Conor Appleton Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

- Responsible for reliability, security and monitoring of SaaS platform

1 Old Street Yard , London,, Gb

- Responsible for management and reliability of corporate and customer systems- Azure and AWS infrastructure management using Terraform, Ansible, Git and SaltStack- Automated manual certificate renewal process, saving 10 working hours per week- Responsible for Zabbix monitoring and alerting of critical infrastructure- Technical document writer for documenting internal processes and systems- Lead engineer for projects such as OS patching, customer upgrades, firewall management and pipeline automation- Azure DevOps Agile workflow management with Git repos and pipelines- Mentoring junior engineers- Maintaining and supporting the CJSM platform

Leicester, Leicestershire, Gb

- Responsible for high risk vulnerability remediation across major sectors of the company- Patch management, software management and automation using SCCM- Internal and external certificate authority management- De-risking and replacing legacy systems- Stakeholder management with multiple departments- VMware vCenter and SCVMM management of production clusters- Mentoring junior members of staff

United Kingdon, Gb

- Responsible for backups and health of core infrastructure and car dealership servers- Management of both production VMware vSphere clusters- Management of Zerto replication platform- Patch management for all core infrastructure services- Documenting core infrastructure and de-risking single points of failure- Network automation (Cisco switches and ASA firewalls) using Ansible- Lead the drive for a production monitoring platform to monitor all core services- Covering the leadership role for the operations team whilst the manager is away from the business- Project management and delivery using Agile within Azure DevOps- Assisting security team with cybersecurity incidents- Presenting new technologies and updates to senior stakeholders monthly

Market Harborough, Leicestershire, Gb

- Responsible for daily maintenance, backup, security and monitoring checks of customer systems- Mentored junior infrastructure engineers and supported them through qualifications- Lead the standardisation for systems documentation- Implemented a password management solution to ensure the security of sensitive customer data- Disaster recovery planning for customer business-critical systems- Responsible for stakeholder communication during projects

Eynsham, Witney, Gb

- Automated workstation and server patching using PowerShell and WSUS- Responsible for SCCM server and desktop golden image creation and deployment as well as software packaging and deployment- Supported and mentored the IT technician apprentices- Automated student workstation power management, ensuring workstations were available when required, increasing energy efficiency- Presenting IT resource to new members of staff- Supporting 1500+ users daily