Aidan D. Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

1. Built the first ever mlops project in FBD via azure and terraform for a customer callback solution. Project covered quite a large amount of technologies from azure based Paas, Saas, terraform, ADO and prod deployments were fully automated from Machine Learning experiments across multiple environments all the way to production. 2. Was involved in automating the Nutanix migration project.3. Built a lot of the visibility engineering for azure projects and azure devops pipelines. Also enabling chat ops within teams for code reviews and management. 4. I have implemented many security practices and methodologies into areas such as containerisation, orchestration, SCM, visibility engineering, CI/CD pipelines,5. Lead a poc to migrate all of our SCM/repos to cloud and rebuild all internal pipelines. Also built a secure webhook service with waf.6. Built a developer sandbox environment in azure with devbox which has enabled devs to explore new technologies while ensuring security internally.Currently working on containerisation of multiple internal services and migration to containerised jenkins config as code. Building secure UBI9 base images for jenkins casc with CIS hardening and secure pipelines for this with vuln scanning plus static code analysis.

County Dublin, Ireland

1. Architected and implemented IT SCM systems, with a focus on infrastructure, platform management, and Identity Management (IDM), alongside streamlined CI/CD pipelines.2. Integrated robust infosec methodologies, enhancing security across all infrastructure layers.3. Expanded cloud capabilities by migrating 3,000 users to O365, leveraging MDM and MAM. Established development environments using Azure DevTest Labs and DevBox.4. Seamlessly transitioned the organization from Skype to Teams, fully automating the process.5. Set up Slack as a proof of concept, introducing automation bots for development teams.6. Engineered an API-driven alternative to email for internal alerts, optimizing communication efficiency.7. Deployed a Nutanix Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) solution across two data centers and the cloud.8. Spearheaded cloud adoption and automation efforts, focusing on Azure DevOps (ADO), Mobile Device Management (MDM), and Mobile Application Management (MAM).9. Effectively managed the EMEA platform and support teams. 10. Mentored the EMEA devops/infra/platform/infosec teams. My goal is to automate wherever possible and build custom functions that streamline and enhance team productivity.

County Dublin, Ireland

Facebook, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin, Ireland 2

I was the first person hired for the corporate infrastructure outside the US ever. Covering 36 major infrastructure areas such as: Hardware Platforms, Virtualisation Platforms, DR/Failover, Storage Platforms, Continuous Development and Deployment, Chef, Scripting (open source, in house, powershell, python), F5 BIGIP and network load balancing with layer 7 proxying, Exchange and EWS development, Citrix ...the list goes on...

Dublin

Recent Projects:1. Migration from exchange server 2003 to 2010 across 2 companies and a simultaneous migration to Google apps while building an internal relay system across 6 physical sites and over 40 domains.2. Domain separation/migration for 2 companies (40+ domains) while providing 99% up-time a. Develop Desktop deployment Strategy for helpdesk to implement b. Build new environment, hardware, domains, services, applications, security and monitoring c. Migrate the above from 2003/XP/2008R2 to 2012R2/win73. Designing and implementing scalable development and test infrastructure platforms for our .net/java dev team - essentially utilising hybrid cloud solutions.Some of the technologies the above projects are covering:• Load balancing technologies - F5 LTM + GTM (virtual and physical)• Microsoft: nearly all major technologies provided• Monitoring and Management tools - MS SCOM 2012r2, Cacti, Solar-winds, Grafana, Elastic Search, custom scripts• Cloud Platforms: Azure + AWS • Storage - NAS, SAN, QNAP, 3Par, EVA, Brocade, Qlogic• WAN Scaling: Riverbed• Proxies: ISA, TMG, Squid Proxy Server• Data Center Management, multi-site high availability with redundancy.• HP: DLXX, BLXX, 3Par, MSA, c7000 Bladesystems, Virtual Connect and flexfabric, SIM, • Cisco: Cisco ASA, Checkpoint, IPS• VMware: ESX• Citrix: xenApp, xenDesktopCurrently learning powershell scripting - test applications, reporting, web scrapers, automation and builds.

Dublin

Project: To design, build and integrate a completely new infrastructure based on HP hardware with a focus on migrating to a virtual environment using VMware, for business and user expansion across 3 physical locations. • Network expansion (migrating from flat network to multi VLAN infrastructure across 3 physical locations)• Power and Cooling provisioning• Server Provisioning - HP Bladesystems• SAN Provisioning - HP EVA• NAS Server Provisioning - HP IBRIX• VM provisioning using VMWare ESX technologies• Storage Expansion and integration with current fabric • User Expansion and high end desktop provisioningProject: Storage consolidation and workflow redesign• Essentially a complete folder restructure, process redesign (across all teams and functions) and data consolidation project . This project gave me a great insight into the business, from all aspects. Due to working with all the teams I formulated a budgeting system for all future hires and productions which the company still uses to this day as its main source for IT budget expenditure.

Dublin, Ireland

• Provide 1st, 2nd and 3rd level support• Provide weekly stats and reporting to IT manager• Work intimately with 3rd parties and vendors – very good rapport with Resellers and Engineers• Documentation and training• Responsible for all servers and systems• Project management and implementation• Service and Storage provisioning/installation and management - Windows Domain, VMware, Citrix, HP and IBM SAN’s• Network/system improvement – automation/introduction of services (Core switches, content filter and firewall• Maintain and contribute to system standards and best practice• Establishes system specifications by conferring with users; analysing workflow, access, information, and security requirements; designing system infrastructure.• Maintenance - Responsible for scheduling and executing system maintenance• Install new / rebuild existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.• Secures system by developing system access, monitoring, control, and evaluation; establishing and testing disaster recovery policies and procedures; completing back-ups; maintaining documentation• Interface with R&D – provide support and assistance for new projects. Implementation of approved R&D projects – Project Planning. • Change management – Clear understand and implementation of change management policy

Dublin

I was influential in preparing for our user expansion in a number of key areas. SLA requirements and implementing helpdesk services. Building an intranet to meet user needs. Network and Firewall expansion along with client migrations to windows 7. In addition, I re-designed our render farm and implemented key features for the business requirements. Here are some of the main projects I worked on:• Designed and built the Helpdesk Infrastructure as well as building an intranet to host such services as blog, wiki, knowledge base through IIS and wordpress.• Developed Imaging services for client machine and render node rollouts. I also struck a deal with HP to pre-image workstations for free, as part of our bid when purchasing.• Helped migrate servers/clients to new Sonicwall NSA2400 firewall and implemented GPO policies to push users through a Barracuda Web content filter.• I migrated our entire Microsoft user base from Windows XP to Windows 7.• Redesigned and built our render farm with focus on removing non-essential services and processes to achieve optimal performance across multiple hardware’s.• Designed and implemented an SLA based infrastructure to the business.

• Time keep, record all data entered. • Maintain database and query functions • Utilize a wide range of programs for customer supports (MSE – Siebel based)• Perform customer service daily, perform billing for Microsoft customers worldwide• Deal with Microsoft TAM’s (Technical Account Managers)• Report to management daily• Preform QA and audits• Fixing local team issues such as hardware, networking and software troubleshootingAdditional skills I brought to the role: building team websites, create work aids (html doc’s, flash movies etc.). Provide and aid with creating new work manuals for the training teams. I also work as a local IT support for my team fixing hardware, networking and software issues.