PROFILE
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An IT career professional who constantly refreshes his technical
knowledge base with the ability to learn and deploy new technologies quickly
and to very high standards.
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An expert systems and network administrator with excellent
practical skills in setting up and administrating NT/200x/XP, Linux and Solaris
networks.
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Extensive experience in both peer-to-peer and client-server
network architectures, as well as LANs and WANs.
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Works equally well on own initiative and as part of a team with a
methodical approach to problem solving.
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Responsive and sensitive to user difficulties and enquiries.
CAREER HISTORY
CANTAB
CAPITAL PARTNERS
Date September
2011 to current date
Position IT
Manager/Systems Administrator
Nature
of Business Hedge Fund
Responsibilities
and Achievements
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Working
alone, I had full responsibility for the design and project management of the move
from a single office environment to two offices and two Data Centres (Primary
and Backup), providing full business continuity across the organisation.
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Designed
and built both data centres.
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Designed
a resilient and robust network solution, based on Citrix for secure remote
access.
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Designed
a resilient and robust Firewall architecture around the Juniper SRX technology,
using a HA pair in a cluster).
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Designed
the network infrastructure around the Cisco 3750 switch models, separated by
VLANs to accommodate STORAGE, DMZ, LAN and Management networks.
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Oversaw
the Citrix implementation
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Manage
Exchange 2010
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Implemented
a UPS system to keep 20+NetApp high
processing servers high availability
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Responsible
for the phone system and redesigned it to accommodate VoIP
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Act
as Security Officer for the Company
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Automated
the process to install Linux servers and integrated Linux to Active Directory
for unified logon
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Implemented
VM backups using Veeam 6.0
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Implemented
NetApp Synchronisation using Snapmirror across Live and DR DC
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Designed
a Radianz infrastructure to accommodate communication to various banks and
financial institutions and implement ipSec VPNs to brokers
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Recruitment
and management of two additional System Administrators to manage the new
architecture. This role includes training and the creation and implementation
of procedures and standards for best practice.
VELOCIX
LTD
Date September
2010 to September 2011
Position Systems
Administrator
Nature
of Business CDN Provider
Responsibilities
and Achievements
Responsible
for Supporting a Linux CDN infrastructure across multiple sites around the
world.
GRANT
INSTRUMENTS
Date November
2009 to
September 2010
Position Systems Administrator
Nature
of Business Manufacture and
Design of Scientific Equipment and Data Analysis
Responsibilities
and Achievements
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Responsible
for the design and implementation of a 24x7 monitoring and alerting system
across a distributed (UK and US) server estate.
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Implemented
security policies and firewall rules to make the system secure
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Documented
the whole system, including creation of systems administration procedures for
shut down and restore of servers, application of patches and kernels changes.
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Designed
and implemented a robust backup for the Postgres database system making use of
quick recovery and warm standby technologies using PITR.
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Implemented
a new test environment, replicating the live production system, to enable the
development team to test their code safely.
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Implemented
VMware across the server estate, using VMware backup to allow VMs be restored
and backed up on the fly.
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Implemented
a process to install and clone servers using Kickstart technology and dd over
ssh.
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Responsible
for selection and purchase of IT equipment related to the projects in which I was
involved.
MAILTRACK
LIMITED/DIGITAL MARKETING SERVICES
Date December
2008 to
November 2009
Position Systems Administrator
Nature
of Business Mail marketing
industry
Responsibilities
and Achievements
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Responsible
for 3 data centres, including purchase and management of all necessary
equipment for a successful operation.
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Management
of 50 Linux servers (BSD, Debian, Suse), Windows XP/Vista PCs and MAC X
clients.
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Organise
the office infrastructure to a very reliable, efficient and manageable state by simplifying it,
documenting it fully and redesigning it from scratch.
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Setup
backup strategy and redundancy implementation.
