Christopher Hall Email & Phone Number

Nuneaton, Gb

Nuneaton, Gb

Warwick, England, United Kingdom

Experienced Senior Infrastructure Technician at the University of Warwick, specializing in Linux system administration and infrastructure management. Proficient in deploying and maintaining enterprise-grade systems using Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), leveraging tools like SaltStack for automation and Git for version control.Skilled in bug tracking and issue resolution, ensuring seamless operation of critical university infrastructure. Dedicated to optimizing performance and reliability through meticulous system monitoring and proactive maintenance practices.

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Open source lead for SSP - looked into deployment of well known Linux distributions and deployment of Kubernetes containers working within Microsoft Azure Cloud Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI)

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

My final role at UOB, this role included supporting the Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) services from high-performance computing to the management of virtual network infrastructure and also the installation of new hardware to improve the BEAR HPC. I'm was focusing on virtualisation and vast data archiving.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

In the role of Technical Analyst, I offered end-user support to all sectors of the university including our Dubai campus. My role includes management of high priority incidents and engaging with departments on data collection and resolution for these issues. I focus on supporting major services such as network and service tools. Alongside this, I also am given personal projects to continue improvement/development. My focus is cloud technologies such as Azure and also Ubuntu MAAS infrastructure

I spent 4 years (including 1 year in a work placement at Disney Stores) focusing on Cloud technology and agile development methods. During my time here I had great focus on understanding the logic behind how computers function and also their methodologies.

London, United Kingdom

My Time here was a fantastic time to learn about existing functions and processes which help Disney Stores across EMEA. My role was known as IT Purchaser for 7 Different departments helping over 80 stores in 8 different markets.Roles main focus points - First/Second Tier Support, Deployment of new POS systems and back of house equipment to maintain store functionality, SAP processes, Emergency On-call process for the late opening stores during festive periods, Project management of Disney Life services.

Coventry

My duties were to help promote how students can benefit from ASUS products and also to write reviews and articles for the website, also to attend events to help with promotion of products and services.

Alvis Retail Park, Coventry

My time at PCWorld first started with Dixons (Now Dixons Carphone) Working inside Dixons new concept store "Black" which was a high ticket price store tailored to high wealth customers. "Black" was the first high ticket price store of its kind by Dixons and i was trained for 2 weeks in customer care and satisfaction.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

While I was a Kings Norton Boys School (KNBS) I was IT prefect, during my time at KNBS the Head Administrator took time off due to medical reasons, I was then asked if I could help during the summer holiday, by installing a new PC suite and refreshing the entire IT system ready for students in the new term.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Computer Science

Activities and Societies: N/A

Bachelor Of Technology (Btech), It