Gavin Jones
IT Manager at MGI South Qld- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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MGI South Queensland
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Australia
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Accounting
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1 - 100 Employee
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IT Manager
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Mar 2008 - Present
• IT Manager for multi-site/office accounting firm • Responsible for the purchasing and negotiation of all hardware/software/licensing with vendors/partners/suppliers • Regular contact with Directors regarding IT matters – established a ‘Monthly IT Report’ • Evaluate and Implement Security Solutions for the Gateway, Network, Server and Client levels of the corporate IT environment • Day to Day management/maintenance of IT infrastructure from Server/Networking level down to end user workstations/mobiles/tablets • Built and Manage a VMWare server environment with Shared Storage and Windows Server guests (application/database servers, Exchange, Domain Controllers etc) • Created and manage a remote access platform for our second site + work from home (via PC’s, Mac’s, iPads etc) using Citrix • Established and manage the annual IT Budget (400-500k) • Created/maintain Disaster Recover and Business Continuity Plan – including DR Testing • Established and manage a cost effective and powerful Backup/DR Solution (duplication + geographic separation) • Create and maintain all system wide documentation
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IT Systems Administrator
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Jan 2005 - Feb 2008
• System administrator for multi-site law firm – 5 sites – 100 staff • Work with the IT Manager to maintain IT infrastructure • Create and maintain IT Documentation • Hardware/Software deployments • Technical Support across firm/sites • Responsible for the department operation while IT Manager was on leave • System administrator for multi-site law firm – 5 sites – 100 staff • Work with the IT Manager to maintain IT infrastructure • Create and maintain IT Documentation • Hardware/Software deployments • Technical Support across firm/sites • Responsible for the department operation while IT Manager was on leave
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Education
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Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Information Technology, Data Communications -
Pluralsight
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TrainSignal
Citrix XA6 - Microsoft Server 2008/R2 - Microsoft Exchange 2010 -
DDLS
VMWare Certified Professional Course (VCP5) -
Excomm
VMWare Certified Professional Course (VCP4) -
Alstonville High
High School Certificate