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United Kingdom

Building Web3 toolingSolidity / Vyper / Python / JavascriptHTML / CSS / Vue.js / Flask

• Designed and implemented a fully automated, secure, resilient and scalable Hub and Spoke network architecture in Microsoft Azure for HMCTS, which currently handles hundreds of thousands of connections. This was built.
• Built an Express route and an Azure Virtual WAN network to connect MoJ sites together.
• Developed a Python script and an Azure DevOps pipeline to configure Big-IP F5 devices using the Application Services Extension 3 (AS3) which uses a JSON declaration file.
• Built Netbox deployment on Kubernetes with a backend Postgres database and Redis cache hosted on Azure. Created pipeline to run a python script every day to update Netbox with prefixes from Azure. Completely automated.
• Technical Lead in delivering new architecture to provide an in-house SMTP solution. This involved building out the networking and security based on Big-IP F5 and Palo Alto VM series all built with Terraform and Ansible.

• Lead project to automatically upgrade Juniper Campus switches using an upgrade automation written in Ansible and Python. Also built Cisco NSO scripts to automate repetitive networking tasks.
• Created low-level and high-level designs for various projects including migrating Swift connectivity off legacy infrastructure and onto strategic infrastructure.
• Built new McAfee Web Gateway proxies and migrated thousands of users off the EOL Cisco content engines to them by leveraging the Big-IP F5 GTM device to re-point at the new McAfee Proxy appliances.
• Lead ongoing expansion project to install further leaf nodes (QFX5100) to join the Juniper QFabric network at the DC locations.

• Short term contract to stand up Checkpoint 5500 Firewalls at three locations to replace legacy Cisco ASA firewalls.
• Created HLD and LLD for Cisco ASA to Checkpoint migration
• Went to sites to install Checkpoint firewalls in HA mode using ClusterXL

Delivered a wide range of networking and security projects for ITC's diverse range of mid-market and enterprise clients across finance, retail, manufacturing and technology. The role required engagement in the full project lifecycle including design, deployment and handover-to-support.Key highlights include designing and provisioning a new Data Center for.

London, United Kingdom

• Responsible for daily monitoring, incident management, change management and troubleshooting many diverse hardware, WAN and routing technologies
• Responsible for case management and customer interaction to ensure 24x7 system stability, availability and performance
• Daily interaction with clients and service providers to ensure timely correction of network issues
• Automating tasks as much as possible through the development of scripts and administration tools
• Monitoring of system stability, availability and performance
• Ensuring 24x7x365 operation of internal and client systems

• Responsible for systems administration for 3200 workstations, 300 servers, 200 mobile devices including Samsung S5/S4 + IPhone 5s.
• Responsible for administering applications such as Active Directory, Exchange 2010, Hyper-V manager, Blackberry Enterprise Server 10 and many others.
• Manage hotel servers file and print servers.
• Providing Level 2/3 Helpdesk support and providing technical support to the level 1 helpdesk.
• Security management and systems patching of company servers.
• Working frequently with scripting languages such as Powershell, VBScript and CMD.

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