Lead Network Engineer for the DWP. Currently leading the delivery of the DWP's secure corporate cloud connect platform tasked to provide the following:Leverage cloud peering partners to create a secure, high bandwidth interconnect for multiple public cloud providers. Delivering service improvement to the end user and ensure data protection.Allow secure migration and replatforming of applications to the cloud.Scalable and highly available service delivery.

Currently responsible for end-to-end delivery of networks for the DWP Hosting, Desktop and Private Cloud Contracts at two of the UK's largest Datacenters. Involved heavily in the design and implementation of the secure DWP Private Cloud network infrastructure, leading a team of security, networking and F5 specialists on a variety of projects to migrate legacy services and provide new compartments for different iniatives within the account. One such project I am currently leading is to deliver… Show more Currently responsible for end-to-end delivery of networks for the DWP Hosting, Desktop and Private Cloud Contracts at two of the UK's largest Datacenters. Involved heavily in the design and implementation of the secure DWP Private Cloud network infrastructure, leading a team of security, networking and F5 specialists on a variety of projects to migrate legacy services and provide new compartments for different iniatives within the account. One such project I am currently leading is to deliver a network wide Dynatrace monitoring solution using Netscout Packet Flow Switches.Wide range of networking equipment deployed across the DWP hosting estate, working with Cisco's 10Gb infrastructure products (including Nexus, 6500, 4900 series switches and 7600 series routers) as well as HP datacentre products (HP DCNA) and F5 BIG-IP Load Balancing devices(LTM/GTM/Viprion) to create highly scalable and secure environments.Design work ranges from creating high-level designs to low-level designs including rack and connectivity diagrams, cabling designs, bill of materials, subnet designs, application flows and associated load balancing designs, configuration and engineering/implementation instructions).Constantly involved in the process of ensuring all devices are secure, running the most up to date version of code. Provide availability reports to account management teams for all networking elements across the estate.Third line resource for dealing with complex network faults, as well as providing analysis and input into root-cause analysis following network faults. Show less

Network Engineering, Cisco CSS, Routing, Switching, Installation and Solution Delivery

Network Engineering

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