VMware, Kubernetes, Openshift and Red Hat certified Senior Engineer with 18 years in IT including 14 years in infrastructure operations and four years in DevOps engineering specialising in Red Hat Linux, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, VMware, Azure, AWS and Shell scripting. The last three years focused on DevOps and Automation with sector experience across Healthcare, Banking and Finance, Retail, Aviation and Software Development. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ★ Server Patch | Automated server patching using Red Hat Satellite server. ★ Cloud Migration | Deployed SAP HANA in Azure Cloud for CSL China on time and on budget ★ Automation | Reduced system deployment from 4 to 1 hour in an Azure and internal VMware environment using Ansible playbook. ★ DR Solution Design | Designed and built a geographically redundant DR solution (EMC) covering physical server consolidation and data migration paths. SYSTEM & STORAGE ENGINEERING ► Red Hat & Linux SME | Expert Sys Admin with 16 years in Red Hat Linux, Solaris and HP-UX. Sixteen years’ experience with automated OS deployment, including Microsoft. ► DR & Data Protection | 12 years’ experience with backup including HP and CommVault. ► Virtualisation | 13 years working with VMware supporting up to 630 guest VMs running Microsoft and Red Hat. ► Support | 20 years in ITIL-based support environments (14 years at level three). ► Network Security | 12 years with network security solutions including Cisco, Check Point, SonicWall, Nokia, EMC and WatchGuard. ► Network Design | 12 years designing network solutions, new builds, migrations and upgrades. CLOUD, DEVOPS AND AUTOMATION ► Cloud | Two years in cloud deployments working with Azure, producing system designs based on app requirements, automating server deployment and managing scaling and auto shut down. ► DevOps | Two years in YML Scripting use Ansible automation tool to launch playbooks to multiple servers at a time. ► Automation | Automated OS, configuration and patch deployment using Red Hat Satellite Server (Puppet). Fourteen years of experience deploying software using automation and orchestration tools. ► Shell Scripting | Nine years using shell scripting and Python to automate system administration.