associate IT Infrastructure Engineer

Obford Ltd - UK
02 Experience

Five+ years
in the field.

2026 - Present Current

Associate IT Infrastructure Engineer

Playground Games  ·  Xbox Game Studio

Supporting infrastructure operations across networking, server, storage, and cloud environments within a world-class game studio - home of the Forza Horizon series and the upcoming Fable franchise. Working alongside senior engineers to keep internal teams productive and environments running efficiently.

  • System monitoring, patching, and troubleshooting
  • Infrastructure support across network, server, storage, and cloud
  • Endpoint management and day-to-day IT operations
  • Collaborating with senior engineers on stable, secure technical solutions
  • Internal tooling and process improvement
  • Continuous development toward infrastructure certifications
2023 - 2026

IT Support Engineer - Grade 2

Playground Games  ·  Xbox Game Studio

Support at 500-person game studio. Covering endpoint management, provisioning, internal app development, and the operations that keep a large creative studio running.

2021 - 2023

Computer Systems Manager

Animal Systems Ltd

Server design, repair, and sales for a small industrial server manufacturer. Technical sales alongside hands-on infrastructure and logistics.

2021 - 2023

Technical Support Engineer

Terra Computer Ltd  ·  Wortmann AG

L2 IT support for the UK branch of Wortmann AG, with direct liaison with engineering teams in Germany.

2020 - 2021

Repair Technician

Click Tech Repair

Front-of-house and technical work for a local repair shop - diagnostics, repair, and a Python stock tool built from scratch.

03 Roadmap

Where
I'm headed.

  1. VMware VCP-DCV in progress
  2. Azure Administrator AZ-104
  3. Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator LFCS
  4. Infrastructure Engineer
  5. HashiCorp Terraform Associate
  6. Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions - hands-on pipeline experience
  7. Senior Infrastructure / Platform Engineer
  8. Certified Kubernetes Administrator CKA
  9. Azure Solutions Architect Expert AZ-305
  10. Site Reliability Engineer