Global Lead of Cloud Solutions

• Jun 2021 - Present

Director and Cloud Solutions Consultant

• Jul 2016 - Present

- Provided architecture expertise and implementation for migration of on-premises Microsoft IIS websites and SQL databases into Microsoft Azure, leveraging IaaS for IIS servers and PaaS for SQL databases. Additionally, incorporated Traffic Manager, Application Gateway, Key Vault and Recovery Services Vault. - Created PowerShell scripts to remove repetitive tasks and provide a baseline of application configuration following the automated infrastructure deployment. - Utilised Azure DevOps… Show more - Provided architecture expertise and implementation for migration of on-premises Microsoft IIS websites and SQL databases into Microsoft Azure, leveraging IaaS for IIS servers and PaaS for SQL databases. Additionally, incorporated Traffic Manager, Application Gateway, Key Vault and Recovery Services Vault. - Created PowerShell scripts to remove repetitive tasks and provide a baseline of application configuration following the automated infrastructure deployment. - Utilised Azure DevOps and GitHub for code repository, and Azure Pipelines for CI/CD of deployments. - Created deployment pipelines to include branching and code review approval processes. - Developed re-usable Terraform environments and value add services for Microsoft Azure. Show less - Provided architecture expertise and implementation for migration of on-premises Microsoft IIS websites and SQL databases into Microsoft Azure, leveraging IaaS for IIS servers and PaaS for SQL databases. Additionally, incorporated Traffic Manager, Application Gateway, Key Vault and Recovery Services Vault. - Created PowerShell scripts to remove repetitive tasks and provide a baseline of application configuration following the automated infrastructure deployment. - Utilised Azure DevOps… Show more - Provided architecture expertise and implementation for migration of on-premises Microsoft IIS websites and SQL databases into Microsoft Azure, leveraging IaaS for IIS servers and PaaS for SQL databases. Additionally, incorporated Traffic Manager, Application Gateway, Key Vault and Recovery Services Vault. - Created PowerShell scripts to remove repetitive tasks and provide a baseline of application configuration following the automated infrastructure deployment. - Utilised Azure DevOps and GitHub for code repository, and Azure Pipelines for CI/CD of deployments. - Created deployment pipelines to include branching and code review approval processes. - Developed re-usable Terraform environments and value add services for Microsoft Azure. Show less

Senior Cloud Solutions Architect (Contract)

• Apr 2017 - Sep 2020

- Engaged as Cloud Solutions Architect to manage and coordinate the migration of existing hedge funds from private to public cloud; working from both the UK and USA to ensure successfully execution and delivery of projects in line with aggressive timelines - Provisioned Public Cloud resources with DevOps approach; Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, using BitBucket as Git repository, and deployed through Bamboo CI pipelines - Manage migration projects and provide leadership and… Show more - Engaged as Cloud Solutions Architect to manage and coordinate the migration of existing hedge funds from private to public cloud; working from both the UK and USA to ensure successfully execution and delivery of projects in line with aggressive timelines - Provisioned Public Cloud resources with DevOps approach; Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, using BitBucket as Git repository, and deployed through Bamboo CI pipelines - Manage migration projects and provide leadership and direction to a team (growing team from 1 to 5) responsible for managing escalations, delivering solutions, overseeing presales functions and handling client engagement - Oversee and coordinate the end to end project lifecycle with ownership for contributing to planning sessions for new clients, attending Sprint planning sessions and stand-ups, updating project plans and Confluence documentation, managing resources, mapping milestones and onboarding new clients. - Work in close collaboration with Project Managers, PMO and Global Head of Project Management in the UK and USA to drive delivery of objectives in line with client requirements - Responsible for managing and resolving technical and access escalations as key member of the team with full access to all areas of the business - Conduct pre-sales reviews of corporate cloud or bespoke engagements whilst managing the onboarding of clients through creating and presenting proposals to clients valued up to £250k - Raise, review and approve POs for the team prior to purchases being made, reviewed invoices prior to being sent to clients, managed billing enquiries regarding client purchases and invoices, and played a pivotal role in streamlining and improving the overall billing and purchasing function Show less - Engaged as Cloud Solutions Architect to manage and coordinate the migration of existing hedge funds from private to public cloud; working from both the UK and USA to ensure successfully execution and delivery of projects in line with aggressive timelines - Provisioned Public Cloud resources with DevOps approach; Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, using BitBucket as Git repository, and deployed through Bamboo CI pipelines - Manage migration projects and provide leadership and… Show more - Engaged as Cloud Solutions Architect to manage and coordinate the migration of existing hedge funds from private to public cloud; working from both the UK and USA to ensure successfully execution and delivery of projects in line with aggressive timelines - Provisioned Public Cloud resources with DevOps approach; Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, using BitBucket as Git repository, and deployed through Bamboo CI pipelines - Manage migration projects and provide leadership and direction to a team (growing team from 1 to 5) responsible for managing escalations, delivering solutions, overseeing presales functions and handling client engagement - Oversee and coordinate the end to end project lifecycle with ownership for contributing to planning sessions for new clients, attending Sprint planning sessions and stand-ups, updating project plans and Confluence documentation, managing resources, mapping milestones and onboarding new clients. - Work in close collaboration with Project Managers, PMO and Global Head of Project Management in the UK and USA to drive delivery of objectives in line with client requirements - Responsible for managing and resolving technical and access escalations as key member of the team with full access to all areas of the business - Conduct pre-sales reviews of corporate cloud or bespoke engagements whilst managing the onboarding of clients through creating and presenting proposals to clients valued up to £250k - Raise, review and approve POs for the team prior to purchases being made, reviewed invoices prior to being sent to clients, managed billing enquiries regarding client purchases and invoices, and played a pivotal role in streamlining and improving the overall billing and purchasing function Show less

