Position Sought

Infrastructure support or team lead

· I am seeking a team lead or infrastructure support role (see skill sets below) but am flexible and would be willing to take on a new role in software development or infrastructure.

Generic Skills

Learn new technologies fast	· Ability to quickly come up to speed with new technologies.
Analytical problem solving	· Ability to stand back from an issue, diagnose, and investigate in order to suggest an independent and successful solution.
Interpersonal skills	· Ability to work with many different types of people in a professional and productive way.

Team Lead Skills

I have five years software development experience spanning the entire project life cycle. I can both manage and implement the following:

Design	· Requirements gathering and analysis. · Object-oriented design. · Package selection. · Data model design.

Implementation	· Development environment set up. · Code development and administration for a broad range of technologies: Java (J2EE), WebLogic, C++, Visual Basic, Oracle PLSQL, SQL Server, UNIX scripting, Ant. · Install and configure off-the-shelf packages. · Design and implement application ‘Build’ and ‘Deploy’ processes.

Testing	· Produce test scripts. · Establish test labs and manage test environments. · Implement ‘Unit’, ‘Integration’, and ‘User Acceptance Testing’.

Other	· Estimate, plan and manage projects. · Define and execute quality processes, e.g. code reviews, project reviews. · Produce quality documentation for target audience. · Work with hosting vendors and clients to host their solutions.

Infrastructure Support Skills

Oracle DBA	· Five years basic Oracle administration experience focusing on day to day running activities (e.g. installing, starting stopping servers, managing tablespaces etc). · Five years experience in data modelling and responding to change requests. (www.omiris.net and www.moneygator.com)
Weblogic Admin	· Two years experience in administering Weblogic versions 5.1 to 7. including cluster setup (ukonline, and RBS)
Unix administration and scripting	· Four years experience in UNIX scripting mostly focussing on producing automated build and deploy scripts and automating common tasks (e.g. add new developer account)
CVS repository administration	· Two years experience installing and maintaining CVS including branching and scripting to automate build processes. (ukonline, and RBS)
System release management	· Five years experience in designing, implementing and managing build and deploy processes. (ukonline, RBS, and MoneyGator.com) · I have managed multiple logical and physical environments (‘Development’, ‘Test’, ‘Staging’ etc for
Application support and maintenance	· Experience working on support teams (www.omiris.net) and have helped set support and maintenance process (SLAs, Bug Fixing, Testing, Staging and Release etc) for the ukoline project.
Hosting	· I have a good understanding of hosting architectures (firewalls, load balancing, VLANs. I was the infrastructure track lead for www.ukonline.gov.uk and worked with the clients (Office of the EEnvoy) and Hosting Vendors (Loudcloud) to define the production architecture

Career History

	Technology Consultant, June 1998 – June 2003 Sapient Ltd, 1 Bartholomew Lane, London, EC2N 2AB.
	Five years technology consulting, encompassing all project phases from requirements gathering, through design, implementation and testing to rollout and support. Projects include:
		Infrastructure Track Team Lead, UK Government.
	Responsibilities:	· Designed, and supervised the implementation of, a development environment that supported an 80+ team and three simultaneous projects. · Rolled out www.ukonline.gov.uk and established process for rollout of future government department websites on same framework. · Worked with hosting vendors and clients to design production infrastructure. · Produced infrastructure architecture diagrams. -------------
	Skills:	· Comprehensive ‘Development Environment’ design and implementation. · Hosting design. · WebLogic 7 administration. · UNIX Scripting.
		Infrastructure Engineer, FXMicroPay - Royal Bank of Scotland.
	Responsibilities:	· Rolled out ‘Foreign Exchange Micro Payment’ system to production environment. · Managed ‘Development’ and ‘Test’ environments. · Designed and implemented application ‘Build’ and ‘Deploy’ processes. · Facilitated resolution of internal and client infrastructure issues. -------------
	Skills:	· Environment management. · WebLogic 6 administration. · UNIX Scripting.

		Call Centre Package Implementation, Centradia Ltd.
	Responsibilities:	· Installed and configured call centre package (Royal Blue, ‘HelpDesk’) to meet Centradia’s requirements. (https://www.centradia.com/) · Design and implemented data feed from enterprise database to call centre database. -------------
	Skills:	· Royal Blue ‘Helpdesk’ version 5. · Sybase SQLAnywhere. · Oracle PLSQL Development. · Data feed design and implementation.

