Senior Network Engineer

• Dec 2021 - Present

At Bestway, we’re the UK’s largest trade-only retailer. The biggest. Number one.From pharmacy and cement, to banking and wholesale – you name it, we work with it. And it’s that variety – that sheer scale – that means we can offer so many opportunities for so many people in so many different careers.Whether you’re in finance or marketing, logistics or communications, join us and you’ll join forces with an ambitious group of industry experts who are shaping the way our business – and our industry – develops.

Core Infrastructure Consultant - Network & Security

• Mar 2020 - Present

The City and Guilds of London Institute is an educational organization, founded on 11 November 1878 by the City of London and 16 livery companies – to develop a national system of technical education, the Institute has been operating under Royal Charter (RC117), granted by Queen Victoria, since 1900We work with education providers, employers and governments in over 100 countries across the world to help people, businesses and economies grow by shaping skills systems and supporting skills development.The Group is made up of City & Guilds, ILM, Kineo, The Oxford Group, Gen2 and Intertrain. Together, we set the standard for professional and technical education and corporate learning and development around the world.- Re-configuration/implementation of internal Nessus vulnerability scanning (for Cyber Essentials+ accreditation)- Various minor & major firmware upgrades across the C&G security estate e.g. Check Point/NetScaler (for CE+)- End-to-end implementation of Cisco Umbrella URL-filtering solution – Cloud, on-prem and roaming client- Cisco switch configuration and installation at multiple regional offices- Assistance with firewall migration - Azure Check Point R77.30 to R80.30 gateways- Check Point – 15000 Appliances/Azure VMs- Citrix NetScaler MPX/Azure VPX- Cisco Umbrella (Multi-Org)

Senior Network Engineer

• Mar 2018 - Nov 2019

Network Engineer

• Sep 2015 - Mar 2018

Channel Programme of the Year at 2016 European IT & Software Excellence AwardsOverall Data Centre Company of the Year at 2015 DCS AwardsGlobal and Americas Service Provider Partner of the Year at VMware Partner Exchange 2015Navisite, Inc., a part of Spectrum Enterprise, is a leading international provider of enterprise-class, cloud-enabled hosting, managed applications and services. Navisite provides a full suite of reliable and scalable managed services, including Application, Cloud Desktop, Cloud Infrastructure and Hosting services for organizations looking to outsource IT infrastructures to help lower their capital and operational costs. Enterprise customers depend on Navisite for customized solutions, delivered through an international footprint of state-of-the-art data centers. For more information about Navisite’s services, please visit navisite.com or navisite.co.uk.- Installation, configuration & maintenance of Cisco Nexus/ASR datacentre infrastructure- Datacentre migration- Design, installation, configuration & maintenance of customer cloud infrastructure solutions- Cisco Switching and related technologies - i.e. Catalyst 29xx/37xx/45xx/65xx (inc. VSS)/Nexus 7/5/2K- Routing technologies i.e. MLS/ASR, EIGRP/OSPF/BGP- Cisco IOS + NX-OS- TCP/IP- Cisco ASA, ACL/IPsec/SSL VPN, NAT etc.- Citrix Netscaler

Network Consultant

• Feb 2013 - Sep 2015

Cisco UK&I Soluion Innovation Partner of the Year FY15.Cisco Global EMEAR Partner of the Year 2013.Block is a consultancy and services company that helps organisations transform their business through the intelligent application of information and communications architectures. - Operations Centre Consultant supporting 80+ customer sites in Cisco R&S, Security and Wireless technologies- On-site support for customer sites, inc. BUPA, Imperial, St. George’s & GOSH Trusts- 1 year full time on-site network support for managed services, Great Ormond St. Hospital (GOSH)- Cisco Smart Collector (CSP) Services technical lead- Cisco Switching and related technologioes - i.e. Catalyst 29xx/37xx/45xx/65xx (inc. VSS)/Nexus 7/5/2K- Routing technologies i.e. EIGRP/OSPF- Cisco IOS + NX-OS- TCP/IP- Cisco ACS/ISE- Cisco ASA, ACL/IPsec/SSL VPN, NAT etc.- IronPort ESA & WSA, mail & web filtering - Cisco WLC/WCS/NCS/Prime, wireless switching technologies- Solarwinds Orion NPM/NCM

Network Engineer

• Oct 2010 - Jan 2013

River Island is a London-headquartered high street fashion brand, which operates in a number of worldwide markets. River Island has a global portfolio of over 300 stores in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Russia, the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, the Middle East, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Singapore.- Mutli-site networking support - HQ, stores & distribution centres- Cisco Switching and related technologies - i.e. Catalyst 29xx/37xx/45xx/65xx (inc. VSS)/Nexus 7/5/2K- Cisco IOS + NX-OS- TCP/IP- Cisco ACS- Cisco ASA/PIX, ACL/IPsec/SSL VPN, NAT etc.- Cisco WLC/WCS, wireless switching technologies- Solarwinds Orion NPM- KiwiTools

Senior Support Analyst

• Apr 2007 - Sep 2010

- 1st-3rd Line Support Desktop & Server Support- MS Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7- MS Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/Active Directory- MS Office XP/2003/2007 - VMWare Workstation- Blackberry Support- Application/Hardware Support

IT Administrator

• Oct 2004 - Apr 2007

Based in west London, Superhire is home to the largest collection of TV, film and theatrical props in Europe. - 1st-2nd Line Support- MS Windows 2000/XP- MS Office XP- Application & Hardware Support- Website Content Management, Design, Marketing Based in west London, Superhire is home to the largest collection of TV, film and theatrical props in Europe. - 1st-2nd Line Support- MS Windows 2000/XP- MS Office XP- Application & Hardware Support- Website Content Management, Design, Marketing