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Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire

• Responsible for the IT systems and infrastructure for a partnership of two companies, Integra & Synergy. Achievements​ ​and​ ​responsibilities:
• Sole advisory and decision making role for all aspects of IT and ability to effectively communicate in easy to understand, non-IT terminology.
• Experience with native Azure Active Directory (AAD), Azure Virtual Machines & Azure File Services.
• Inherited and continued internal traditional network to cloud migration.
• Experience with multiple security, web filtering and (Android targeted) MDM technologies to address unique requirements.
• Experience with building, deploying and troubleshooting Windows 10, including AAD Joined configurations.

London, United Kingdom

• Managed Service Provider (MSP) full-spectrum IT consultancy and multi-tier support, with a focus toward cyber-security and data protection.
• Microsoft Office 365 & Google Apps / GSuite Migrations, Deployments & Administration.
• Windows Desktop & Server Administration
• Network Administration
• Meraki MX Security Devices & Wireless Network Installation, Configuration & Administration
• IT Staff Training & Mentoring

Ware & Stevenage

• Promoted rapidly through a series of increasingly responsible positions based on strong technical, organisational, self-autonomous,​ ​team​ ​and​ ​project​ ​management​ ​performance.​ ​Supported​ ​130+​ ​employees​.
• Decision​ ​making​ ​role​ ​for​ ​new​ ​company​ ​enterprise​ ​resource​ ​planning​ ​suite​ ​(ERP).
• Decision​ ​making​ ​role​ ​for​ ​company​ ​site​ ​merge​ ​and​ ​move​ ​to​ ​new​ ​location.
• Team​ ​&​ ​Project​ ​Lead​ ​in​ ​complete​ ​P2V​ ​Hyper-V​ ​2012​ ​R2​ ​company-wide​ ​migration​ ​with​ ​upgrade​ ​to​ ​Active​ ​Directory 2012​ ​R2​ ​schema.
• Team​ ​&​ ​Project​ ​Lead​ ​for​ ​multiple,​ ​multi-site​ ​firewall​ ​&​ ​VPN​ ​upgrades.
• Multinational​ ​service​ ​contract​ ​negotiation​ ​and​ ​hardware​ ​procurement.

Kempston, Bedfordshire

• Achievements and responsibilities:
• Supported officers and civilian staff county wide from central headquarters
• Assisted with multiple "incident room" pop-up offices for major crimes.
• Assisted in coordinating various zero-downtime hardware upgrades site-wide.