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- Define Big Data product offering to maximise potential for collaboration and drive adoption with new and established clients- Develop Big Data infrastructure to meet current and future project needs; enable new functionality and technology- Manage the programme of Big Data projects to maximise benefit to clients and to the Hartree Centre- Expand awareness of Big Data technologies amongst existing staff- Identify skills gaps and encourage training and project participation- Engage with local educational institutions to offer Big Data themed learning to students- Manage delivery of projects utilising Hartree Centre infrastructure- Assist with expansion of the Hartree Centre advanced visualisation capabilities- Work on data analytics projects performing data exploration, preparation, and modelling using R, Python, and Scala with Apache Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Hive, and HBase and IBM Big Insights

- Service development, creating high performance data archival software used to manage scientific research data.- Service delivery, responsible for all aspects of service delivery relating to provision of data archival services to several UK public sector bio and biotech organisations.- Data management, ensuring the quality and validity of data, metadata and linked data.- Data migration, accurate translation of data exported from legacy systems.- Software development, design and implementation of systems in Python, Perl, C, Java.- Database design, planning and creation of Oracle DB schemas and stored procedures.- Created and continue to maintain software providing access to a scientific data archive of 650 million files totalling 4 petabytes.

Responsible for handling final line support issues, technical trouble-shooting and problem solvingAppointed as Systems Engineer in the operations team within the network development department of RMWorked closely with a portfolio of software developers and resources, ensuring rapid technical resolutionConducted regular and in-depth evaluation of new technologies, maintaining competitive business edgeProject planning, analysis, development, implementation & resource deployment management activitiesKey achievements, projects & outcomes include:Successfully developed and deployed an anti-virus solution for 1,000+ primary school locations in the UKSupported the innovative development of new products and services, project-delivering systems designEstablished a fully-automated workstation rebuild process for use across secondary schools within the UK

Responsible for all aspects of IT leadership, including systems, infrastructure, applications & supportAppointed as IT Manager to effectively manage and oversee a Windows NT network, based across 2 sitesFocused on delivery of business-critical IT services and solutions, aligned to core business requirementsReported directly to strategic-level business management teams, advising on technology and IT issuesLeadership, management and motivation of a multi-functional team of IT, technical and support personnelProject planning, analysis, development, implementation and resource deployment management activitiesKey achievements, projects & outcomes include:Managed the development of procedures, standards and guidelines for the delivery of critical IT/IS services