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Auckland, Nz

Auckland

The primary focus of this role was to support the development of an in-house application. This included setting up environments, creating build servers, managing Subversion and providing developer support.Responsibilities:- Create application release artefacts and deployment docs.- Maintain and create jobs in the Jenkins build server.- Deploy to the dev/test Solaris / Sun JSAS environment.- Manage SVN and Ivy repositories.- Assist with post deployment validation for production. - Run data update tests and diagnose problems.- Provide developer support.Migrated building the application from CruiseControl to Jenkins with the first deployment being incident free..Completed project to build substantial and critical 3rd party sub-component in-house. The in-house version proved to be virtually identical to original and passed all tests.Migrated important application from an iPlanet web server to JSAS after others been unsuccessful..Resolved long-standing coding/browser problem with Acrobat forms not working in certain scenarios.

I was engaged to provide technical IT expertise to the receivers of Aldous Ltd.Responsibilities:• Assemble and catalogue equipment• Backup and archive software and company IP• Prepare equipment for auction• Ensure that all software and hardware continued to function.• Lock down access via accounts and firewall.

As SalesTech grew in size I moved increasingly from coding to full-time development support and network/system support. In this role I was the primary developer support person whilst providing in-house IT system and application setup/admin/support.Development Support:- Create many development environments on Windows, Fedora and Solaris- Setup a variety of application and web servers from IIS and WebLogic to Sun JSAS.- Maintain and create jobs in the Jenkins and CruiseControl build servers.- Subversion setup, administration and development support.- Apache Ivy repository admin - Setup and admin Atlassian Jira.Infrastructure:- Windows AD administration.- VMware ESXi Install and administer 8+ VMware host- Setup and admin MS Exchange, Symantec A/V, Brightmail - Create and image all laptops/desktops using Acronis and Ghost- SonicWall VPN and firewalls for 3 remote officesCreated releases and documentation for numerous projects for customers including Telecom NZ, Telstra Australia and Gen-I.Worked with a variety of customers setting up and supporting systems including: Vantive, Actuate, Microsoft CRM, PeopleSoft CRM and Aldous. Customers included Career Services, Royal Mail, Air NZ, Downer, F&P Finance, Rentokil, Fujitsu and Equitable.12+ years with no major virus outbreak or security breaches.Relocated SalesTech computer infrastructure from original Grafton Rd offices to Wellesley St.

My initial role was as a graduate developer working on the “The Great Elk” and later I moved into Vantive and Actuate development and setup. Around 2004 SalesTech started reselling Microsoft CRM and I moved back into a development role alongside my development support role.Responsibilities:- Develop and maintain deployments of “The Great Elk”, Vantive and MS CRM- Provide desktop office support- Assist with network and server support- Setup Vantive and Actuate test and demo environments. Achievements:- Successful updates for the Great Elk for British American Tobacco.- Assist with Vantive work and demos for Telecom NZ.- Setup and developed Microsoft for Career Services, Rentokil and Fisher and Paykel.- Actuate development on project for Telecom NZ.

Local administration functions for Computing Services as a branch office of Massey University.Responsibilities:- Provide desktop support to staff.- Assist with hardware and networking problems.- Manage/supervise computing services lab tutorsAchievements:- Created website for office

Auckland

Tutor information students and provide admin functions.Responsibilities:- Tutor students in computer labs- Mark papers- Supervise testsAchievements:- Designed a Delphi program for the automatic marking of tests.- Provided tutoring for classes: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Cobol and Paradox

Auckland

Sole-trader driving school covering west and central Auckland. Responsibilities:- Provide driver training- Prepare accounts for accountant- Manage finances.- Assess and issue Certificates of Competence.- Take marketing decisions on pricing and advertisingAchievements:- Ran a business for 9 years!- Often taught several members of one family at different times.

Bachelor Of Information Sciences (Binfsc), Information Technology

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