		Security Track Team Lead and Assistant Project Manager, CSFB
	Responsibilities:	· Managed the security track of Research Portal responsible for ‘Entitlements’, ‘Single Sign On’ and ‘Security Accreditation’ tracks. -------------
	Skills:	· Netegrity’s SiteMinder. · Project Management.

		J2EE Java Developer, Omiris networks (www.omiris.net).
	Responsibilities:	· Implemented backend integration module that transferred data from java objects to proprietary byte stream for trading system. · Data model design and maintenance. · Designed implemented and administered database build process. -------------
	Skills:	· Java (J2EE) programming. · Weblogic 5.1 administration. · Oracle 7.3.4.5 installation on Sun Solaris. · Data modelling. · Corba.
		SQL Server DBA and Visual Basic Developer, Moneyextra.com
	Responsibilities:	· Prototype Designer: Worked with client to develop prototype for dotcom startup – moneyextra (formerly moneygator) a financial product broker. · DBA: designed and maintained data model, design and implement database build process, support and maintained ‘Development’, ‘Test’ and ‘Staging’ databases. · Wrote module to persist ‘Supplier’ information. · Co-wrote the Matching Engine that matched customer preferences with financial products. -------------
	Skills:	· Prototype design. · Microsoft SQL Server 7 administration. · Data modelling. · Visual Basic 6 and JavaScript development. · Macromedia Dreamweaver.

		Data Migration Consultant, Dun & Bradstreet
	Responsibilities:	· Captured and analysed D&B’s data migration requirements to select appropriate package to migrate data from legacy system to new. -------------
	Skills:	· Data Migration packages: Ardent, Informatica, + others. · Package Selection Process.

Career break to pursue full time education, Sept 1994 to June 1998
University of Sussex: Falmer, Brighton, Sussex, BN1 9QT.

. Degree
MENG Electronic Engineering with North American Studies (2:1) Four-year course with a minor in North American studies. Third year spent in Oregon State University, America.

Final Year Project:
Designed and implemented a PC based oscilloscope. Extensively used analogue and digital electronics, 8031 microprocessor, assembly language and Visual Basic.

Telephone Maintenance Engineer, Feb 1987 – Sept 1994
British Telecom, 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ.

. Duties
Fault diagnosis and repair to module and component level.

Responsiblities
Substituted for Senior Technician and Management grades: Held responsibility for maintenance staff. Dealt with customer complaints, annual leave management, quality checks, and work supervision.

Youth Training Scheme, Sept 1986 – Feb 1987
Basildon ITEC, Burnt Mills Road, Basildon, Essex, SS13 1DQ.

. Duties
Trained in electronics and office skills: learned how to use oscilloscopes, multi-meters, logic probes etc. Designed built and tested complete circuits.

Personal Interests

I spend my spare time socialising with family and friends. I enjoy DIY - my most recent project has been to build a tree house for my three year old son.

References available upon request.

	Career break to pursue full time education, Sept 1994 to June 1998 University of Sussex: Falmer, Brighton, Sussex, BN1 9QT.
.	Degree	MENG Electronic Engineering with North American Studies (2:1) Four-year course with a minor in North American studies. Third year spent in Oregon State University, America.
.	Final Year Project:	Designed and implemented a PC based oscilloscope. Extensively used analogue and digital electronics, 8031 microprocessor, assembly language and Visual Basic.

	Telephone Maintenance Engineer, Feb 1987 – Sept 1994 British Telecom, 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ.
.	Duties	Fault diagnosis and repair to module and component level.
.	Responsiblities	Substituted for Senior Technician and Management grades: Held responsibility for maintenance staff. Dealt with customer complaints, annual leave management, quality checks, and work supervision.

	Youth Training Scheme, Sept 1986 – Feb 1987 Basildon ITEC, Burnt Mills Road, Basildon, Essex, SS13 1DQ.
.	Duties	Trained in electronics and office skills: learned how to use oscilloscopes, multi-meters, logic probes etc. Designed built and tested complete circuits.