Tim Sorrell Email & Phone Number

A highly experienced Windows specialist with excellent communication skills. An Active Directory expert with strong expertise in Powershell script development, and group policy, security and monitoring. A cloud solution engineer, providing automated deployment for Azure and VMWare VCloud Director environments.A scripting expert with Powershell, VBscript (and batch). Developed numerous solutions for DevOPS, automated deployment and group policy startup scripts. Created security control and analysis scripts for tens of thousands of computers within banking, education and flight operations environments. Particular care taken to implement error handling and providing clear and concise logging and output.Server consolidation and cloud migration – Azure, Vcloud Director VMWare ESX build and support, data centre design, SAN and Nutanix experience. Quality Assurance and Test Procedures – Development and management of formal testing environments, including change control procedures, code and documentation acceptance and version control.Extensive experience of designing and supporting reliable and secure environments using Active Directory, Citrix Xenapp on Azure and VMWare VSphere platforms.Development and maintenance of Windows image deployment using MDT and scripting.A group policy implementation and troubleshooting expert, developing and perfecting computer startup and user logon scripts for TAFE while at Unisys. Managing user profiles, WSUS patching and application configuration.Create professionally written reports, user guides, proposals and technical documentation. Advanced usage of MS Office Word, Excel, Visio and Powerpoint. Ability to communicate & present confidently at all levels and implement positive change.Handled numerous migration projects including Cloud platform and Windows migrations. Creation of Technical Specifications, Project Planning and a solid background in infrastructure design and system application improvements. Provided successful design, implementation and support for an 18,000 user mail system. An expert with command line, utilities and batch, with a strong preference for Powershell.Experienced with packaging and software delivery (Wise, SMS). Strong expertise with Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, Visio, Corel, Pagemaker and Premiere.Experience of C, Pascal and assembler providing skills to liase effectively with developers.

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  University Of Hertfordshire

  2(1) (Gpa Equivalent 3.5/4 , 6/7)