David Stout Email & Phone Number

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Infrastructure Network & Firewall Engineer maintaining the Deloitte Global Wide Area Network, Firewalls and Datacenter Infrastructures.Responsible for all aspects of the network infrastructure including,F5 Loadbalancers, F5 Global Traffic Manager, F5 Edge Gateway SSL VPN, Checkpoint Firewalls, Global VPN Network, Global Internet Connectivity, Network Monitoring, Network Security, Authentication Services.Responsible for designing and implementing the Global SSL VPN Solution, 10 Gig end to end performance upgrades, migrating core network hardware to Cisco Nexus and moving 3 and a half thousand websites to new virtualised F5 loadbalancers.Currently engaged on a Global Datacentre re-design to leverage the high performance Cisco Nexus platform with a Virtualized Network Design and performance upgrades to 10 Gig end to end.

Responsible for all network related activity in the company, including BGP Peering, routing, switching, Load balancing, security and design. Currently designing and implementing a Cisco VSS based virtual network infrastructure for a new Data Centre deployment.Designed and implemented network infrastructure to support Sport Relief 2010 fundraising campaign.

Responsible for the design and deployment of the BT NHS shared services used by the Connecting for Health program.

Working for Cosworth Ltd to support both the Cosworth Ltd network infrastructure and the trackside engineering teams communications.

Working for UK Broadband who provide broadband internet over a 3G Wireless Network. The role involved designing and implementing the infrastructure necessary to support the roll out of a National Wireless Network covering thousands of remote locations and three datacenter sites.

Contracted for four months to Omnetica to provided network support for the Barclaycard network infrastructure.

Main employment contract was for the design, installation and support of three Broadband Internet Services that run over a satellite network. The contract was with Bentley Walker (http://www.bentleywalker.com) and the contract was for delivery of the StarPro products listed on their web site.

Technical lead for all Network Engineers in the Pan European Network Engineering Group. Responsible for overseeing customer solutions and ensuring delivery.

Implementing new network designs and Internet Services through from the design stage to the final production and providing support and training for everybody involved in the project.

24-hour support of European VSAT network for HOT Telecommunications LTD. Monitoring and supporting global network for the international Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization.

1. Installation, maintenance and systems engineering of radio and satellite fixed communications sites in the United Kingdom and the Gulf Region. Support of WAN/LAN based pilot communications system.2. Responsible for the maintenance and system engineering of a HF Radio fixed communications site.