Ben Draper is a skilled Cloud Solution Architect currently at Experian since February 2021, and previously served as a PaaS COE Senior Developer. Draper has extensive experience in platform engineering, having worked as a Platform Engineer at BJSS and held various roles at Experian, including PaaS Development Architect and Senior Linux Engineer, where responsibilities included automating Linux deployments and large-scale system projects using tools like Bladelogic, Ansible, and Python. Prior to these positions, Draper was a Systems Administrator at Timico Ltd, focusing on designing and enhancing Linux infrastructures, and also held senior roles at Roscom, managing IT departments and implementing new technologies. Draper began an IT career as an IT Auditor at the University of Derby and holds a BTEC in Information Technology from Derby College.