Darren Stokes

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Infrastructure environment (datacentre) manager @ West Mercia Police
England, United Kingdom
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Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Darren Stokes

IT Consultant with knowledge and experience in several domains including infrastructure, networking, security, cloud computing (Azure), Microsoft 365, system administration and automation.Motivated by challenging environments, solving complex problems and working on new technologies. Solid problem solving skills, with logical approach to finding issues and implementing solutions. A history of designing and implementing secure solutions and managing/improving existing systems for companies in the financial, technology and telecommunication sectors.KEY SKILLS ServersWindows operating system deployments, and server application installations and configurationsActive Directory (multi-domain, multi-site)Exchange 5.5 to 2019 installations and management Windows Failover Cluster managementSQL management and installation including Clusters and Mirroring/Always onDFS Namespace and ReplicationUbuntu Server builds running as Azure IAASCloudManagement of Microsoft 365 including Azure AD, Azure AD Connect and Exchange Online as well as many other aspects of M365Designing secure IaaS environments in Azure – built from the ground up including Virtual networks, load balancers, network security groups, VPNs, key vaults and moreAutomated build of complete IaaS environments using Powershell and Azure ARM templates Monitoring and automated scaling of environments through powershellManaging and deploying Docker swarm environments in AzureMigration from on-prem Exchange and Sharepoint, including Azure AD Connect and ADFSAzure File Share deploymentsSome exposure to Google Cloud – mostly using as IAASNetworkingFirewalls - Cisco ASAs & CheckpointCisco router and switch configurationIPS - Cisco firepower installation and configurationTCP/DNS/DHCP/WAF/NATVLAN & VPNs (SSL and IPSec)Datacentre internet and interconnectivity management Virtualisation & ContainerisationHyper-V Docker Swarm deployments VMWare ESXi 6.7SecurityVulnerability Management Vulnerability Scanning (Nessus) Upgrades and Patches Azure Network Security Groups2FAISO 27001Other relevant experienceNAS/SAN implementations - iSCSI and FC | Nimble ArrayIIS managementPowershell automation scriptsCentralised logging to Elasticsearch, using Logstash, Kibana (ELK), Nginx and Elastalert.

Darren Stokes's Current Company Details
West Mercia Police

West Mercia Police

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Infrastructure environment (datacentre) manager
England, United Kingdom
Employees:
1345
Darren Stokes Work Experience Details
  • West Mercia Police
    Infrastructure Environment (Datacentre) Manager
    West Mercia Police
    England, United Kingdom
  • Dartech It Solutions Ltd
    Infrastructure Environment Manager
    Dartech It Solutions Ltd May 2023 - Present
  • Dartech It Solutions Ltd
    Director And Infrastructure Consultant
    Dartech It Solutions Ltd Nov 2018 - Present
    Gloucester, United Kingdom
  • Sanctuary
    Hosting Platforms - Technical Specialist
    Sanctuary Sep 2022 - May 2023
    Worcester
  • Public Sector
    Azure Devops Support Engineer
    Public Sector Mar 2022 - Mar 2023
  • Public Sector
    Microsoft 365 Technical Lead
    Public Sector Jan 2021 - Mar 2022
    Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
  • Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp)
    Network Operations Engineer
    Department For Work And Pensions (Dwp) Nov 2019 - Jan 2021
  • Openwork Ltd
    Infrastructure Consultant
    Openwork Ltd Dec 2018 - Nov 2019
    Swindon, United Kingdom
  • Comapi
    Technical Director
    Comapi Mar 2017 - Nov 2018
    Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
    Responsible for the security and global infrastructure of the Comapi cloud communications platform.
  • Dynmark
    Infrastructure Manager
    Dynmark Sep 2009 - Mar 2017
    Cheltenham
    Designing and implementing improvements to Dynmark's cloud messaging platform to improve performance and maintain and improve security.Responsible for securing Dynmark's network in accordance with ISO 27001.As well as responsibility for the platform I am also responsible for the office IT infrastructure.Involved in many projects, most recent being:- Migration of on-premise services to Azure IaaS- Upgrading domain to Windows Server 2012 - Clustered SQL 2012 installation- Virtualisation of Dynmark messaging platform using Hyper-V and SCVMM- Office move including upgrade of existing network and implementation of VoIP using Asterisk/FreePBX.
  • Eds, An Hp Company
    Back Office Technical Lead
    Eds, An Hp Company 2008 - Oct 2009
    Most senior member of internal infrastructure team, working on major projects such as:- New office network for 300 users using Cisco switches and Checkpoint firewalls for layer 3 routing and security.- System Center Configuration Manager 2007 installation across multiple sites for deployment of client applications- Juniper SSL VPN installation and configuration for remote workers.- VMWare ESXi installationsBeing the only member of the team with knowledge and previous implementation experience of Checkpoint firewalls I took over responsibility for the management of Messagelabs' office firewalls.Following takeover of Messagelabs assisted Symantec with initial integration of Messagelabs' network into Symantec's network.Worked with Symantec and EDS US teams to start the migration of key systems into Symantec but left due to slow progress of the project and anticipated redundancies.
  • Messagelabs
    Back Office Technical Lead
    Messagelabs Oct 2007 - Dec 2008
    Headed up the Back Office team looking after all the internal servers, network and firewalls. Took over responsibility for all office firewalls running Check Point R65 from the network team.With advice from the senior network engineers designed and implemented the new office network for the Gloucester office using Cisco switches and Check Point Firewalls.Implemented Sharepoint 2007, System Centre Configuration Manager 2007 and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 installationsHelped implement a Citrix farm for use by our remote users. Built a handful of virtual servers running on VMWare ESXi
  • Chelsea Building Society
    Server Support Team Leader
    Chelsea Building Society Jan 1998 - Oct 2007
    Worked my way up of from Junior Desktop Support analyst to Server Support team leader managing a team of 13 Server and Desktop Support Analysts, responsible for the support and maintenance of our server, firewall and desktop environments.Hands-on team leader – taking the lead in most implementations of new technologies.Designed and implemented several firewall environments, ensuring the continued protection of the Society’s systems.Migrated from Windows NT/2000 to Windows 2003 and Exchange 5.5 to 2003.Set up company-wide email access using Exchange 5.5 and Outlook 97.NT rollout to the entire society using automated builds and scripts and setting up profiles and policies to ensure consistent desktops throughout the Society.

Darren Stokes Skills

Firewalls Virtualization Active Directory Servers Cisco Technologies Microsoft Exchange Windows Server Cloud Computing Dns Security Ccna Vpn Hyper V Iis Data Center Dhcp Routing San Switches Cisco Nexus Tcp/ip Network Design Bgp Virtual Private Network Powershell Group Policy Checkpoint System Architecture Network Architecture Windows Azure Office 365 Ip Networking Iso 27001 Cisco Switches Cisco Pix And Asas Checkpoint Firewall Server Virtualisation Isa Server Sql Server Juniper Ssl Vpn Wan Messaging Vlan Wireless Network Administration Antivirus System Administration Cisco Ios 802.1x Web Servers

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