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Dandenong, Victoria, Australia

Cloud Datacenter buildo Plan - Work with internal team to plan for segregation in to Azure Cloud IaaS (IP ranges, routing, VMs, PaaS services, etc)o Landing zone - Created Azure environment vNETs, subnets, resource groups, subscription, all following naming conventions.o Core services – Built new domain in Azure VMs – Domain Controllers, DNS, Jump Servers, Azure Virtual Desktop, Endpoint Security agents, SMTP Relay, etc.o Integration - Connected to global solutions such as SIEM, central identity and access management, Microsoft Enterprise Agreement etc.o Budget - Manage costs through Cost Management, Azure Reservations, and alertsImplemented new backup solutiono Replaced Veeam B&R with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloudo Saved a multiple days per month in overhead maintaining old backup product.o Achieved global approval through Eurofins for the backup solutiono Enabled easy secondary copies to the cloud, providing a better offsite solution than manual disk swap overs.On-prem datacenter migrationo Purchased best value for money servers considering performance, value for money, budget, VMware license, Windows license.o Aligned with corporate standard models for firewall, core switches, and SD-WAN appliances.o Achieved relocation ahead of planned closure of existing co-location, ensuring continuity for the business.Upgraded branch office physical serverso Procure hardware to a set budgeto Liaise with business to limit outage to off-peak work hourso Retain exact file permissions for large file servers

Frankston, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Part of a 3 person Network Services team.Managing and maintaining a 150 Virtual Machine environment with vCenter 6.5Operational support for the environment to provide proactive fault detectionMonitoring using systems such as Veeam ONE, Dell Open Manage Essentials, and Whats Up Gold.Manage Data Protection for Production systems using Veeam Backup and Replication 9.5Assisting in transition from existing SAN to new Software Defined Storage using Datacore SANsymphone running on a Dell Storage Array.Managing security hygeine and compliance of server environment using WSUS, and Tenable.io

Victoria, Australia

Backfill for Network Administrator on leaveImplementation of Airwatch v9.0 on-premise.Operational and BAUMaintain Commvault backupsDeploy Windows Updates to desktopsMaintain vCenter environmentManage EMC VNX StorageCreate and modify rules for Fortigate firewall

Melbourne, Australia

Maintain business as usual operations of Server and Storage environmentMonitor and resolve issues with Veeam Backup and Replication v8Manage and maintain vSphere v6 virtual environmentOperational support for IT Infrastructure and Systems includingExchange 2013Windows Server Update ServicesMicrosoft Deployment Toolkit 2013Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1Nimble Storage SAN

Wantirna South, Victoria, Australia

Part of a small , but dedicated IT Operations team who manage an internal IT service to Knox City Council.Manage VMWare environment> 100 Production server VMs and TemplatesPlus DR, Test and UAT environments.Manage Nimble SAN (previously EMC VNX).Excellent knowledge in Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and Exchange.Primary resource for Configuration Manager in the team. Used for OS Deployment, Application Management, and Microsoft Updates.Provide technical assistance to the rest of the IT team, not just on operational issues, but also on project scope and implementation.