LIMEHOUSE
SOFTWARE LIMITED
Date December
2006 to
December 2008
Position Systems Administrator
Nature
of Business Software House
Responsibilities
and Achievements
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Manage and support a mixed platform environment including
SageCRM, Mitel 3300, Exchange 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows 2003 server,
Microsoft SQL 2000 and 2005, Netscreen Firewall f25, Solaris 10, Linux Gentoo,
Linux Redhat Enterprise 4, Tomcat, Apache and Resin.
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Design and implement more robust solutions for the
future. Particular areas of concern are
backup, security and disaster recovery as a consequence of Limehouse's central London
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Manage remote data centre infrastructure in the UK and US and redesign solution to incorporate a
new UK data centre location
outside of London
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Manage corporate VPN and provide support to remote workers
both in the UK
PLASTIC
LOGIC LIMITED
Date April
2003 to December 2006
Position Systems Administrator
Nature
of Business Leader in
Plastic Electronics
Responsibilities
and Achievements
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Responsible for the planning, development and management of
IT throughout the whole Company with project management of internal IT projects.
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Planned and implemented a corporate IT strategy including
backup, disaster recovery and IT network security.
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Improved Internet stability and security through migration
to an alternative provider and the implementation of a double layer firewall
(external Cisco PIX, internal running Linux).
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Management of the IT support team providing 24/7 in-house
and remote support to 60 users, Clean Room Network, LAB networks and Test
environment.
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Installed, configured and maintains SurfControl email and
web filter.
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Designed, implemented and managed Exchange 2003 Front-end/Back-end
topology.
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Designed and implemented Windows 2003 Active Directory
Network.
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Installed and configured Cadence Software running on Linux.
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Managed a network comprising 11 Servers (7 Windows 2003, 3
Linux and 1 Solaris 10).
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Set-up, configured and managed DNS servers on Linux and
Windows 2003.
COMPUTACENTER (UK) LTD
Date October
2002 to April 2003
Position Network Services Analyst
Nature
of Business Computer
systems distributor
Responsibilities
and Achievements
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Provided remote monitoring and management services to
clients of Comutacenter.
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Installed, configured and managed BMC Patrol as a tool to
monitor customer networks.
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Administered and managed Netbackup and ARCServeIt backup
servers.
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Used Compaq Insight Manager to monitor Compaq Servers.
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Managed Citrix Servers and Terminal Services.
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Administered Windows 2000 Active Directory for several
different customers.
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Monitored, analysed and problem-solved client networks.
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Monitored and managed ORACLE database, Veritas Cluster
Servers, E10 and E15K Sun Machines and Sun Solaris 9.0 servers.
IMERGE
LTD
Date March
2000 to October 2002
Position Systems
Network Administrator
Nature
of Business Development and
provision of media appliance technology
Responsibilities
and Achievements
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Planned and set-up the whole heterogeneous network
architecture including remote access WAN between offices using Cisco routers,
ISDN lines, PABX, Switches, ATM and Frame Relay.
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Set up and implemented a corporate backup strategy using
Veritas Backup Exec.
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Set up DNS, SSH, SFTP, NFS and NIS
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Set up a VPN server using Windows NT 4.0 PPTP, and Linux
IPSec to enable remote access to company network.
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Managed and maintained MS Exchange Server 5.5/2000, SQL
servers and NetApp file server.
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Provided PC, Linux, Windows 98/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP, networking
support to 70 users across 3 offices.
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Set up and maintained Intranet using Linux RedHat 6.2 and
Apache.
CONSULTORIA E
SISTEMAS LTDA, RECIFE, BRAZIL
Date March
1999 to December 1999
Position Linux
Consultant
Nature
of Business Linux consultancy provider, partner of Conectiva Linux, the
official Linux distributor in Brazil
BRITANIC INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, RECIFE, BRAZIL
Date July
1997 to March 1999
Position IT
Manager
Nature
of Business UK-affiliated language school
TRE (REGIONAL ELECTIONS COUNCIL),
RECIFE, BRAZIL
Date June
1996 July 1997
Position IT
Support Officer
Nature
of Business Local Government
