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technical engineer

About

An IT Professional of over 15 years, with extensive expertise in strategic technology infrastructure planning and implementation while developing cost effective solutions to meet business requirements. Negotiating SLAs, agreeing OLAs and negotiating Underpinning Contracts are one of my specialities. Experience of working with limited budgets and short timescales has resulted in me having the ability to have inventive and dynamic thinking as one of my skills.Specialties: Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE 2012)EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)EC-Council Licensed Penetration Tester (LPT)ITIL V2 ManagerITIL V3 FoundationMicrosoft Server 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2012Microsoft ExchangeMCSEMCSAMCTSMCITPCCNACiscoCitrixVMwareWirelessVOIPMitel MiCollabMitel Unified Communicator AdvancedPurchase Negotiation

Country

united kingdom

City

oldham

Industry

Skill

firewalls, windows server, ceh, linux, cisco technologies, citrix, active directory, data center, infrastructure, itil, windows, dns, nessus, network design, windows server 2008, microsoft exchange, fortinet, windows server 2012, penetration testing, telecommunications, computer security, cisco, switches, system administration, tcp/ip, virtualization, mcsa, metasploit, network security, network administration, disaster recovery, storage, windows 7, technical support, microsoft certified professional, contract negotiation, iso 27001, network architecture, vmware esx, security, wireless, pci dss, servers, cloud computing, system deployment, vmware, routers, it management, bgp, routing

Experience

technical engineer

xicon

2013-6 - Present · 13 yrs 4 mos

it consultant

groundwork bury & bolton

2013-5 - 2013-6 · 2 mos

Design and implement changes to the IT systems to allow a secure and reliable transition to cloud services.

it network manager

groundwork

2002-6 - 2013-5 · 11 yrs

it consultant

loreto grammar school

2002-2 - 2002-5 · 4 mos

Design and implement change during the migration from Novel Netware to Microsoft Server 2000Implement a strategy for antivirus deployment over 350 machines with limited downtimeTrain new members of staff and assist in their introduction to the IT department

customer technical support manager

hobs reprographics

1999-2 - 2001-10 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Provide support to all external clients of the business via the phone or in person.Manage the WAN links to other sites and also to clients.Design, maintain and support the IT systems across 8 locations (Trafford Park, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool, Chester, Milton Keynes and Abingdon)Pre and post-sales support for all customersTechnical support for internal staff and customersImplement the first hub site for Autodesk’s Buzzsaw product in Europe, including creation of WAN links between Manchester, UK and Phoenix, ArizonaTrain customers in Autodesk products; AutoCad 2000, 3D studio Viz, Buzzsaw

design engineer

pennine vibropiling

1996-7 - 1999-2 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Manager the organisations Drawing office.Create designs for construction projects across the UK and in certain countries across the world.Create tenders for future work.Negotiate contracts for tenders won.Negotiate changes to contracts for work already being undertaken.Work to strict deadlines to reduce limited downtime, thus reducing costs to both the organisation and its clients

drawing office manager

vibroflotation

1994-4 - 1996-6 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Create drawings for the civil engineering environment using AutoCad R14.Adaption of drawings and creation of new plans using information received from Architects, Civil Engineers and main contractors. Total control of the drawing office. Purchasing machines and software for the Drawing Office.Programming and setting up of AutoCAD work centres.Estimating the cost of works and submitting tenders to prospective Clients/Engineers.

draughtsman

bauer foundation corp.

1991-10 - 1994-4 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Design drawings for the civil engineering environment.The drawings were created using information received from Architects, Civil Engineers and main contractors. Assistant Manager of the office. Programming and setting up AutoCAD work centres.