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Skilled Infrastructure / Solution Architect with extensive experience in the public and private sectors
Peter O'Hara
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Motherwell, United Kingdom
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Polo IT Services are highly adaptable and motivated with 13+ years of experience working within the private and public sectors. This includes a proven track record in technical and system architecture (TOGAF Certified), solution architecture, consultancy, project governance and sound business awareness.
My business experience is underpinned by 11+ years in infrastructure and solutions design, in addition to 13+ years in IT employment where I provided services to business end-users at all professional levels. The projects I specialised included data centre transition/migration and transformation, design and governance of private cloud solutions, amongst various other efficiency-driven or cost-saving initiatives.
With strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills, Polo IT has a proactive approach to solution delivery with expertise in consulting during the pre-sales and requirements capture phase of projects. Effective communication, activity prioritisation and people management are core to ensure deliverables are met. This includes experience in managing stakeholders, third party vendors and engaging with service providers.
Technically astute, I have a vast array of experience in various technologies, software, methodologies and standards, including ITIL 3 procedures and PCI compliance, with a natural ability to learn and adapt to new solutions.
My business experience is underpinned by 11+ years in infrastructure and solutions design, in addition to 13+ years in IT employment where I provided services to business end-users at all professional levels. The projects I specialised included data centre transition/migration and transformation, design and governance of private cloud solutions, amongst various other efficiency-driven or cost-saving initiatives.
With strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills, Polo IT has a proactive approach to solution delivery with expertise in consulting during the pre-sales and requirements capture phase of projects. Effective communication, activity prioritisation and people management are core to ensure deliverables are met. This includes experience in managing stakeholders, third party vendors and engaging with service providers.
Technically astute, I have a vast array of experience in various technologies, software, methodologies and standards, including ITIL 3 procedures and PCI compliance, with a natural ability to learn and adapt to new solutions.
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My experience
2019 - ?
freelance
Infrastructure Solution Architect
Polo IT Services.
3 month contract working with a major outsourcer with a client in the oil and gas sector. Assisting with a large programme of work to be delivered in 2020, I am responsible for shaping solutions, producing commercial proposals and delivering architecture designs to allow delivery of the programme through the project lifecycle.
Architecture, Presales architecture, Business strategy, Business development, Business Analysis
2018 - 2019
freelance
Infrastructure Architect
POLO IT SERVICES.
Contracted to Aberdeen Standard Investments and extended to play an instrumental role to integrate Aberdeen Asset
Management and Standard Life Investments during a merger.
• Infrastructure Ownership: Captured and translated requirements into detailed designs, including cross-functional
leadership of the Flex Programme to implement infrastructure into go-live.
• Technical Project Delivery: Integral participant in multiple project completions, taking on a lead technical authority role
during delivery of multiple workstreams.
• Solution Development: Adopted best practice to shape a range of solutions to realise business benefits, meeting
customer requirements and drivers through the pre-sales solution lifecycle.
• Continuous Improvement: Identified, recommended and delivered opportunities for improvement to enhance quality,
efficiency and effectiveness of deliverables.
• System Migration: Centralised services, refreshed EOL hardware and fully transitioned Asia, US and EMEA regional hubs
from Tier 1 to Tier 3 solution, with no disruption to business users.
• Infrastructure Design: Maximised strategies to design infrastructure platforms across the EMEA, US and APAC, aligning
enterprise architecture with client strategic roadmaps.
• Vendor Management: Interacted with multiple vendors to procure required hardware and partnered with delivery
teams to implement solutions.
• Career Progression (Cont.)
Management and Standard Life Investments during a merger.
• Infrastructure Ownership: Captured and translated requirements into detailed designs, including cross-functional
leadership of the Flex Programme to implement infrastructure into go-live.
• Technical Project Delivery: Integral participant in multiple project completions, taking on a lead technical authority role
during delivery of multiple workstreams.
• Solution Development: Adopted best practice to shape a range of solutions to realise business benefits, meeting
customer requirements and drivers through the pre-sales solution lifecycle.
• Continuous Improvement: Identified, recommended and delivered opportunities for improvement to enhance quality,
efficiency and effectiveness of deliverables.
• System Migration: Centralised services, refreshed EOL hardware and fully transitioned Asia, US and EMEA regional hubs
from Tier 1 to Tier 3 solution, with no disruption to business users.
