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- April 2004 – August 2004 Vodafone/Single point
- June 2000 – September 2000 Bank of New York
- May 1997 – July 1999 Royal Bank of Scotland
- September 1985 – August 1996 The Royal Signals
John WattEdinburgh EH41JA
email: john@momentumvr.co.uk
PROFILEExperienced and versatile Information Technology professional, accustomed to working on own initiative in a variety of disciplines, including project management, installation and support to 3rd level. Possessing excellent communication skills with a positive cheerful approach even when under pressure. KEY SKILLS/ ACHIEVEMENTSCisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP)
Checkpoint Certified Security Associate 4.1 NG AIMicrosoft Certified Systems Engineer NT4Microsoft Certified Professional Windows 2000 Professional and ServerMaster Certified Novell Engineer in NT Integration Certified Novell Engineer 4 Certified Novell Engineer Intranetware Attended Prince II Foundation Course Currently studying for CCIE Lab CAREER BACKGROUND/HISTORYMay 2012 – September 2016 EE Based at the test facility in Borehamwood, it is my role to test configurations and services prior to going live. Using multiple vendor’s hardware from Cisco, Crossbeam, Huawei, D-Link, Juniper, Checkpoint and Fortinet. On a daily basis I work on high level projects across routing, switching and security. Covering everything from BGP routing to troubleshooting issues with wireless access. Some projects completed are as follows.
The test network at EE in Borehamwood is a self-contained testing facility designed to test services prior to implementation into the “live” network. Day to day I troubleshoot switching, routing and security issues. Implement 3rd party external VPN’s and implement new technologies. Day to day assistance across teams involving DNS, DHCP, VMWare and Storage technologies. July 2010 – May 2012 Thomson Reuters I was placed as a project consultant/network engineer in a global deployment team. Dealing daily with 3rd party resources to equip datacentres worldwide with our latest product. There was a large amount of project management type activity leading up to installation engineer activity in this role. The main tasks and hardware are listed below:
November 2008 – June 2010 Hewlett Packard - BP NOC Working as a 3rd level network engineer in part of the 3rd level network management team at HP looking after the BP global data network. This contract was shift based, in the Aberdeen Network Management Centre. We looked after BP Oil and Gas Data Centres and communications worldwide. The technologies and challenges faced daily included the following WAN/LAN Technologies.
March 2008 – November 2008 Cable & Wireless As part of the NHS project network team I was involved in the day to day support of the implementation phase of the new NHS email system at the newly built Data Centre in Swindon. Cable & Wireless were tasked with creating and securing the largest Email system in Europe for the NHS. From a network skills and equipment point of view this involved: The following WAN/LAN technologies were involved in this contract. 1. Various VPN configurations
I was also tasked with monitoring and assisting with multiple operational systems such as VMWare, Windows Infrastructure, Brocade SAN and Cisco Fibre Channel Over Ethernet July 2007 – Feb 2008 JP Morgan As part of the project implementations team I was responsible for various projects. Although the project was covered by a main Project Manager the smaller pieces of work underneath were left to be managed by the owner of the smaller project. JP Morgan were closing four sites, and moving necessary 3rd party business to business communications from the ones that were closing to existing data centres or JP Morgan sites that were to situate them. The core network was BGP, the IGP was OSPF with some EIGRP. The firewalls in use were Checkpoint over a variety of solutions including Nokia and Unix operating systems. Some Cisco PIX firewalls were also present within the network. Some of the LAN/WAN technologies I was involved in are listed below:
December 2006 – July 2007 Galiform/MFI Working as a network engineer, this was a project/support position in a retail environment. The company had over 600 remote sites to support. The routing protocol in use was EIGRP. I was also tasked with looking after MFI’s checkpoint firewalls and carrying out the following projects:
August 2004 – December 2006 ACS – Royal Bank of Scotland The Royal Bank of Scotland had an ongoing project to change their server infrastructure from a distributed infrastructure to a centralised infrastructure. I was the LAN/WAN technical design architect on the project tasked with the network design, network build and any other project related tasks associated with bringing this piece of work to completion. I was responsible for junior project management of the projects handed down to me by the main project manager. This included ensuring timely completion of tasks, change management and design and implementation including documentation and diagram handover. I designed a core consisting of Cisco 6500 Catalyst Switches with Supervisor 720 engines. Whilst integrating this into the existing network, OSPF was the IGP and BGP was the EGP in use. Within the design was also the remit for core security, as this was more a distribution switch design this was mainly achieved with access lists. A small amount of QoS was involved with certain bank system traffic flows requiring higher priority access than standard IP traffic. The servers were being moved to an IBM SAN environment spread across 2 data centres. The movement of these involved the planning, backup, security and then rebuild of the existing domain servers, active directory servers, exchange servers and SQL servers in the new environment. Communications links consisted of a mixture of Cellstream ATM, Lightstream and Frame Relay. Another part of the project was to carry out a baseline assessment of all provincial sites with a view to moving them into the new centralised infrastructure. This was carried out with a number of tools including: Ciscoworks, Sniffer Pro and Openview.
