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Maidstone, GB

London, England, GB

Düsseldorf, NRW, DE

• Designing a migration path to move users from existing Azure VM solution to Azure Virtual Desktop by working closely with key business stakeholders and project teams to design a migration strategy that effectively.
• Azure Automation runbook design and deployment using Logic Apps to fully automate the process of creating Azure Virtual Desktops for users and external parties.
• Provide subject matter expertise to all aspects of the proposed solution and engage with all parties involved to provide technical support and emphasise good architectural practices on existing and new processes.

Reading, England, GB

• Design and architecture of Azure Virtual Desktop solution for circa 3000+ users in a Greenfield site using Cloud Adoption Framework that align with the company’s overall strategy and constraints.
• Azure Firewall setup and configuration including network and application specific rules to support the deployment.
• Windows 11 build and customisation using Azure compute gallery for image high availability.
• ARM template and JSON configuration to build the proposed solution.
• Role Based Access Control (RBAC) setup using Just-enough-access principles to align with the business’s overall security strategy.
• Azure Virtual Network design and deployment using Azure VPN Gateway and Virtual Network Peering’s to secure traffic to and from Azure using a hub and spoke network topology.

West Malling, Kent, GB

• On-premise DataCenter migrations to Azure IaaS (lift and shift) as part of a wider digital transformational project that aligns with the overall technology strategy.
• SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint Online migration.
• Skype for Business Server 2015 migration to Microsoft Teams using Direct Routing for approx 300 users.
• Review of existing Azure AD environment to support migrations to Azure.
• Microsoft Flows Power Automate design and deployment to automate business processes.
• Azure Security Defaults implementation.

Fareham, England, GB

• Act as the technical design authority for all Cloud solutions by peer reviewing proposed designs and statement of works to ensure they are achievable and to best practice.
• Engage with new and existing customers and support pre-sales teams to design native cloud solutions that solve and address business needs.
• Domain merge and migration to Office 365.
• VMware vCenter Deployment including DR design.
• Azure backup setup and configuration for Hyper V estate.
• Azure Express route configuration using Azure private and Microsoft peering.

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Sevenoaks, Kent, GB

• Design XenApp 7.9 deployment using Xenserver with PVS for 3000+ user base on Hosted shared server 2016 build.
• HP T520 Thin Client design
• McAfee MOVE design for use with XenApp
• Citrix XenApp 7.6 to 7.8 migration using PVS with write cache and Atlantis ILIO for a 3000+ user base.
• Server 2012R2 XenApp build using PVS with Atlantis ILIO
• Netscaler Gateway configuration using 2 Factor Authentication for XenApp.

Sevenoaks, Kent, GB

• Deployment of Hyper-V servers running DCs and SCCM distribution points around the country.
• Management of vSphere ESX on HP Blade Chassis hardware.
• Deployment of Windows 2008 Servers, including DCs File/Print Servers/DNS/DHCP.
• Blackberry Enterprise Server configuration and administration.
• Exchange 2003/2010 administration.
• Active Directory administration.

• Provide key multi- user support and solutions to over 2000 clients across Windows and Mac platforms
• Rolled out 2000+ clients across Windows and MAC as part of the technology refresh project using Altiris.
• Provide training to other members of staff and work colleagues.
• Responsible for hardware repairs on existing IT equipment.

• Provide software and hardware training to staff
• Support 300 staff and 200 pupils
• Provide ICT support to staff and students using ICT equipment through use of email and phone support in house.
• Software training to support staff, which allowed them to teach more creatively and functionally.
• Maintenance of IT equipment and infrastructure.