Defining, building and leading the delivery of IT Professional Services that help Enterprise IT organisations adopt new practices, organisational structures and technologies for operating a cloud service model.

Delivering an on-premise, multi-site IaaS/PaaS Private Cloud solution based on the VMware vCloud 5.x suite of products.Providing the designing and construction of a vCloud solution to support the development business units and their Continuous Delivery process in execution of product development and testing.Key Roles and Responsibilities• Lead and mentor a team of 7 engineers and architects in the solution design and delivery of an on-premise private cloud for IaaS/PaaS services, enabling the acceleration of Continuous Delivery adoption and improved IT infrastructure build consistency• Create the architectural premise and cloud orchestration framework that can enable IaaS provider mobility and reduced on-premise data centre footprint • Establish and maintain stakeholder relationships, understand leadership objectives, identify the relevant pain points and business problems to be addressed, before gathering consumer requirements and delivering a product with a balanced outcome• Advise CxO and Heads of Departments on strategy for cloud adoption, technology roadmap, organisational impact and programmes of work needed for capability delivery• Provide solutions architecture governance and leadership, ensuring technical, functional and operational delivery is aligned to design principles and programme objectives• Drive consumer adoption, evangelising Cloud services, frameworks for blueprinted consumption and the opportunities for accelerating continuous delivery and evolving DevOpsKey Products:• VMware vCloud Director 5.1• VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.1.1• VMware vCenter Orchestrator 5.1• VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1• VMware vCenter Operations Manager 5.6• VMware vCenter Chargeback 2.5• VMware vSphere 5.1• ServiceNow Service Desk

Part of a data centre technology services team responsible for owning and developing the data centre automation offerings and build out an aligned capability.Role included:• Provide thought leadership in the development of data centre automation service offerings • Assess and develop end-to-end data centre solutions, including architecture, process and management best practice• Regularly undertake complex and/or critical consultative engagements, to a senior management level• Assist sales teams in qualifying and advising on data centre solution opportunities• Provide support and technical leadership to the bid teams in the creation and delivery of client bids• Act as a mentor to staff members within multiple disciplines• Building automation solutions for managing IT infrastructure and applications lifecycle in large enterprise/service provider environments• Maintain expert knowledge of the automation marketplace and drive vendor and partner alliance accordingly• Assess industry trends and market demands in order to help direct services capabilities and align service offerings

Assisted our client by leading the delivery of a number of critical projects including:• Project & Solution Lead - Payment card personalisation services platform virtualisation and relocation• Deployment Lead – Automated Software compliance auditing and deployment using HP Server Automation 7.5 and HP Operations Orchestration• Project Lead – Automated PCI Audit and server compliance management using HP Automation 7.5