James Barrett BA MSc

19 Little Field, Staplehurst,

Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 0SZ

07939 324117

Profile

Highly experienced IT Infrastructure Engineer,with 25 years in the IT industry. Broad ranging experience of Wintel/Networkdesign, migration, implementation and support, together with Ad Hoc project management.

MSc in Computer Science, MCITP, MCSE, CCNA, ITIL & VCP5.5 certifications.

Key Skills

  • Wintel design, implementation and support NT4 to 2012inc Active Directory
  • MSExchange 2013, 2010/2007/2003/2000/5.5Support
  • MCITP, MCSE(NT4-2012), ITIL Foundation, CCNA(lapsed), VCP5-DCV
  • Virtual environmentsvSphere: ESXi 4 & 5, vCenter, vCD.
  • Hardware upgrades / troubleshooting (mostly Dell / HP servers).
  • TCP/IP-DNS,DHCP, NAT, Firewalls, Subnetting including Cisco.
  • Used to working in ITIL / Controlled environments.
  • Project management of small projects, mainly in the public sector
  • Highly developed fault finding skills
  • Willing to take ownership of a problem and work with it to resolution
  • Capable of working under pressure to tight deadlines / SLAs.
  • Flexible approach, can work either in a team or individually

Employment History

Mar 16 to Current Technical Engineer - KentIT

1st to 3rd Line support for various small businesses around Kent/London
Windows SBS, 2008, 2012, Backup Exec, Exchange/SMTP, Networking

Built DAG based, Multitenant Exchange 2013 servers, including MailWatch antispam

Feb 15 to Mar 16 Flying Instructor – Headcorn Aerodrome

Pleasure Flights around Kent & teaching new students to fly

Nov 14 to Feb 15 Infrastructure Deployment Engineer (Data Centre) Capita

Implement LLD for various projects & provide initial pre-production support

Operating on very tight timescales

2008 - 2012 r2 on to vCloud Director Environment.

Edge Gateway configurations

Jul 14 to Oct 14 Senior Server Engineer Steria / Eastbourne Borough Council

Rectify problems identified after Coco / GCSX audit.

3rd line support across the Borough for server issues.

ESXi 5.5 & VCenter, AD, Windows 2003-2012, ISA firewalls, various council applications

Apr 14 Studying for VMware VCP5-DCV Course & Exam

May 13 to Mar 14 Infrastructure Engineer Transport for London - Service Improvement Team

Various projects both with & without Project Managers including…

End of Life Migrations (mostly old NT4 & 2000 boxes) mostly to VMWare

Building numerous new servers to accommodate new / migrated software

Decommissioning old domains / getting old applications to work in new environment

Dec 12 to Mar 13 Server / Desktop TechnicianNHS – East Coast Kent PCT

Data Centre migration, Dell M1000e blade enclosure, EqualLogic SAN, vSphere 5.1

Aug 12 – Nov 12 studying for ITIL Foundation, MCITP: Enterprise Administrator CCNA

Mar 11 to Jul 12Project Manager/Technical ConsultantLondon Borough of Lambeth

Project Managed installation of fibre/copper lines in 150 sites and subsequent migration

Aug 10 – Dec 10 studying for Flying Instructors Rating

May 10 –Jul 10 Technical Support Electrical Contractors Association (Insurance)

Oct 09 – May 10 studying for Commercial Pilots Licence

Dec 08 – Oct 09 Network / Server support London Borough of Lambeth

Both Server & Network Support, Upgrade to Antivirus systems (Trend), Solarwinds

Detection & resolution of Conficker Virus, Design, Evaluation & Rollout of ESXi / vCenter

Aug 08 – Studying for CCNA

Jan 08–Apr & May–Aug Technical Support Electrical Contractors Association (Insurance)

Cover until Full Time Network Manager employed

Windows 2003, ESXi 3.5, VMserver & Workstation,Exchange 2003/2007, Backup Exec 10d

Jul 06 – Nov 07 Server Support – A.J. Gallaghers Insurance

3rd line support for 50 Windows 2003/2000 servers (HP) including AD, Installation of new 2003 domain,Legato Networker, ESX 3, Cisco Pix 501, Compaq SAN, VBscripting

Mar 04 – Mar 06Senior Technical Officer - London Borough of Lambeth

3rd linesupport for 200 Windows (2003,2000,NT4,) & 10 Exchange (5.5 & 2003) servers

Upgrade to AD(2003) from NT4, Upgrade to Exchange 2003 from 5.5, VBScripts AD project

July 03 – Mar 04 Intranet WebMaster, Home Office – Immigration & Nationality Directorate

Responsiblefor Intranet Web design / implementation –FrontPage/Dreamweaver.

Nov 02 -April 03 Desktop/Server Support Engineer,London Borough of Camden

July 99 - Sep02 Senior Server Support Engineer, London Borough of Lambeth

3rd line Support for 60 NT4, Windows 2000 & Exchange 5.x Servers. VBScript & WMI

June 98 - May 99 Senior Desktop/Server Support EngineerColgate-Palmolive

July 97 - April 98 Desktop/Server Support EngineerLondon Borough of Lambeth

Dec96 - May 97 Senior Desktop/Server Support EngineerVodacom(Vodaphone)

July 96 - Nov96 –Email AdministratorDST International

Before this, various Permanent IT jobs were held.

BristolMyersSquibbPharmaceuticals, Norfolk/Waveney TEC,Norwich & Peterboro’ Building Society

Supporting Novell 3.12 & 4, Unix(Ultrix & Sco), Token Ring, MSMail, ccMail

Education

2014 VMware VCP5-DCV2013Citrix CCA, MCSE 2012

2012CCNA, MCITP:EA, ITIL (Foundation)2008CCNA

2006MCSE 20032002MCSE 2000, 1998 MCSE NT4.0
02-04MSc Computing Science (evenings)95-99BA Politics,PhilosophyHistory (evenings)

Personal

Marital Status: SingleNationality: BritishAvailability: 1 weekHobbies: Flying