Helping my client migrate their IT infrastructure from a traditional multi-tiered and multi-vendor data center, to a new hybrid Azure cloud.Managed the infrastructure and systems migration testing for over 100 bespoke LA systems and 1000+ servers moving to a new Azure Hybrid Cloud.Setup a brand new test management tool for the Agilisys Cloud Practice, including workflow design driven by test best practice. Demonstrated the use of this through a real client engagement e2e.Delivered all the test planning, design, execution and reporting for the project.

Providing test consultancy services for my client's change and transformation portfolioManaged all aspects of testing and test planning for multiple infrastructure and application projects.Reported directly to executive committee for RBSiIntroduced test best practice and deployment of new test management tooling.

Managing the infrastructure and release testing for a new on and off-premise cloud banking system.Test Design Lead for the E2E Solution from Build through to Delivery.Responsibilities included:Authored dozens of documents including, the Test Strategy, Master Test Plans, Detailed Test Plans, Test Execution Plans and Test Artefacts.Defined the test objectives for all areas of the Cloud, including IVT, Security, Performance, Resilience/DR, OAT, UaT, Regression and e2e SIT.Produced the e2e system integration architectural visio for 4 cloud environments.Led requirements analysis and traceability.Defined and enforced standards on the programme encompassing processes, tooling, reporting and documentation.Produced test programme plans, spanning a number of large Releases.Delivered numerous presentations to client stakeholders, executive and non-executive, technical and business.Providing QA for Architectural designs and test evidences.Mentoring junior and senior members of the test team to follow test best practice.Led key improvements in tooling and testing methodologies.

Defined the strategic roadmap for a radical DevOps transformation for CLS Bank.Led a team of highly skilled Architects to produce a proposal to assess and implement emerging technologies such as Docker DataCenter, Jira, Bamboo, Confluence, Fisheye, UrbanCode Deploy, UrbanCode Build, UrbanCode Release, Jenkins, Github, Bitbucket, Puppet, RTC, Nexus, Artifactory and Chef.Conducted a methodical DevOps Assessment of the programmeProduced the designs and implementation plans for a number of industry leading technologies and the required process changes to support current and future demands of the CLS system, inline with key DevOps principles Produced presentation decks for technical managers, SMEs and the executive community across internal and client teams.

I was managing a large global test team as part of a complex IT separation programme, with one of the UK's leading retail banks. I was called in to help turn around a struggling programme and to push to meet our client's aggressive deadlines. I was responsible for assuring that the non-functional capabilities, for a wide range of migrated and new banking systems / applications, were fit for production. I led a large, multidisciplinary team of cross-geographical SME and Junior resources.The capabilities under my remit spanned a wide range of technology platforms and bespoke configurable artifacts, both modern and legacy. I had to ensure that the team were prepared for execution and that the quality of our testing gave our client confidence in the systems targeted for production. In total we identified over 1000 test scripts that required validation, this was by far the largest set of tests of any area on the programme.Main activities:- OAT Lead - specialising in mid-range platforms- Technical SME- Test lifecycle management i.e prep, execution and closure- Provided consultation on OAT best practices- Promoting automated testing- Risk based testing- Audit with FCA- Positive and negative testing- Use of HP QC/ALM for test prep and execution- Test closure activities - e.g Test Completion Reports- Test interlock planning- Test Traceability- Defining Test Scope- Auditing- Quality assurance - reviewing test cases and evidence- Dashboard reporting on daily and weekly progress- Data pattern analysis- Defect management (QC) and change handling process- Business requirements analysis- Technical requirements analysis- Recruitment

Managing a global delivery team to prove the technology resiliency of a new challenger bank. This work spans a huge breadth of technologies ranging from zOS Mainframes, to x86 virtualised solutions. Main activities:- Non functional test lead for E2E Resilience- Reporting- Defining the test strategy- Creating and leading test plans and estimation models- 3rd party integration- Data pattern analysis- Defect management and change handling process- Business requirements analysis- Technical requirements analysis- Risk based testing, defining the risk model/approach and gaining stakeholder approval- Use of HP QC/ALM for test prep and execution- Agile methodologies such as scrumming/sprinting, Kanban, transparent working etc but contained within a waterfall delivery model- Test Traceability- Test Case preparation- Auditing- Risk management- Test closure activities- FPS Scheme certification testing- Quality assurance- Project delivery/Test lifecycle management- Recruitment- Personal development objective setting and management for my team

Working in a large scale multi-vendor programme, delivering a new challenger bank. I worked within the Non-Functional Test team across both Operability and Resilience capabilities for a wide spectrum of key FSS technologies ranging from Mainframe and core subsystems supporting batch jobs to off-host virtualised and physical environments. The teams I worked across were responsible for proving the non-functional elements of the technology underpinning the bank before its systems go live. I worked with multiple delivery vendors and client senior management teams, to gather key requirements in order to define and agree our testing strategy. This part time role focused on bringing automation to key data collation, processing and reporting processes.My main activities include:- Creating a centralised repository listing granular details of 1000+ systems. From this I create various data analytics tools to support non-functional test prep and planning activities. - Creating front end vba/excel tools that automate the generation of key reports from centralised data repositories. - Creating tools that automate data visualisations and infographics relating to NFT themes such as, test and system coverage matrices, pattern analyses, progress against key metrics, forecasts etc- Creating risk model tooling and processes that allow users to quickly and easily identify critical test systems based on a number of dynamic inputs from both technical and business perspectives.- Creating tools for off-shore teams to document key pieces of manual information and the wrapper processes to consolidate information sources into an input for other tools.- Owning various key assets used to drive test scope by maintaining relationships with IBM and RBS teams.

