Michael Braid Email & Phone Number

Manchester, Greater Manchester, Gb

I head up a multi disciplined team of engineers (20 in total) with a sole focus on providing the best IT/Technology experience possible to our colleagues.This includes responsibility for End user compute, Office technology such as Audio / Visual, Networking, Storage, Azure, Education/Training and service improvements.

Manchester, Greater Manchester, Gb

Currently leading the Infrastructure squad and the Enterprise IT squad within Autotrader. Responsibilities include line management for Engineers covering Networking, Storage, Compute, delivery platforms including Google cloud platform, Amazon web services and Microsoft Azure, Windows, Endpoints, Productivity tool suites, Databases, Security and private cloud platforms.Recent projects my squads have been working on are:Migration to Mongo AtlasMigration away from VDI for our contact center colleagues giving them greater flexibility in the way they chose to work.Migration of digital application during a transition to managed kubernetes in GCPAutomated Windows 10 servicing with SCCM 2016 to ensure PCI compliance status is retainedRe-platformed our Ireland digital infrastructure from Windows 2003/SQL 2005 to Windows 2012 R2/SQL 2014.Changing our delivery capability with the introduction of containerization in GCP These are just some of the cool technologies my squad colleagues work with to improve all aspects of technology within Autotrader and its a pleasure to lead them through such a fast pace environment.

Manchester, Greater Manchester, Gb

Manchester, Greater Manchester, Gb

Working as part of an IT service delivery team to primarily provide the design and implementation of new technologies or solutions. The role also includes IT/Technical 3rd line support to local and remote users across 10+ sites around the UK. It is a very demanding role and requires an ability to learn quickly. Trader Media Group has a policy of being early adopters in latest technology so this ability to learn quickly on the job is key to the successful delivery of the technologies that have enabled Autotrader.co.uk to remain one of the Europe’s busiest websites. Day to day responsibilities include: Solution design – Selection of technologies that would fulfill business requirements and susequent design of those systems. Systems administration – Monitoring/fault prevention and regular system maintenance. Development of junior staff – training / educating where skill sets are weak. Also where new technologies were implemented handover training sessions were essential Project management – System implementation using KanBan methodology. 3rd Line technical support – Support to over 1400 users across 10+ UK sites and 4 other sites in South Africa, Italy and Ireland.

Bury, Gt Manchester, Gb

Working as part of an IT support team providing IT/Technical support to local and remote users. The role was demanding and required a broad range of knowledge plus the ability to learn quickly.It was highly enjoyable and it provided opportunities to be involved in the latest technologies. Day to day responsibilities included: Server Support – Hardware maintenance, operating systems upgrades, communication suites, large range of third-party applications, script-based software installs & updates. Systems Administration – Monitoring and fault prevention. Network support & development – Fault finding, maintenance, upgrade network hardware & comms equipment.Web development - Intranet design/development, support and maintenance. Project Management – System design and implementation.IT Planning - Devise a systems roadmap and include financial planning for IT infrastructureMentoring - Assist junior IT staff in knowledge development and provide general guidance to help guide there career development