Infrastructure Engineer (Contract)

• Jul 2016 - Apr 2017

- Oversee the day-to-day operations of accounts, client relationships and incidents. - Provide BAU support, ensuring users and customers have 24x7 access to network systems, applications and services. - Manage Active Directory, MS Windows Server operation systems and other enterprise software applications (including Citrix, VMware, Linux/SQL server database, IIS and SANs). - Provide operations support including data backup, data restore, disaster recovery and storage management. -… Show more - Oversee the day-to-day operations of accounts, client relationships and incidents. - Provide BAU support, ensuring users and customers have 24x7 access to network systems, applications and services. - Manage Active Directory, MS Windows Server operation systems and other enterprise software applications (including Citrix, VMware, Linux/SQL server database, IIS and SANs). - Provide operations support including data backup, data restore, disaster recovery and storage management. - Conduct analysis of server and network activity and maintaining performance monitoring systems and other software programs (including intrusion detection and virus scanning). Show less - Oversee the day-to-day operations of accounts, client relationships and incidents. - Provide BAU support, ensuring users and customers have 24x7 access to network systems, applications and services. - Manage Active Directory, MS Windows Server operation systems and other enterprise software applications (including Citrix, VMware, Linux/SQL server database, IIS and SANs). - Provide operations support including data backup, data restore, disaster recovery and storage management. -… Show more - Oversee the day-to-day operations of accounts, client relationships and incidents. - Provide BAU support, ensuring users and customers have 24x7 access to network systems, applications and services. - Manage Active Directory, MS Windows Server operation systems and other enterprise software applications (including Citrix, VMware, Linux/SQL server database, IIS and SANs). - Provide operations support including data backup, data restore, disaster recovery and storage management. - Conduct analysis of server and network activity and maintaining performance monitoring systems and other software programs (including intrusion detection and virus scanning). Show less

Technical Executive

• Jun 2014 - Jul 2016

I was hired initially as a L3 Windows System Administrator and then quickly promoted to Technical Executive after 3 months in role. I lead a team of 4 with accountability for 10 Private Cloud environments. Manage 700 servers, 85 virtualisation hosts and 900TB of RAW SAN storage. A few of my key achievements include: - Oversaw the design, deployment and transition of UK and global datacentres for Emirates. - Deployed a consolidated Citrix solution for Royal Mail, for use by third… Show more I was hired initially as a L3 Windows System Administrator and then quickly promoted to Technical Executive after 3 months in role. I lead a team of 4 with accountability for 10 Private Cloud environments. Manage 700 servers, 85 virtualisation hosts and 900TB of RAW SAN storage. A few of my key achievements include: - Oversaw the design, deployment and transition of UK and global datacentres for Emirates. - Deployed a consolidated Citrix solution for Royal Mail, for use by third party vendors. - Upgraded 2 datacentres for BT Private Compute.  - Designed and deployed a backend application datacentre infrastructure for Royal Mail.  - Led design and implementation of a vCenter and SQL cluster for high availability for BT Private Compute CFE. Show less I was hired initially as a L3 Windows System Administrator and then quickly promoted to Technical Executive after 3 months in role. I lead a team of 4 with accountability for 10 Private Cloud environments. Manage 700 servers, 85 virtualisation hosts and 900TB of RAW SAN storage. A few of my key achievements include: - Oversaw the design, deployment and transition of UK and global datacentres for Emirates. - Deployed a consolidated Citrix solution for Royal Mail, for use by third… Show more I was hired initially as a L3 Windows System Administrator and then quickly promoted to Technical Executive after 3 months in role. I lead a team of 4 with accountability for 10 Private Cloud environments. Manage 700 servers, 85 virtualisation hosts and 900TB of RAW SAN storage. A few of my key achievements include: - Oversaw the design, deployment and transition of UK and global datacentres for Emirates. - Deployed a consolidated Citrix solution for Royal Mail, for use by third party vendors. - Upgraded 2 datacentres for BT Private Compute.  - Designed and deployed a backend application datacentre infrastructure for Royal Mail.  - Led design and implementation of a vCenter and SQL cluster for high availability for BT Private Compute CFE. Show less

