Andre Eßer Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

Charlotte, Nc, Us

- Implementing a combined cloud/DC multi-environment global IT infrastructure- Gradual migration of a 12-node OpenStack production environment to OpenShift without loss of service

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

- Part-time contract- Planning and implementation of a framework for workstation and mobile device management- Interim IT Manager- Second stage interviews for new IT Manager hire

London, England, Gb

- Taking charge of the complete IT infrastructure with ca 30 users and enabling business to more than double its staff over three years- Liaising with IT departments from parent company (Playtech) and other subsidiaries- Gradually implementing security and operational enhancements up to ISO27000 standards- Hiring and training second IT staff member- Overseeing setup of new office and managing overnight office move

London, Gb

- Maintain internal and external SLAs of all parts of the company's IT infrastructure- Lead and project manage the transition to the new European and Americas data centres- Ensure detailed documentation of the delivery of enhanced technical and infrastructure compliance- Work closely with the Project Management Team and contribute to the architectural evolution of our future requirements- Establish an Information Systems (IS) policy in conjunction with the Compliance officer- Recruit and build an IT team

London, Gb

- Design, build and test of Linux based systems in line with corporate standards in regards to availability, capacity, performance, functionality and security (Vmware vSphere, RHEL, Cobbler, Puppet, Kickstart, PCI DSS)- Third line of support for problems beyond the operations team's capabilities- High and low level design documentation- Knowledge transfer into operational support team- Review and update of policies and standards- Evaluation and recommendation of new technologies and methodologies

London, Gb

- Taking ownership of all aspects of an IT infrastructure that hadn't kept up with the company's growth from 3 to 80+ staff- Liaising with parent company's IT department, initially to interface technologies, later to separate them again for strategic reasons- Integrating IT systems of three acquired subsidiaries- Changing people's perception of IT-relevant security issues and implementing required improvements over a number of years- Continuously expanding the IT capacity, robustness and capabilities over a period of 8 years to keep up with the company's expansion to 300+ over 7 locations on 5 continents- Overseeing the IT department's expansion from one (me) to a team of five- Participating in 24/7 on-call rota and weekend shifts- Managing 'overnight' office move of around 250 staff, including all IT equipment

Waterloo, Ontario, Ca

- Operation and monitoring of the BlackBerry email relay system on a 24/7 basis- Communicating with wireless carriers' network operation centres across Europe to pinpoint connectivity problems- Developing and implementing monitoring and statistics gathering tools

- Web-, mail-, file servers (Linux) and Workstations (Linux/NT) build, installation and maintenance- Programming/Scripting, mainly involving webpage/database connectivity and system maintenance tasks (backups, configuration updates, etc.)- Networking: Routing, Firewalling, Monitoring, etc.- Implementing a backend tool to unify access to various online payment agencies (Secpay, Netbanx, Worldpay)- All aspects of administration of the .cx (Christmas Island) top level domain. This included configuration and maintenance of all web-, mail- and DNS servers as well as user support and billing procedures