• Infrastructure Design: Maximised strategies to design infrastructure platforms across the EMEA, US and APAC, aligning
enterprise architecture with client strategic roadmaps.
• Vendor Management: Interacted with multiple vendors to procure required hardware and partnered with delivery
teams to implement solutions.
• Career Progression (Cont.)
Design, Continuous improvement, Leadership, Management, Sales, Architecture, Vendor Management, Hardware, Infrastructure, Development, Enterprise, Merger and acquisition, Data centre transition, Managed File Transfer
2016 - 2018
job
Senior Solutions Architect
Atos International.
Conceptualised and shaped new solutions to realise business benefits, as a trusted client advisor to map and fully align business requirements and drivers throughout the pre-sales and solution lifecycle.
• Continuous Improvement: Championed continued improvements and efficiencies to the business, including mentorship of offshore Solution Architects.
• Relationship Management: Forged strong partnerships with Scottish private and public clients, the account team, the Chief Technology Office and Lead Architect.
• Solution Delivery: Translated stakeholder requirements to define and improve solutions, re-engineer pre-sales processes and evaluate business value.
• Cloud Migration: Defined a solution to migrate 10,000 mailboxes to Exchange Online whilst creating single sign-on personal One Drive for Business file storage.
• Project Support: Seconded to the architecture team for multiple projects requiring high-level design and consultancy e.g. application and hardware refresh.
• Sales Development: Generated circa £1million in sales as a pre-sales architect for the private and public sector in Scotland over a period of 1.5 years.
• Continuous Improvement: Championed continued improvements and efficiencies to the business, including mentorship of offshore Solution Architects.
• Relationship Management: Forged strong partnerships with Scottish private and public clients, the account team, the Chief Technology Office and Lead Architect.
• Solution Delivery: Translated stakeholder requirements to define and improve solutions, re-engineer pre-sales processes and evaluate business value.
• Cloud Migration: Defined a solution to migrate 10,000 mailboxes to Exchange Online whilst creating single sign-on personal One Drive for Business file storage.
• Project Support: Seconded to the architecture team for multiple projects requiring high-level design and consultancy e.g. application and hardware refresh.
• Sales Development: Generated circa £1million in sales as a pre-sales architect for the private and public sector in Scotland over a period of 1.5 years.
Pre-sales architecture, Solution architecture, Commercial Excellence, Business development
2012 - 2016
job
Technical Architect
Atos International.
Created solutions and high-level designs to strengthen IT architecture whilst delivering consultancy on a range of projects to modernise applications, apply technical refresh and transition data centres. Focal escalation point to resolve technical issues, approve technical changes and represent architecture during account service reviews. Traversed private and public sector customer accounts, complying with technical frameworks TOGAF and Atos engineering methodologies to design architecture across all IT stacks.
• Quality Improvements: Transitioned new customers into Atos data centres, providing virtualisation and disaster recovery using VMware, Microsoft and Citrix technologies.
• Virtualisation: Successfully modernised and spearheaded transformation of several customer physical platforms to virtualisation technologies.
• IT Architecture: Took ownership of infrastructure, data centre, networks, storage, workplace, identity, disaster recovery, collaboration, virtualisation, sustainability and security arenas.
• Technical Authority: Played a senior role in a small architecture team driving strategy and architecture governance for one of the largest UK health sector accounts generating c.£50m TCV annually for the account
• Quality Improvements: Transitioned new customers into Atos data centres, providing virtualisation and disaster recovery using VMware, Microsoft and Citrix technologies.
• Virtualisation: Successfully modernised and spearheaded transformation of several customer physical platforms to virtualisation technologies.
• IT Architecture: Took ownership of infrastructure, data centre, networks, storage, workplace, identity, disaster recovery, collaboration, virtualisation, sustainability and security arenas.
• Technical Authority: Played a senior role in a small architecture team driving strategy and architecture governance for one of the largest UK health sector accounts generating c.£50m TCV annually for the account
Architecture, Technical strategy, Technical authority, Quality improvements, Data centre transition
2005 - 2012
job
Technical Specialist
Atos International.
Focused on detailed design, build and operational excellence to support a range of technologies and technical-based projects using engineering standards. Acted as a consultant on Citrix technologies for UK wide accounts and administered internal healthcare systems.
Microsoft Server, VMware, Citrix, IT consultant, It support, Active Directory, Exchange, Sql
My education
2004
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2006
University of West of Scotland
HNC, Computing
HNC, Computing
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