Gary Evans Email & Phone Number

Newport, United Kingdom

• Senior Technical Specialist covering over 200 sites across Wales. Acting as technical escalation point for support teams for a wide range of network technologiesSelected achievements:
• Led the design and implementation of a LAN refresh for head office site.
• Achieved Cyber Essentials compliance for The Welsh Water network infrastructure
• Led the design and implementation of secure monitoring software.
• Managed, upgraded and optimised network devices (Cisco, F5, Bluecoat, Checkpoint and Palo Alto)

Newport, United Kingdom

• Lead network architect and implementer on high-profile government projects. Lead design architect of network and firewall infrastructure across multiple ONS sites spanning 10k+ endpoints. Selected achievements:
• Refreshed outdated tech and facilitated £5m in cost savings with two data centre migrations.
• Increased bandwidth and enabled rollout of VDI with two multi-site LAN refreshes.
• Upgraded security and bandwidth with a large-scale WAN migration and multi site DMZ migration.
• Designed the network architecture underpinning Census 2021 to ensure successful data handling and storage.
• Enhanced functionality of data centres by introducing NSX to support a SDDC.

South Wales

Key responsibilities:In depth knowledge of corporate network management softwareExcellent knowledge of layer 2 and layer 3 protocolsKnowledge of Corporate Change processesDesign of network infrastructure for a large corporate networkIntegration of bespoke systems into main corporate networkBased on a customer sight requiring frequent, detailed.

Key responsibilities:Excellent knowledge of layer 2 and layer 3 protocolsKnowledge of Corporate Change processesDesign of network infrastructure for small, medium and large sitesFrequent, detailed communication with team members and customersConfiguration of Cisco Catalyst switchesConfiguration of Cisco RoutersConfiguration of Cisco ASA 5505, 5510 & 5520.

Key responsibilities:Knowledge of Corporate Change processesDesign and implementation of bespoke systems / sitesPlanning of and physical installation of devices and associated infrastructureIn depth troubleshooting of the networkConfiguration and implementation of QoS policiesConfiguration & installation of Cisco Catalyst switchesConfiguration &.