Samuel Gumbs Email & Phone Number

Saint Lucia

Kingston, Jamaica

Responsible for the strategic development, and the general management of the Overseas Examinations Commission’s ICT hardware infrastructure, including installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware, software and related network and technical infrastructure.

Rose Hall, Montego Bay

• Strengthening the IT infrastructure through to implementing new technologies.• Responsible for hardware and software installation, maintenance and repair.• Performing routine audits of systems and software.• Manage the IT budgets and expenditure on hardware and software. • Developing & maintaining the company IT systems, software, and databases.• Recommending and implementing improvements and efficiencies. • • Having excellent time management, confidentiality & communication skills.• Having strong IT, commercial, planning and budgeting skills• To evaluate, test, advise, train and support I.T. related projects.• Procurement of IT hardware, software and maintenance products & services.• Writing documentation for ICT procedures, security, and disaster recovery.• Maintaining documentation of changes regarding users, functions & systems. • Managing the internal & hosted network infrastructure including firewalls, servers, switches and Avaya telephony• Install, support and maintain Checkpoint firewall, HP Core switches, servers, peripherals and other equipment to support the movement and/or expansion of networking devices as described by departmental policies and PCI and SOX standards• Manage property Helpdesk and IT Staff tasks and support responsibilities.• Responsible for administrating and supporting core business applications and their deployment.

Jamaica

• Implement and maintain Corporate Antivirus (McAfee Enterprise Edition)• Maintain Microsoft Exchange Server 2008• Maintain Windows Based Servers(2008,2003)Enterprise Edition• Support Windows (2000, XP, VISTA and 7) clients• Commissioning of Corporate Firewalls (Kerio Winroute & Sonic wall )• Commission the Teleradiology service for the CT SCAN and ULTRASOUND machine.• Implement and maintain firewall rules as per company standard.• Manage and maintain Veritas Backup Exec 10 • Maintain Active Directory and GPO’s • Implement and maintain VPN infrastructure.• Maintain WAN redundant connection.• Conduct Audit and maintain complete matrix of all IT equipment.• Maintain and program Avaya IP 500 PBX Switch• Maintain VeraSMART Call Accounting Application • Maintain VMware Server resources.

Jamaica

• To resolve all telecom issues as relates to our VOIPs, Nortel Networks 9150 switches• To Communicate with NOC to provide speedy resolution to all production impacting issues• To execute update on PBX system and transfer/add extensions as requested.• Conduct routine preventative maintenance in the Data Center to avoid any possible downtime. • Maintain Network Cabling backbone • Conduct schedule maintenance of all core equipments.• Provide network designs strategies, implementation strategies, migration strategies, and project support for low to medium complexity projects • Maintain Active Directory and implement new Group Polices as per company standard. • Develop, implement and test network, disaster recovery, and systems management operational procedures.• Communicate with offshore telecom analyst to ensure all equipments are fault free.

Mcp/Mcsa/Mcse, Computer Systems Networking And Telecommunications

Microsoft MCSA and MCSE Training

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: President of the Computer Science ClubBsc. Information Science