Marine Biologist

• May 2016 - Present

Science Teacher

• Sep 2019 - Aug 2021

Biology A' Level science teacher covering the AQA syllabusGCSE science teacher for Physics, Chemistry and BiologyKS3 general science teacher Biology A' Level science teacher covering the AQA syllabusGCSE science teacher for Physics, Chemistry and BiologyKS3 general science teacher

Windows Support, Technical Team

• Feb 2014 - Aug 2019

Responsible for designing costing and delivering projects to a wide range of industries and roles. Responsible for configuring and deploying Sophos UTM’s. This included firewall, application control, web access, wireless control, VPN and other services provided on the box. Implemented Windows Server environments to clients including managing Domains, Exchange, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and other roles and networking services. Managed offsite backup services for OS, Exchange, MS SQL and file shares. Managed and solved desktop issues on XP-Windows 8 and Apple Osx 10.9-10.10 operating systems. Responsible for providing and updating client technical documentation.

Senior Engineer

• Nov 2011 - Feb 2014

Head of Corporate IT responsible for managing and delivering client projects. Responsible for business analyst tasks like capturing client and business needs and creating custom solutions, pricing and deploying to businesses. Implemented Windows Server 2008 R2 environments to clients including managing Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and other roles and networking services. Rolled-out an upgrade from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. This project included the introduction of mail archiving as well as SPAM filtering solutions on the Exchange server.Managed and solved desktop issues on a daily basis for a number of corporate clients on XP-Windows 8 operating systems. This included banking application support as well as supporting the implementation of other 3rd party database applications.Responsible for documentation of all changes to systems and implementation projects which were rolled-out to customers.

Newtork Administrator

• Nov 2011 - Feb 2014

Business Analyst

• Oct 2010 - Oct 2011

Analysed and streamlined existing business practices to reduce redundant processes and simplify othersResponsible for managing and implementing Koalas UKAS accreditation for ISO 9001, 18001, 14001 standardsLead the development of new marketing initiatives such as new company logo, website, business cards, company handbook and folder. Implemented new SBS 2008 server with shares and user permissionsImplemented offsite backup with VPN tunnel between sitesImplemented network architecture Managed the migration of the new company employment contractsInvolved in meetings with lawyers to discuss all legal technicalities. Oversaw development of new company handbook outlining company procedures.

Aquarist

• Sep 2005 - Sep 2009

Responsible for the maintenance and welfare of animals within assigned section Responsible for the administering of treatments to animals within assigned section Performed diving duties including feeding and tank maintenance Responsible for the maintenance and welfare of animals within assigned section Responsible for the administering of treatments to animals within assigned section Performed diving duties including feeding and tank maintenance

Project Manager

• Mar 2003 - Jul 2004

Planned and implemented total network architecture Addition of fibre optic backbone for network Purchase and configuration of servers including Active directory and MS Exchange Network configuration including IP assignments and management Managed support team members and daily tasks Mainly with additional workload from network upgrade Responsible for project timescale delivery Had to report monthly progress to senior partners Selected and configured VPN and firewall services Configuration of ports Creation of DMZ Implemented backup procedures Daily tape backups and offsite storage as part of disaster recovery Provided desktop support to firm on MS Office, Windows and in house applications

Technical Support

• Mar 2002 - Dec 2002

Responsible for managing UAT testing and release procedures Responsible for quality and timely solutions to end users in a high pressure trading floor environment Analysing PLSQL and SQL statements Liaising with third party vendors and applications development teams Thomson Full circle on Oracle 8 and 9 databases iPub and iView on Sybase databases Authored numerous VBA macros to automate repetitive tasks Developed analyst applications and financial models using Excel and Access Documentation, support and user training

Technical Support

• Sep 2000 - Mar 2002

Responsible for managing client relationships for software vendor Developed, maintained and supported numerous Oracle packages, procedures and functions PLSQL and SQL scripting Oracle on Unix and shell scripting Administered and supported web based Java and HTML applications Apache, IIS and Tomcat web server administration Oracle 8 and 9 database administration (creating databases, imports/exports, creating users, changing passwords etc) Developed applications using Visual Basic database connections to Oracle backend