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Not entirely sure what i'm doing with this yet...

Remote

- Migrating from a multi-VRF MPLS network over to simpler ISP managed MPLS, with simple L3 routing applied on enterprise-grade firewalls; and a multitude of l2 switch stacks.- Design/Build and Migrate to a new datacentre in Germany, to a custom-built vSphere platform. Originally a lift-n-shift exercise; but this quickly turned into an opportunity to.

London, United Kingdom

Internal Work:- Designed, built, and managed a shared data centre hosting solution with a three-data centre design using VMware vSphere.- Implemented a shared backup, replication, and recovery solution using Veeam B&R and Veeam One.- Simplified network infrastructure by migrating from a multi-VRF MPLS network to a stacked L2 switch and L3 routing setup on.

Preston, England, United Kingdom

Delivering IT Infrastructure Professional Services; spanning modern datacentre/sme platform setups. Server Virtualisation, Cloud Migrations, DevOps etc

North-West, UK

VMware, Storage, Network and general Infrastructure Consultant

London, England, United Kingdom

- Assisted in customer meetings, as an SME for the Technical Services division. Scoped 4x projects for other engineers to support delivery of.- Assisted with configuration mistakes on the Shared-Hosting VMware vCloud platform. - Introduced WSUS service, with WAM community-lead extension, for vast improvements in patching processes.- Optimised Group-Policy.

Blackpool, United Kingdom

- Conducted DFS Migration Programme, replicating network shares between sites and implementing Shadow-Copies for daily restoration points. Developed DFS-R PowerShell scripted reporting.- Implemented PowerShell Active Directory Audit reports and Exchange Configuration and Health reports on a monthly basis, providing management with an overview of both.

Wilmslow

- Assisted in customer meetings, as an SME for the Technical Services division. Scoped 4x projects for other engineers to support delivery of.- Assisted with configuration mistakes on the Shared-Hosting VMware vCloud platform. - Introduced WSUS service, with WAM community-lead extension, for vast improvements in patching processes.- Optimised Group-Policy.

Skipton

- Led design and implementation of SSO integration of several services into Active Directory- Group Policy for client-side power-saving; resulting in a 49% saving on the power for the contact centre alone.- Implemented MimeCast Cloud email hosting platform.

Manchester, United Kingdom

- Led network migration, Exchange 2010 upgrade, and Blackberry Server Express replacement while managing mobile onboarding.- Planned and set up two new remote offices for over 100 employees, consolidating infrastructure to 3 data centres, 5 clusters, and 16 VMware ESXi hosts.- Upgraded network switch backbone to 10Gb and installed EMC VNX SAN for improved.

Manchester, United Kingdom

- Responsible for the entire server estate in UK data centres and office buildings in Manchester, Sydney, Bangkok, Singapore, Milan, and France as part of a global organization.- Temporarily managed a team of 9 staff members during a structural change, working collaboratively with various teams including Service Management, Developers, Project Manager.

- Managed hardware consolidation program on a VMware vSphere platform.- Patched all software/firmware across the board; including X25 network assets- Solely administered a complex HSM module for PDQ based handshaking with multiple payment providers, securely. Managed Several dozen variations on S2S VPNs, globally.- Implemented efficient workstation build.

Lancaster University

- Patching Linux and Windows systems- Introduced new Code Repository, git development using VI- Compiled GCC binaries for Graphics rendering on Linux- Supported installing a small office network and introduced a network firewall- Website support, handled technical queries and aided coding practice imprvements.

- Provided first/second line support for various businesses, resolving a wide range of Windows computer issues.- Adhered to strict timing criteria to ensure good customer relations and build confidence.- Updated knowledge tools to improve support efficiency for other analysts.- Possessed valuable in-depth knowledge of domain-based networks.

Post Graduate Program In Cloud Computing, Qualified

Activities and Societies: Foundation Modules in AWS and Azure AWS Cloud Fundimentals Azure Fundimentals Azure Certified Administrator.

Physics Bsc, 2.2

:::Major::: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Semiconductors, Thermodynamics, Time and Relativity, Classical and Quantum Mechanics, Particle.

Network Professional Programme, Ccna, Mcps, Comptia A+ Etc, Pass

Activities and Societies: CCNA, CompTIA A+ Linux, Windows Server 2003 MCP, Exchange MCP, Windows Client Administration MCP