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Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

o Solutions Director & Lead Architect responsible for end to end solutions and implementation activities from initial contact & scope to project closureo Numerous digital transformation projects centered around Microsoft Cloudo Detailed risk assessments / IT audits encompassing the architecture, configuration, health and security within a customer’s environment, including reports, recommendations and remediation serviceso Tailor-made Secured Standard Operating Environments utilising Windows 7/8/10 Prof and Enterprise, AppLocker, Bitlocker, DirectAccess & Active Directory Group Policyo Complete end-to-end IT environment rebuilds including network, data and email migration, workstation and server deployments, line of business application analysis and implementation across on premise, hybrid, Private (XCentral dedicated & multi-tenant) and public cloud (Azure IaaS)o Identity Access Management solutions utilising Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, AADC/DirSync, ADFS, EM+S and MFA.o Pre-sales; Custom Proof of Concept deployments, Drafting responses for EOI’s and RFP’s, o Architectural and Information Security standards for internal and customer systemso Undertaking customer IT Strategic planning sessions, effectively communicating technology concepts and considerations, within the context of business requirements.

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Sydney, Australia

Technical Solutions Architect working on a major client account in the Banking & Finance sector.• Technical architect for the consolidation and migration of several dozen business critical applications from legacy into a new Windows Server Standard Operating Environment. • Successful UAT and delivery of applications with multiple business owners across development, test, disaster recovery and production environments. • Creation of a restricted privileged-access framework that matched business needs with strict application and server security• Technical consultant for the drafting and the implementation of architectural standards for Windows Server, Active Directory, SQL, Oracle and Group Policy• Technical consultant for annual security penetration testing of Windows infrastructure • Peer review of architectural designs, statement of works and statement of requirements

Sydney, Australia

• Team Leader for the design, implementation and management of Dimension Data’s National Standard Operating Environment (SOE) as a showcase for its client base• SME for automation, desktop integration, application packaging, SOE design and deployment• Technical workshop facilitation • Research and POC new products and technologies for use within Dimension Data • Rigorous system, application and user acceptance testing • Drafted architectural standards • Designed and implemented enterprise Patch Management and Antivirus strategy. • Worked on numerous projects including ○ Technical integration of acquired companies ○ Corporate data centre relocation ○ Multiple office relocations ○ Line of Business application rollouts and upgrades ○ Virtualisation & Consolidation ○ Netware, Active Directory migrations • Provide highest level technical and customer service to CxO executive team

· Responsible for the systems administration of a heterogeneous IT environment (NT Domains with trusts, Active Directory, Novell Netware, Novell ZENworks, Unix, Linux)· Designed and implemented several SOE revisions for the faculty utilising NT, Netware, Active Directory and Windows 2000· Designed and implemented secure networked computing laboratory environment to service 10,000 students utilising Windows NT, Netware and ZENworks with rapid re-imaging capability· Provided end user support and training to 350 staff· Member of IT Steering and IT Security committees· Extensive Y2K testing

• Provided campus wide technical support to 6000 staff across 8 sites using a variety of operating systems, software applications and network topologies• System administration on campus wide systems• Tested and evaluated new computers, peripheral devices and software and drafted proposals for their implementation within the University• Developed detailed ISO9000 work instructions documenting computer and network systems, disaster recovery and backup procedures• 18 months within high volume helpdesk call centre.