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United Kingdom

United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the overall operational oversight and management for server operating systems, along with engineering and support of Core Services including but not limited to AD, RHIM, InfoBlox, PAM, AV and OS Patching.

London, United Kingdom

The Converged Infrastructure Senior Manager manages the globally distributed Storage and Platform Operations Teams responsible for FICOs Storage, Hypervisor and UCS infrastructure services, with a critical role in the continued availability, capacity and performance of the on-premises solutions.

London, United Kingdom

Brought on board to assist with a Build Automation project utilising VMware solutions.

Stevenage, United Kingdom

The Cloud Services Operations Manager manages the B-Cloud Support and Operations team responsible for Betfair’s VMware based Virtualisation Cloud services, with a critical role in the continued availability, capacity and performance of the on-premise cloud provider & broker services, as well as assist in support for the consumer systems deployed to them.

Hammersmith

Senior Infrastructure Engineer working on a wide range of products such as VMware ESXi, vCD, vCOPS and Microsoft Windows Server and System Center Configuration Manager 2007

Implementing various Infrastructure Technologies for the Trust (Virtualisation, Backup, Messaging and Firewalls)

Working on the Vista Rollout for SCC and the HoP PICT Team. Utilising SCCM and MDT to deploy OS and Applications.

Provided technical consultancy to move away from an NT4 Domain environment to 2003\2008 Active Directory.Build and configuration of multiple ESX 3.5 environments (using a mix of NetApp and HP MSA shared storage) onto HP DL380 Servers (Intel based CPU's + 64 GB ram).Implementation of Active Directory, Windows Server 2003\2008, System Centre Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007, Forefront Client Security (FCS) and Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007, all on a mix of physical and virtual hardware… Show more Provided technical consultancy to move away from an NT4 Domain environment to 2003\2008 Active Directory.Build and configuration of multiple ESX 3.5 environments (using a mix of NetApp and HP MSA shared storage) onto HP DL380 Servers (Intel based CPU's + 64 GB ram).Implementation of Active Directory, Windows Server 2003\2008, System Centre Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007, Forefront Client Security (FCS) and Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007, all on a mix of physical and virtual hardware (utilising HP DL and BL series servers and VMware ESX 3.5 Virtual Infrastructure).Physical to Virtual (P2V) conversions of servers (legacy environments for Test\Dev)Design, configuration and installation of the SCCM 2007 Environment.Design, configuration and installation of the Sophos Anti-Virus suite (for Desktop and NetApp)Design, configuration and installation of the MS DPM Environment.Monitoring and support of Exchange 2003\2007 and Windows 2003\2008 servers, SCCM 2007, DPM 2007, SCOM 2007and Active Directory environments. Show less

• With AAML I was the lead technical consultant in an initiative to outsource the company’s infrastructure to a hosting provider from both the parent company infrastructure (Zurich) as well as local infrastructure. During this project I liaised with technical managers from New York and Zurich to coordinate the network architecture and plan for migration of servers and services. I was commissioned to provide a new desktop build and supervise the design and implementation of an SMS… Show more • With AAML I was the lead technical consultant in an initiative to outsource the company’s infrastructure to a hosting provider from both the parent company infrastructure (Zurich) as well as local infrastructure. During this project I liaised with technical managers from New York and Zurich to coordinate the network architecture and plan for migration of servers and services. I was commissioned to provide a new desktop build and supervise the design and implementation of an SMS infrastructure working with a third party vendor to design and implement software distribution, patch management, and inventory system. In addition the project included the design and deployment of a ClearCube BCP solution, migration from Lotus Notes to MS Exchange, user training, VPN remote working and the design and deployment of Active Directory GPO’s for both workstation and user containers. Show less

Providing assistance and advice to the junior desktop engineers to help resolve complex issues and provide a day to day support presence across the desktop and server teams.

Employed by the Morse Group to work onsite at HSBC Insurance Brokers; advising on project hardware requirements and assisting with interim Windows 2000 builds

Working within the ETS (Enterprise Technologies Service), my role was to advise and assist in the development and deployment of the Windows NT4 Desktop Core Operating System