Experience

ASK4 Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Platform and Infrastructure Engineer

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Responsibilities include design, building and maintenance of in-house and cloud (AWS) infrastructure, using technologies including CentOS, Ansible, Terraform, Gitlab, Docker, Ovirt, GlusterFS and Ceph.

• System Administrator

  • Nov 2006 - Dec 2018

  ASK4 provides managed and unmanaged internet services to businesses and private (mostly student) accommodation.My role involved: Linux System Administration for all servers (around 400 physical and 80 virtual). Network configuration on core routers. Switch configuration. Scripting/coding tools and modules.



Open Source Technologies

• United Kingdom
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• System Administrator

  • Nov 2006 - Mar 2013

  Provide support to various third parties for Linux servers, Windows Server, Active Directory. Projects have included: - Built and maintain a Xen hypervisor cluster using AOE shared storage with virtual CentOS 5 servers to provide DHCP, mail, Samba, Squid, OpenVPN, BackupPC, LTSP, and virtual Windows Server 2003 servers running Active Directory and Terminal Server. - Built various gateway/firewall/mail server/file server solutions for our clients. Provide support to various third parties for Linux servers, Windows Server, Active Directory. Projects have included: - Built and maintain a Xen hypervisor cluster using AOE shared storage with virtual CentOS 5 servers to provide DHCP, mail, Samba, Squid, OpenVPN, BackupPC, LTSP, and virtual Windows Server 2003 servers running Active Directory and Terminal Server. - Built various gateway/firewall/mail server/file server solutions for our clients.



Self-Employed

• Contractor and Professional Musician

  • Jul 1999 - Oct 2006

  Windows Programming Contracts and Musical Work. Including: "3D Atlas of the Universe" virtual reality software for Planetary Visions Ltd. A long-term project involving 3D visualization of planets, stars and galaxies (published as "ESO 3D Atlas Des Universums" in Germany by USM). Windows Programming Contracts and Musical Work. Including: "3D Atlas of the Universe" virtual reality software for Planetary Visions Ltd. A long-term project involving 3D visualization of planets, stars and galaxies (published as "ESO 3D Atlas Des Universums" in Germany by USM).



University of Manchester

• Manchester, United Kingdom

• Research Associate

  • Mar 1996 - Jun 1999

  Member of the Advanced Interfaces Group (AIG). The AIG is a leading research group looking at Virtual Reality software and systems. I worked on the VRLSA (Virtual Reality for Large Scale Applications) project, which was formed in co-operation with Sharp Laboratories UK, Brown and Root, and CADcentre. The project involved the development of Virtual Reality systems using Irix/OpenGL/C. Member of the Advanced Interfaces Group (AIG). The AIG is a leading research group looking at Virtual Reality software and systems. I worked on the VRLSA (Virtual Reality for Large Scale Applications) project, which was formed in co-operation with Sharp Laboratories UK, Brown and Root, and CADcentre. The project involved the development of Virtual Reality systems using Irix/OpenGL/C.