Cloud Platform Engineer

• Feb 2014 - Jun 2014

I was promoted to Cloud Platform Engineer following IT Lab’s acquisition of Atlanta Technology. I worked closely with the CTO to develop the Cloud platform and enable IT Lab’s service offering of Infrastructure-as-a-Service. The Cloud platform was built upon VMware 5.5, Cisco (4509 Core, 5ks and 3750s) networking and Dell Compellent SAN storage.  Whilst in role I :- - Designed and implemented a new monitoring solution using Zabbix, across networking, storage and VMware. -… Show more I was promoted to Cloud Platform Engineer following IT Lab’s acquisition of Atlanta Technology. I worked closely with the CTO to develop the Cloud platform and enable IT Lab’s service offering of Infrastructure-as-a-Service. The Cloud platform was built upon VMware 5.5, Cisco (4509 Core, 5ks and 3750s) networking and Dell Compellent SAN storage.  Whilst in role I :- - Designed and implemented a new monitoring solution using Zabbix, across networking, storage and VMware. - Upgraded the server estate from Server 2008 to 2012 with minimal downtime. Show less I was promoted to Cloud Platform Engineer following IT Lab’s acquisition of Atlanta Technology. I worked closely with the CTO to develop the Cloud platform and enable IT Lab’s service offering of Infrastructure-as-a-Service. The Cloud platform was built upon VMware 5.5, Cisco (4509 Core, 5ks and 3750s) networking and Dell Compellent SAN storage.  Whilst in role I :- - Designed and implemented a new monitoring solution using Zabbix, across networking, storage and VMware. -… Show more I was promoted to Cloud Platform Engineer following IT Lab’s acquisition of Atlanta Technology. I worked closely with the CTO to develop the Cloud platform and enable IT Lab’s service offering of Infrastructure-as-a-Service. The Cloud platform was built upon VMware 5.5, Cisco (4509 Core, 5ks and 3750s) networking and Dell Compellent SAN storage.  Whilst in role I :- - Designed and implemented a new monitoring solution using Zabbix, across networking, storage and VMware. - Upgraded the server estate from Server 2008 to 2012 with minimal downtime. Show less

Infrastructure Engineer

• Jul 2013 - Jan 2014

I was hired as a Windows Engineer to provide managed services solutions for a range of private sector companies across Europe. I provided 2nd and 3rd line support and maintained core infrastructure equipment. I was hired as a Windows Engineer to provide managed services solutions for a range of private sector companies across Europe. I provided 2nd and 3rd line support and maintained core infrastructure equipment.

Head Support Technician

• Apr 2010 - Jul 2013

Example1 is an IT Service Provider based in Edinburgh. I was hired into the role at a time of start-up for the company - this was my first role following education. I worked directly with clients to maintain infrastructure and supported users on a daily basis. I operated independently with minimal guidance or direction. Whilst in role I : - Automated a range of tasks to deliver efficiencies in working practices. - Developed comprehensive BCP documentation (Visio… Show more Example1 is an IT Service Provider based in Edinburgh. I was hired into the role at a time of start-up for the company - this was my first role following education. I worked directly with clients to maintain infrastructure and supported users on a daily basis. I operated independently with minimal guidance or direction. Whilst in role I : - Automated a range of tasks to deliver efficiencies in working practices. - Developed comprehensive BCP documentation (Visio flow diagrams and a written summary) for a London based trading broker. - Configured cross-site Firewall / VPN architecture for a local retail chain. - Designed and implemented Active Directory and Group Policy structures for a range of clients. Show less Example1 is an IT Service Provider based in Edinburgh. I was hired into the role at a time of start-up for the company - this was my first role following education. I worked directly with clients to maintain infrastructure and supported users on a daily basis. I operated independently with minimal guidance or direction. Whilst in role I : - Automated a range of tasks to deliver efficiencies in working practices. - Developed comprehensive BCP documentation (Visio… Show more Example1 is an IT Service Provider based in Edinburgh. I was hired into the role at a time of start-up for the company - this was my first role following education. I worked directly with clients to maintain infrastructure and supported users on a daily basis. I operated independently with minimal guidance or direction. Whilst in role I : - Automated a range of tasks to deliver efficiencies in working practices. - Developed comprehensive BCP documentation (Visio flow diagrams and a written summary) for a London based trading broker. - Configured cross-site Firewall / VPN architecture for a local retail chain. - Designed and implemented Active Directory and Group Policy structures for a range of clients. Show less