David H Email & Phone Number

Loughborough, Gb

Cyber security monitoring, triage and DLP.

Provided support for the company's Disaster Recovery(DR)/Business Continuity(BC) services across multiple sites in the UK.I have worked with clients throughout the testing lifecycle, providing assistance and support to ensure successful BC tests and invocation utilising the services offered.This was across various technologies, ensuring bare metal recovery to the complete working environment, encompassing Intel Server Hardware, SAN Storage, Router/Firewall/Switching equipment, Windows/Linux Server/Desktop environments, Cloud, and AVAYA phone technologies.This included live disaster situations in and out of office hours.I have documented multiple DR plans, set-up and test procedures, and special instructions for over a hundred customers from various businesses, encompassing large multinationals to local small businesses.Arranged pre/post-test meetings to discuss areas of success and scope for improvement.Ensured compliance/data protections were maintained in line with company/client policies. Responsible for the confidentiality, availability and integrity of company and client information.Management of a DR facility, including a Front/Back Office, Computer Equipment Room (CER) and Work Area resources.This included building security management to ISO-27001 and PCI/DSS compliance.Allocation and installation of CER services for customers, including server, data and network equipment.Solely responsible for the national Quick-Ship hardware service, which included network technologies, SAN storage, Intel server hardware, and a fleet of articulated mobile datacentres (DC's).Responsible for ensuring the mobile DCs were maintained, licenced for public use, and ready for invocation 24/7.Ensure all Disaster Recovery Equipment inventory is up to date and patched, including OS and firmware, to ensure 24/7 availability.I have successfully delivered services out of hours for several client disasters nationally.

Network Operations Centre support for a highly secure data centre environment complying with ISO-27001 and PCI-DSS.Ensure compliance, security, availability and data protections are maintained according to company/client policies.Primary duties involved installing, testing and troubleshooting servers, routers and switches, both physical and remote.Patching of copper and fibre cabling along with testing and troubleshooting current cabling.Auditing of the site, including physical access and assets, Telco, security and cabling.Troubleshooting issues for clients via telephone, email and ticket system within a timely manner ensuring company guidelines are upheld and exceeded.Monitoring of high availability managed servers and devices, ensuring SLAs are maintained. Managing tape rotations and secure storage, document and escalation of errors with backups. Ensure site security is upheld at all times.On a 24-hour 365 shift rotation to ensure complete coverage of the data centre services.

Jersey

Team leader for two Network Operations Technicians.This involved installing, testing, monitoring and troubleshooting different servers technologies and OS, routers and switches, both physical on-prem and remote.Troubleshooting issues for clients via telephone, email and ticket's within a timely manner, ensuring company SLAs are upheld or exceeded.Monitoring of managed servers and devices, ensuring SLAs are maintained. Managing tape rotations and secure storage, document and escalation of errors with backups. Ensured site security is upheld at all times according to PCI-DSSOn a 24-hour 365 shift rotation.

Coventry, England, United Kingdom

Fault diagnoses and repair of SDH Optical, Switch and router cards down to component level.Responsibilities included testing, calibration and repairing the Marconi SDH optical telecommunications TX/RX card. This included the correct diagnoses, repair, and the meticulous setup and testing of faulty cards to strict ISO regulations. Gained experience in repairing other field returned units within the Marconi SDH product line, including Power supplies, routers and tributary cards.Responsible for successfully delivering an urgent upgrade program of all BT's SMA16 optical cards, which involved supervising two test repair operators.The position included writing product fault reports, test documentation and procedures from the operator, engineer and management technical level.Gained experience in repairing other field returned units within the Marconi SDH product line, including Power supplies, routers and tributary cards.

Cyber Security, Sec275/Sec401/Advisory Board

Graduate of the SANS institute government funded Upskill in Cybersecurity Programme 2022

Higher National Diploma, Electronics And Communications

HND Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering

Onc, Electrical And Electronic Engineering

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