Working in a large scale multi-vendor programme, delivering a new challenger bank. I work within the Non-Functional Test team across both Operability and Resilience capabilities for a wide spectrum of key FSS technologies ranging from Mainframe and core subsystems supporting batch jobs to off-host virtualised and physical environments. The teams I work with and manage across are responsible for proving the non-functional elements of the technology underpinning the bank before its systems go live. I am currently working with multiple delivery vendors and client senior management teams, to gather key requirements in order to define and agree our testing strategy.My main activities include:- Backup and Recovery non-functional test lead- NFT Resilience SME- Systems Analysis- Business Analysis- Data Analytics and Dashboard/Reporting- Requirements gathering, analysis and definition- Test Strategy- Test Planning- Risk management- Creating automated and centralised tooling to supplement analysis, planning and reporting activities- Producing key deliverable documentation- Presenting to senior client management team- Scripting- Working with Global Delivery Team

I managed the build and configuration management capability for CLS bank, the world leader in FX Settlement. I looked after a specialist technical team of UK and Offshore resources, facilitating the integration of new code, assurance and packaging for deployment into test and Production environments. The application my team built and packaged is responsible for handling, on average, $5 trillion worth of trades a day across 17 different currencies.My team leverages tools and processes that operate across various flavours of AIX, Linux and Windows to ensure successful integration, compilation, verification and packaging of an application built with C, C++, java, tcl.I also maintain the team' resource and capability plans as well as the training plans for new and existing members to enable healthy role progression.Main activities include:- Team leading and capability management- Application Integration builds- Build environment management- Project Manager and technical SME liaison- Process design and implementation- Working with a large offshore Global Delivery team- AIX Administration- Performance and Capacity Analysis of Windows and AIX Environments- Technical Quality Control and Assurance- Defining strategic improvement initiatives, costing and pitching to secure funding- Finance and Resource Management- Solution Architecture for AIX and Windows Development and Build Environments- SCRUM lead- Operational Change Management- Change and Configuration Management- AD Build and Environment Technical SME- Recruitment and training- devops

Working across multiple work streams to improve environment stability for our client, the worlds leading FX Settlement system. I am responsible for managing and maintaining all environments leading up to production to develop and test new functionality of a system that handles over $5 trillion a day in settlements. I work with both on and offshore teams as well as senior stakeholders and the technical community to drive changes and improve governance across environments I manage.Main activities include:- Performance and Capacity Analysis of Windows and AIX Environments- Technical Quality Control and Assurance- Project Management- Finance and Resource Management- Solution Architecture for AIX and Windows Development and Test Environments- Service Management- Incident and Problem Management- Operational Change Management- Change and Configuration Management- AIX Administration- Front End Development- AD Environment Technical SME

Working as a build engineer as part of the Build and Configuration Team on one of IBM's largest UK accounts. With the client in the financial sector and many relying upon them I am experiencing the pressures of fast and efficient delivery, risk and mitigation planning whilst developing my AIX and Shell Scripting skills. Developing my skills with tools such as: IBM Configuration Management Version Control (CMVC) and increasing my knowledge and usage of UNIX/IBM AIX and Windows platforms.Working in the build and configuration team to manage change, implement and promote SCM best practice as well as co-ordinate/lead upgrades in a global delivery environment.Application Development Environment SMECMVC SME

Managing the design, build, test and delivery of a large infrastructure enhancement project for the world's leading financial exchange settlement system.Managing technical SME's and off-shore resourcesInterlocking with various projects whilst maintaining delivery schedules.Progress reporting on a daily basis to the client.Engaging with the wider technical community to resolve issues.I took ownership of one of the component integration test phase and was responsible for installing builds and running regression tests.Quality assurance and version controlling.Managing resource profiles.

Maintaining and progressing the resource and financial planning processes for a payment settlement system, that handles on average more than $4 trillion a day (yes thats 12 0's!) Liaising with senior members of staff and project managers to gather requirements for new tools and process definitions. Implementing these changes and controlling the transition from old legacy tools and processes to new. Leveraging excel and VBA knowledge to automate and consolidate manual processes and to increase the integrity of data down to individual named resource level.

I was in charge of primarily creating and maintaining production and test environments for IBM ISV's, Business Partners and Customers. I managed several datacentres housing over 1000 mid-range and top-range servers covering all infrastructure domains from storage to virtualisation offerings.Some of my activities and achievements include:- Developing and deploying a full kiosk solution for IIC Hursley, Southbank and Dublin- Working with the rational suite in a PoC retail lab for customer engagements and demos- Creating multimedia content and managing a SCALA CMS implemntation to showcase across 50+ screens- Creator and curator of a managerial playbook for the head of the innovation centre- Working with ISV's and Business partners on scalability, performance and migration engagements by providing and supporting the infrastructure services- Backup solutions (Tape, XiV, DS8k etc)- Network support (physical patching and virtual switch configurations)- Integrated Rack Solution support specialist- Cooling and power solutions and implementations- Working with the full IBM hardware stack on system i, system p, power systems, z enterprise, system x and bladecenters. - Working across multiple platfroms ranging from various flavours of linux to windows and HPUX- Delivering tours for IBM visitors ranging from students to CEO's both technical and non-technical- Improving the infrastructure to meet the demands for an ever expanding and demanding unit of the business and its customers.- Established a 'smarter planet' lab and IBM course offering for the University of Plymouth- Hursley winning team leader for a grid computing challenge "world community grid 2009/2010"