Infrastructure Architect (Contract)

• Nov 2022 - Present

Director

• Oct 2022 - Present

Principal Enterprise Systems Engineer

• Sep 2016 - Oct 2022

Working in the Workplace Technology Infrastructure Team, my role consists of designing and implementing strategic enterprise technology projects. Using a DevOps/Agile methodology to ensure deadlines are met and the requirements of key stakeholders are delivered. Working in the Workplace Technology Infrastructure Team, my role consists of designing and implementing strategic enterprise technology projects. Using a DevOps/Agile methodology to ensure deadlines are met and the requirements of key stakeholders are delivered.

Infrastructure Analyst

• Mar 2015 - Sep 2016

 Work effectively as part of a highly technical group of infrastructure analysts and contractors tasked with building, maintaining, scaling and delivering the server infrastructure, datacentre resources, IT processes and technologies across William Hill Group.  Infrastructure life cycle management simultaneously driving aggressive action in building IT infrastructure with the goal of realising transformational improvements in system capabilities, capacity, performance, speed in deployment, and service quality.  Delivery, management, scaling, and availability of mission critical Infrastructure services including Server infrastructure, Web technologies, Corporate services, ADC & load balancers, virtualization farms, Citrix services, incident response processes, monitoring, and overall quality of operational response to issues within the William Hill Group infrastructure environment.  Align, communicate, and plan infrastructure initiatives in partnership with senior management, peers, and analysts.  Engage in core Information security principles contributing to PCI-DSS compliance and active protection of William Hill Group network and server infrastructure Show less

Network Manager

• Jun 2011 - Nov 2014

 To understand the needs of key stakeholders to ensure the IT Network meets the requirements of the college.  To influence the decision making of the College Leadership Team.  To maintain, troubleshoot and ensure smooth running of the network.  To manage and administer of all network services including, Exchange, SQL, Active Directory, Group Policy, and the VMware virtual environment and all associated cloud based services.  To lead all strategic IT Network development.  To maintain the integrity of network security.  To liaise with external parties to resolve issues quickly.  To manage all maintenance contracts relating the college infrastructure.  To deputise for the Director of IT Services  To line manage the Assistant to the Network Manager and the IT Network Technician. Show less

IT Administrator

• Dec 2009 - Jun 2011

 General administration and monitoring of a multi-server, windows based terminal server environment, including additional appliances derived from Linux.  MS Exchange, MS SQL, MS Dynamics.  Disaster Recovery Planning.  Asterisk (VOIP telephony).  Blackberry Enterprise Server.  Email & Web filtering.  Our custom built trading platform.  Supporting our global user base (45+).  Closely liaising with solution vendors and maintaining service contracts.  Creating and presenting technical proposals to the board. Show less