Senior Systems Analyst
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Looks at the big picture, forward thinker with focus on the details that matter. Self-initiative, keen to automate and contribute new approaches and solutions that add value. Long and extensive IT experience in infrastructure, development, deployment and Service Delivery. Confident and friendly communicator dealing and negotiating with clients, suppliers, stakeholders and technical/non-technical boards.
Wintel Specialist (Contract) - ISG Ltd.
(2022-03 - 2023-08)
Part of the Cloud and Infrastructure Team providing projects and 3rd level BAU support to Hybrid Cloud Environments (On-prem, Azure and BT Cloud). Data Migrations (active file shares and archives) to Azure Storage part of cloud migration programs. Vulnerability scanning and remediation, part of larger security compliance programs.
Reviewing and implementing improvements to Lifecycle and Asset Management. Problem solving, discovery and application/VM cloud migrations. Maintaining of on-prem and BT hosted business applications and services including legacy Citrix, SQL and OS platforms.
Systems Engineer - Coremont LLP
(2021-06 - 2022-01)
Part of Wintel and Infrastructure team implementing and supporting medium to large mainly on premise with increasing cloud presence. Conducted HLD and an approach plan for migrations to Azure AD, Exchange and SharePoint Online in a hybrid cloud posture. Also review the security and compliance aspects of these hybrid migrations.
Selection and negotiation with cloud service providers to support migration plans. Dealing with business requests, maintaining SaaS implementations, BAU and Troubleshooting.
Senior Systems Engineer – SC clearance - DXC Technology
(2017-09 - 2021-05)
Working on the Metropolitan Police Services account and projects. Predominantly AD SME and lead engineer on large scale AD upgrades and PKI migrations. Designed and built segregated VMware environments for DR and other sandpit requirements in vSphere 6.5 internal private cloud.
Contributed and fed into HLD and LLD for various customer projects and requirements. Coordinated with third party on a medium size project migrating business critical application to Azure. Maintaining IL4 Secure Environments with strict and rigorous change controls, Citrix XenDesktop/App, VMware vSphere 5.5 infrastructure, veeam backup, Sophos, and Class 3 PKI.
Managing, provisioning and support of storage and backup systems.
Senior Systems Analyst - Project Manager (Contract) - London Borough of Merton
(2015-04 - 2017-07)
Managing stakeholders, suppliers and service providers and developers, testing and deployment teams. Hands-on project managed a number of upgrades and migrations of on premise systems to SaaS, PaaS cloud and hosting service providers. Main projects:
System Directories Specialist – SC clearance (Contract) - HP Enterprise Services UK Ltd
(2014-09 - 2015-03)
Working on MOD and Public Services projects producing AD Engineering and documentation using strict and rigorous change and release management. Developed VBA Spreadsheets to automate engineering of AD scripts.
Wintel Technical Specialist – SC clearance - Atos International
(2012-06 - 2014-09)
SME for transition and transformation projects for key clients – BBC, Department of Health, Home Office, NS&I, Equitable Life, Siemens. High and low level technical designs of Identity and Self-Service Password Reset systems.
Senior ICT Engineer (Contract) - London Borough of Barnet
(2012-03 - 2012-06)
IT Virtualisation Engineer (Contract) - Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital NHS Trust
(2012-02 - 2012-03)
Enterprise Systems Specialist Engineer (Contract) - House of Parliament
(2011-07 - 2012-01)
Senior Systems Analyst/Project Manager - London Borough of Merton
(2007-12 - 2011-05)
Web Analyst - London Borough of Merton
(2007-03 - 2007-12)
Desktop and Server Analyst - London Borough of Merton
(2001-04 - 2007-03)
Various IT roles - London Borough of Merton
(1997 - 2011)
Director - Transcend Computing Ltd.
(1997 - 2001)
Various IT contracts, rollouts and projects.
Project Manager - BUPA
(1996-01 - 1996-07)
Systems Analysts Team Manager - BUPA
(1990-07 - 1996-01)
Systems Auditor/Technical Specialist - BUPA
(1987-11 - 1990-07)
PC Support Contractor - BUPA
(1987-03 - 1987-11)
Assistant Accountant - Bin Hamoodah Group - Abu Dhabi, U.A.E
(1983 - 1985)
Baccalaureate degree (A level Equivalent)
