Neil McDowell
ICT Support Engineer at First4Lawyers Ltd.- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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First4Lawyers Ltd
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United Kingdom
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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ICT Support Engineer
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Jul 2019 - Present
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Naylor Industries Plc
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United Kingdom
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Technical Analyst
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Aug 2014 - Jul 2019
As part of a two man team with the System Administrator my position combined: • Negotiation of all communications and hosting contracts including mobile phones, network infrastructure, copiers and the virtual stack. • Implementation of project plans including: Migration from co-location to private cloud infrastructure VOIP implementation Office 365 desktop rollout Upgrade of server operating systems Implementation of Pirana CMMS engineering management system • Support, maintenance and training of 150 users over five sites throughout the UK. The systems currently supported include: • Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 server • VMware virtualization • Active Directory administration • Microsoft Exchange administration • Fortigate Firewall administration • Office 365 administration • Avaya phone system administration • Windows XP, 7, 8 and 10 • Mentoring staff of all levels • Trend Officescan XG anti-virus • Pirana CMMS engineering management system • Sales-I CRM installation • Android mobile phones (predominantly Samsung)
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CDS UK
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Technician
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Jan 2002 - Jul 2014
As part of a team of six my position involved support and training of 150 users over seven sites throughout the UK. The main functions are support of: • Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008 server • VMware and HyperV virtualization technologies • Active Directory administration • Microsoft Exchange 2010 administration • Arcserve and Symantec (Veritas) backup software installation and administration • Sophos Enterprise Endpoint and Control installations and administration • Avaya phone system administration • ADSL connectivity (WAN) • Watchguard Firewall and Office VPN administration • Checkpoint Firewall installation and administration • ISO17799 Information Security accreditation • Windows XP, 7 and 8 • Microsoft Office support versions from 2000 to 2010 • Macintosh OS X support up to and including Lion (10.7) • Administration of the companies software and font libraries • Auditing and purchasing.
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Education
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Queen Elizabeths Hospital School