Kevin Smith Email & Phone Number

Hackney

Successful NPPV and SC clearance.SAN Fabric Design, merging and migration, MDS Series.3Par Storage design and configuration, VSphere, VDI and other SAN hosts.VSphere Install and Configuration, Host Profiles, Update Manager, VAAI.Integration Design for Exchange during government department mergers, ILM, SMTPStorage migration process design and execution, Double-Take, Vmfstools, RoboCopy, V2V & P2V.Conducting Infrastructure Health Checks, Compliance and Remediation programs.

• Define and implement Active Directory systems or upgrades. Proving design and consultancy during rollout, upgrades, BCP and acquisition integration projects. EMEA design authority for the migration of multiple forests to the First Data single worldwide domain.• Working with development teams to implement specific client systems within the existing infrastructure, or define infrastructure changes to accommodate client requirements.• Exchange and IM design consultant. End to End integration of third party Exchange organisations post acquisition and working with external clients to implement bespoke or secure messaging through TLS, S/MIME or PGP. EMEA design authority for the migration of multiple Exchange organisations to the First Data central messaging platform and Microsoft Exchange hosted services.• Technical Lead for the virtualisation of the UK Data Centre systems to the VMware platform. Working with VMware consultants to define and implement the hosting infrastructure. Working with migration teams and business owners to ensure a smooth migration of each system from physical to virtual.