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Emea - Uk Remote

Built and lead the EMEA Tier 3 Support team, providing world-class vendor-level support to our global customer base.

Emea - Uk Remote

Weymouth, Dorset

Enhance, maintain, and secure existing Check Point estate and wide area network. Grow and flourish business and boost revenue by applying technical skills and expertise. Implement several new technologies, such as Check Point infrastructure upgrades, application control and URL filtering, IPS / NGTP, DUO 2FA authentication for remote access and a CATO Networks SDWAN solution. Deliver exceptional services during tender and PoC stages and present to board of directors to gain “buy in” and ultimate approval for solution. Key Achievements: Decreased WAN budget to half and provided three times the bandwidth through CATO SD WAN implementation. Slashed costs VS the previous RSA based solution by delivering and executing DUO 2FA solution. Ensured business continuity to operate in event of any critical attacks or malware breakouts by securing the network perimeter with Check Point Next Generation security.

Poole, Dorset

Provided unparalleled level of customer service by supporting external customers and internal teams to deliver traffic control solutions. Gathered requirements for customer tender request, meticulously estimated required engineer project time allocation, and delivered materials/product to customers. Collaborated with team and applied strong skills in IT networking, firewall, and VPN field to update outdated technologies such as dialup, IDSN, tele 12, and legacy hardware to modern connectivity and protocol solutions. Streamlined migration process of roadside CCTV systems from dialup data exchange to a CISCO ASA based IPSEC VPN through fixed Internet circuit.Key Achievements: Implemented migration from DELL Sonicall firewall solution to CISCO ASA, propelling site to site collaboration and product development as well as providing a unified security standard between this and other SIEMENS locations.

Weymouth, Dorset

Replaced exiting Juniper/Fortigate configuration within sister company through design and implementation of Check Point infrastructure. Devised and led migration functions from Windows XP to Windows 7, comprising data collection and analysis and contractor hiring to evaluate presented reports, ensuring work completion within timeframe. Maintained secure 24/7 WAN connectivity while designating as primary Checkpoint Firewall Administrator company. Co-operated with team to troubleshoot and analyse issues which developed a timely and accurate resolution. Migrated services to Check Point cluster with minimal signs of change to execute migration at ASM Munich site of 2.5k users.Key Achievements: Commended by senior management for innate ability to continually deliver results through professional services. Synergised the firewall estate to single secure platform and slashed management costs and multi-vendor spend across estate, enabling a more simplified and efficient service to deliver to business while improving security.

Met success criteria of IT projects within time and budgetary constraints. Acquired valuable knowledge and experience in global enterprise IT and organised internal customers support operations. Researched IP based multi-point video conferencing solution to review market leading telepresence vendors, build a business case, and implement solution across four main offices, gaining practical knowledge of SIP and H.323 endpoints as well as video Gatekeeper technologies. Initiated automatic backup agent for laptop users to ensure data backup in 3rd party server based in cloud, restoring critical business data on number of occasions through data backup. Visited various locations with to deliver user training and technical tasks, including Penang Malaysia and Bangalore India as most memorable locations. Provided exemplary support to global customer base, building required rapport to efficiently meet exact requirement Key Achievements: Conducted effective and productive training sessions for wider group internally for performance improvement. Saved 50% time per build for team by implementing efficient system to automate client machines building.

Checkpoint Certified Security Expert, Firewall / Security, 86%

Checkpoint Certified Security Administrator, Firewall / Security, 84%

Avce, It

Gcse, 7 Gcse’S Including English, Maths And Double Science