April 2004 – August 2004 Vodafone/Single pointVodafone recently bought Single point and were in the process of merging their EIGRP networks. I was taken on board as a senior network analyst, to assist in the design of the merge but also to take charge of any 3rd level incidents that occurred due to the re-design. The network is a multi site EIGRP network, with ATM backbone. The network had full redundancy in the design and supports about 4000 users. The core switches in use are catalyst 6500 with MSFC’s, the distribution Switches were catalyst 4507. Day to day duties also involved network management using a combination of CiscoWorks and HP Openview and some other lesser known tools. I was also involved in the day to day administration of the companies Checkpoint firewalls (Nokia) and the companies netscreen firewalls. The implementation of remote access VPN solutions using both checkpoint and cisco VPN clients, and also helped out with a wide variety of server issues and some desktop issues if we were caught without relevant cover.
June 2003 – April 2004 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Working as a Senior Network Analyst on 3rd level support for an international investment bank. SMBC were carrying out a series of WAN and LAN improvements to their global network. These included the upgrade of all of the core network hardware to Cisco equipment. The implementation of a new core network using Arcstar global frame relay. The design and implementation of a core switching solution using Cisco 6500 switches with 720 supervisors. A branch switching solution using Cisco 3550 switches. My day to day duties included projects, systems monitoring, configuration changes, security management and troubleshooting of complex 3rd level network issues. These included OSPF, EIGRP, Frame Relay, ATM and Security rule base admin. Below is a list of some of the key technologies I used during this assignment: Frame Relay Provisions Cisco router and switch configs ISDN DDR backup links E1, E3 and LES provisions ISL and 802.1Q trunking RAS configurations 7500/3600/2600 routers VPN and IPSEC implementation 6500 Core Switches 4500 Distribution Switches 3550 Access Switches 5 Area OSPF configuration BGP ISS Real Secure Orinoco Wireless point to point CiscoWorks Cisco Wireless access points Cisco Secure Wireless Suite Checkpoint 4.1 NG (Alteon) Network monitoring Checkpoint 4 to 4.1AI migration Checkpoint 4.1 (Nokia) HP Openview Cisco PIX configuration Network Associates Sniffer September 2002 – June 2003 Intergen Ltd Design and Implementation of a new WAN/Security infrastructure, 3rd level support of the companies EMEA WAN, day to day support of the companies financial trading systems. Intergen were going through a corporate reshaping exercise and needed to create an IT/Communications hub in Edinburgh to serve the European, Asian and Middle East region. A number of changes had to be made to the existing infrastructure, including a new security design involving 3rd party VPN’s and the use of a VPN concentrator for remote access users to access the corporate network. Some of the work I undertook on this project was as follows: Frame Relay to ATM upgrades PIX Firewall installs Nokia 440 and 330 Installs ISDN backup links Checkpoint Firewall 4.1 (Nokia) Cisco VPN 5015 Cisco ACS 3.1 server (RADIUS) Websense Installation TCP/IP and IPX Compaq Server builds (Win 2K) CiscoWorks HP Openview NMM Solarwinds Network monitoring VPN configurations Alcatel Voice PABX Voice Over ATM testing SQL Server Exchange 5.5 Server 2003 builds Day to day network configs October 2000 – September 2002 BT Ignite Working as a Senior network systems analyst/project manager for BT Ignite Solutions. This involved the design and implementation of a various number of WAN and LAN projects on the Bank of Scotland network. Core switching equipment included Catalyst 6500, 5500, 4000 and 3500 switches. Core Routing equipment included Cisco 7500 and 7206 routers. Intermediate equipment included Cisco 3640 and 2600 routers. In this role I also had exposure to Bay Network and 3Com switches. This was a 16 area OSPF network with ATM backbone. Various routing protocols were used including OSPF, BGP and EIGRP. Day to day duties involved project management, control and supervision of 3rd parties, design and implementation of medium to large projects. One week in four was 3rd level cover for server support team at BT HQ in Edinburgh, covering day to day duties with Novell and Microsoft servers and face to face interaction with users. Recent projects undertaken include the following
All projects were owned from initial meetings to final implementation. June 2000 – September 2000 Bank of New YorkWorking as a section team leader for the Bank of New York in London. 3rd level network Support on a WAN consisting of cisco routers and various communications links October 1999 – June 2000 CompaqWorking for Compaq in Dublin as a third level Enterprise Server systems analyst. July 1999 – October 1999 RBS Trust Bank Third level support for RBS Trust bank, In a Mixed Novell 4.x and NT Environment. May 1997 – July 1999 Royal Bank of ScotlandWorking as a systems analyst at CIBD London. Supporting the 2nd and 3rd level support of all Royal Bank of Scotland servers and workstations in the London area. August 1996 – May 1997 Alva Computer Services Ltd Working as a technical manager in a city centre computer retail outlet. Involved in a field service engineer role in charge of a team of 4 engineers. September 1985 – August 1996 The Royal SignalsServing as a Radio telegraphist, serving in various locations and units worldwide. Mainly using mobile telecoms platforms, HF, VHF, RF and Satellite. PERSONAL DETAILSDate of Birth 17 January 1969 Marital Status Single Nationality British Mobility Car owner, Full clean driving licence Directory: resumes resumes -> Curriculum vitae resumes -> Current position resumes -> Steven m. Glassman resumes -> Mark lindquist resumes -> Matthew j. Strickland resumes -> Christine Lorraine Moe education resumes -> Education: Bachelor of Arts, Hanover College, May 2007 resumes -> M. A. Sport and Athletic Administration 2003 Download 50.26 Kb. Share with your friends:
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