Providing Infrastructure Teams project support, compiling weekly status reports, work tracking through Agile Jira scrum and Story Points with automated data pulling from Jira API providing projected work completion estimates, project danger mapping and teams work focus visibility for BAU and Project.Supporting PCI-DSS requirements.

Lead and supported the Sysadmin Team as well as providing a hands on role.Lead and defined the strategy for many client facing service migrations.Defined and wrote many PCI-DSS processes and policies and ensured compliance.Involved in risk and vulnerability management.Defined the Linux estate OS replacement and tooling improvements through IAC.

Developing and implementing Infrastructure as Code automation solutions and introduced the use of Ansible automation.Lead the migration from Barracuda Load Balancers to F5 BIG-IP clustered load balancer solutions with configuration deployed through Ansible IAC.Supported and maintained the Linux server estate.

Supported the Global Payroll Platform and DevOps teams in delivering a Payroll API for QuickBooks Online in the UK.Main areas of experience:Agile methodologies, scrum, sprint, team velocity, backlog grooming/prioritization.Atlassian JIRA and Confluence tooling, dashboards/reporting, JQL filters, automated meta-data tracking, JIRA and Confluence API.Weekly Payroll Project reports to Leadership.Project Managing system migrations including liaising directly with… Show more Supported the Global Payroll Platform and DevOps teams in delivering a Payroll API for QuickBooks Online in the UK.Main areas of experience:Agile methodologies, scrum, sprint, team velocity, backlog grooming/prioritization.Atlassian JIRA and Confluence tooling, dashboards/reporting, JQL filters, automated meta-data tracking, JIRA and Confluence API.Weekly Payroll Project reports to Leadership.Project Managing system migrations including liaising directly with customers.Led Penetration Testing of the Payroll API. Show less

Acrede was a startup developing a new SaaS Global Payroll Application. My responsibilities and accomplishments were:Designed and implemented secure environments in Amazon Cloud.Designed and implemented real-time backup solutions to meet SLA’s and audit compliance.Responsible for implementation and maintenance of ISO 27001 policies and processes, including: BCP, DRP, Risk (including the Matrix, Rating, Scoring, Treatment and& Register) which led to accreditation.Member of team… Show more Acrede was a startup developing a new SaaS Global Payroll Application. My responsibilities and accomplishments were:Designed and implemented secure environments in Amazon Cloud.Designed and implemented real-time backup solutions to meet SLA’s and audit compliance.Responsible for implementation and maintenance of ISO 27001 policies and processes, including: BCP, DRP, Risk (including the Matrix, Rating, Scoring, Treatment and& Register) which led to accreditation.Member of team responsible for delivering, managing and maintaining successful SSAE16 SOC1 and SOC2 accreditation.Implemented a quarterly system patching processImplemented an automated laptop audit systemImplemented automated PGP/GPG data file transfers between Acrede and Customer networks.Responsible for company and client security, including IT risk management penetration testing. Show less

Lead the IT department in delivering and maintaining a high availability Global Payroll SaaS Application. Management of global IT hardware assets and software licensing.Systems security and automated secure transfer of data files between CloudPay and Customer networks.

Lead the Company’s network expansion during a high growth phase with full WAN connectivity between global Offices and Datacenter's in the UK, US, France, Singapore and Amsterdam.Main accomplishments were:Installed Siemens Blade Server Technology in an Amsterdam SaaS datacenter.Implemented a centrally managed Check Point firewall network with 6 remote clusters of active/standby nodes.Implemented Linux based snapshot backup strategies to improve backup availability while reducing… Show more Lead the Company’s network expansion during a high growth phase with full WAN connectivity between global Offices and Datacenter's in the UK, US, France, Singapore and Amsterdam.Main accomplishments were:Installed Siemens Blade Server Technology in an Amsterdam SaaS datacenter.Implemented a centrally managed Check Point firewall network with 6 remote clusters of active/standby nodes.Implemented Linux based snapshot backup strategies to improve backup availability while reducing disk capacity and bandwidth requirements.Part of the management team which implemented and maintained the SAS70 process and standardEnsured the IT Department adhered to SAS70SSAE compliance at all timesManaged IT hardware and software licensingTrained and mentored junior IT hardware engineers Show less

Expanded the company’s SaaS infrastructure to a second datacenter providing service resilience of service.Main accomplishments were:Designed, installed and maintained two UK Datacenter's; which hosted SaaS server environmentsInstalled HP Blade Server technology.Installed and maintained an onsite back office development datacenter.Maintained a resilient Check Point secured company infrastructure.Installed and maintained a Postfix company mail server.Implemented… Show more Expanded the company’s SaaS infrastructure to a second datacenter providing service resilience of service.Main accomplishments were:Designed, installed and maintained two UK Datacenter's; which hosted SaaS server environmentsInstalled HP Blade Server technology.Installed and maintained an onsite back office development datacenter.Maintained a resilient Check Point secured company infrastructure.Installed and maintained a Postfix company mail server.Implemented multi-site automated Linux based backup strategies. Show less

I joined Patersons Consulting a small Accountancy firm, as an IT Administrator in the companies infancy, it was a startup with a total of 10 staff, one print server and one Linux file share server. Within three years it was the first company offering a SaaS Global Payroll Application.Main accomplishments were:Designed, installed and maintained a UK datacenter hosted SaaS server environment.Implemented and maintained Check Point firewall security office and datacenter.Implemented… Show more I joined Patersons Consulting a small Accountancy firm, as an IT Administrator in the companies infancy, it was a startup with a total of 10 staff, one print server and one Linux file share server. Within three years it was the first company offering a SaaS Global Payroll Application.Main accomplishments were:Designed, installed and maintained a UK datacenter hosted SaaS server environment.Implemented and maintained Check Point firewall security office and datacenter.Implemented clients web-based secure access to the SaaS Application over SSH2.Maintained server and network systems.Trained and mentored junior IT hardware engineers Show less