Thomas Thornton
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Credentials
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AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies
MicrosoftJul, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
AZ-302: Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect
MicrosoftJan, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
70-535: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions
MicrosoftDec, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
AZ-102 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Transition
MicrosoftDec, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
MCSA: Cloud Platform
MicrosoftDec, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
MicrosoftOct, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
AZ-400: Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions
MicrosoftNov, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
MicrosoftJan, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
MicrosoftDec, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management
IT Futures Australia -
ITIL Foundations
IT Futures Australia
Experience
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Kainos
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United Kingdom
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Azure Technical Specialist
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Oct 2022 - Present
As a Senior Platform Technical Specialist in Kainos, I am responsible for helping to shape and develop business in my area of specialisation and provide assurance across delivery projects. As a technical leader in my field, I work with industry leaders to influence future technology roadmaps and be a linchpin within Kainos communities of practice. I am involved in all stages of delivery from sales qualification through to helping teams deliver solutions in Microsoft Azure, adaptable to business needs and have a strong grounding in Solution Architecture to fulfil my role. It’s a fast-paced environment and I am trusted to make sound, reasoned decisions as you continually learn and advance. Roles and responsibilities include:- Championing technology- Being bold in my vision- Developing Kainos as a business- Developing partnerships- Providing technical assurance- Providing leadership- Being a role model- Putting people first and developing others- Ownership of delivering and supporting all aspects of modern digital service platforms in production environments. - Making effective – and sometimes difficult - decisions within fast-moving delivery environments and owning the outcomes. - Delivering all aspects of modern digital service platforms in production environments.- Conducting platform reviews to identify areas of improvement and risk.- Leading teams to delivery cutting edge solutions Show less
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Azure Technical Specialist
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Oct 2020 - Present
As a Platform Technical Specialist in Kainos, I am responsible for leading teams and developing high quality solutions which delight our customers. • Working with customer architects to design, automate, build and support modern digital service platforms, advising on estimated effort and technical implications of user stories and decisions.• Strong verbal and written communications skills, with the ability to simply and clearly communicate technical design in conversation, documentation and presentation to a technical and non-technical audience.• Passionate about developing people – a demonstrated ability in managing, coaching and developing junior members of your team and wider community.• Designing, building, testing, automating, monitoring and supporting modern digital service platforms in production environments.• Making effective decisions within fast-moving delivery environments.Utilizing the latest Continuous Delivery techniques for releasing operationally ready software to production.• Provide Azure technical expertise including strategic design and architectural changes, assests, POC’s• Building cloud architecture in Microsoft Azure in a devOps culture• Develop and maintain numerous technical knowledge based articles for team • Provide technical oversight and guidance during client engagements• Contributing to technical decisions and direction in a collaborative team environment, including architecture, estimation, product planning and user story/requirement creation• Participate in internal and customer meetings assisting with the ongoing advancement of technology offerings• Provides technical expertise to colleagues within Azure• Proven track record of completing straight forward to complex implementations in delivery & support projects Show less
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Senior Ops Engineer
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Jan 2017 - Oct 2020
• Provide Azure technical expertise including strategic design and architectural changes, assests, POC’s • Assist in architecting solutions using Azure IaaS services including compute, networking, monitoring, security, backup recovery etc • Building cloud architecture in Microsoft Azure in a devOps Culture using Azure DevOps • Azure architecture built using primarily ARM templates(JSON) • Developed numerous Azure PowerShell/Azure CLI scripts and configurations to assist deploys in Azure • Develop and maintain numerous technical knowledge based articles for team • Provide technical oversight and guidance during client engagements • Contributing to technical decisions and direction in a collaborative team environment, including architecture, estimation, product planning and user story/requirement creation • Participate in internal and customer meetings assisting with the ongoing advancement of technology offerings • Provides technical expertise to colleagues within Azure • Proven track record of completing straight forward to complex implementations in delivery & support projects • Troubleshoot and identify performance, connectivity and other issues for the infrastructure hosted in Azure • Up skills & mentors junior members of the team, providing “go-to” assistance when required. • Can clearly communicate technical design in conversation, documentation and presentation to a technical audience.• Participation in knowledge sharing activities, both within the team and with wider non-technical audiences • Superb interpersonal skills, that works in a meticulous manner with a professional attitude and firm personality to see tough jobs through independently or as a team member Show less
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Ops Engineer
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Apr 2015 - Jan 2017
• Working primarly in Azure and UKCloud platforms • Excellent technical skills, with strong knowledge of current and emerging technologies that expresses an interest in enhancing his current skill set while learning new ones. • Working in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environments • Implementation & delivery of projects with minimal supervision where self-sufficiency and creating thinking are required • Solid background of providing support to customers both in services and government sectors • Proven track record of completing straight forward to complex implementations in delivery & support projects • Observant throughout while overcoming potential barriers ensuring deadlines are met. • Regularly prioritising demanding workload • Follows ITIL processes throughout delivery and support Show less
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IT Technical Support Engineer
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Jan 2013 - Apr 2015
Technical support covering 9 shop branches and two timber plants(130 users) Also maintain the inhouse/hybrid software called Intact, the software is outsourced but developed to meet the needs of the business. I support from the normal user entering a sale to managers creating specific data drills/reports needed by each manager. Below are the main areas covered in my role: Windows server 2003/2008/2012 management Active Directory 2003/2012 Exchange server 2003/2010 Citrix / CAG Citrix AppCenter Xenapp Configuration AXEL Terminal Setup Blackberry enterprise Server Cat5 networking Sonicwall/VPN configurations Office 2003/2007/2010/2013 support Symantec Backup Exec Intact Accounting Software Websense Web Security VMware Show less
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Technical Support
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Aug 2012 - Jan 2013
Technical Support Specialist (Printers/Laptop) Setting up printers/scanners for customers/businesses via telephone Diagnosing printer/scanner problems over home networks, USB and server Communicating with engineers onsite to find resolutions Creating technical documents for others to use Set up/diagnosing on all Windows platforms and Mac with some server diagnostics Laptop support including software repairs, diagnosing hardware faults and communicating with repair centers Setting up and changing IP addresses of printers/scanners over home networks, servers and AD-Hoc. Show less
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Laptop/Computer Technician
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Jan 2010 - Jun 2010
Repair Technician Laptop/Computer Warranty repairs for ACER Ireland Analyzing & Diagnosing Laptops/Computers Building computers/laptops from shell upwards Minor Server Control & Configuration Repair Technician Laptop/Computer Warranty repairs for ACER Ireland Analyzing & Diagnosing Laptops/Computers Building computers/laptops from shell upwards Minor Server Control & Configuration
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Education
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2010 - 2012
University of Ulster
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science -
2008 - 2010
Southern Regional College
Associate's Degree, Foundation Degree in Computing Science -
2006 - 2008
BTEC National Diploma
Associate's Degree, BTEC National Diploma for ICT Practioners -
2001 - 2006
Banbridge High School
High School, GCSES
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