Management, configuration and ugrades of the following systems;- * Virtualised environments - VMware vSphere, vCenter and Citrix Xenserver. * IBM x-Servers and Storwise SAN* Cisco networks, firewalls, WAN, remote access and Unified Communications. * Deployment of Apache web servers, in compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) for our cloud based e-commerce solutions. * Disaster recovery, backup and off-site data protection* RHEL administration, kickstart deployment and RPM package development.* Subversion source code servers.* Ubuntu administration, preceed deployment and debian package development* Migration of legacy Solaris systems and services to RHEL.* Monitoring systems status with Nagios.* Consultancy to R&D for embedded Linux projects.* NX Teamcenter* Patch management of IBM i-Series and HMC systems* Local Intranet and Extranets* Structured cabling systemsConsolidation of support contracts and services to maximise revenue budgets. Creation of technical requirements / specification documents for infrastructure projects. Implementation of online knowledge base for our IT documentation and end user support guides, written in HTML / PHP. Management of R&D CMS.

UNIX and Network Administration supporting;- Sun Microsystem equipment, CAD CAM and CAE systems, including software development systems. Management and configuration of LAN, WAN and firewalls. Liaising with FUJIFILM corporate over security.Promoted to IT infrastructure Manager in 2000. Implementation of HP Storage Area Networks (SAN). Experienced in actual disaster recovery gained from total site loss, after Buncefield incident.

Supporting CAD CAM, CAE and Technical publication systems. Provide support and training to end users. UNIX scripting to process data as required by manufacturing. Sun file servers systems administration. Configuration of large format printing. Writing print filters to modify PostScript and HPGL outputs so that they conform to company standards.

Completed electronics apprenticeship. Worked on digital signal processing systems, VME buses and wrote 68000 assembler code.