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IT and Network Support, Design & Installation Engineer
Reuben Turner
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Croydon, United Kingdom
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A very experienced, conscientious and professional network engineer with extensive experience of Cisco routers, switches and F5 load balancers within the financial sector. A highly organised and efficient individual, whose thorough and precise approach to network support and project delivery has yielded excellent results.
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United Kingdom
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English
Fluently
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Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
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My experience
2015 - 2020
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Senior Technical Lead / Team Leader
BT Global Services.
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Produced network design documents for small and large buildings, data centers and application specific topologies.
• Specified all network hardware, installed and configured according to approved designs and standards.
• Liaised with suppliers, service providers and other technical teams for successful project delivery.
• Provided support for the data network including normal daily activities and ad-hoc building power down and change management support.
• Coded scripts to automate network checking and mass config deployments.
• Arranged and presented technical knowledge transfer and training sessions to other team members and other audiences within the company and the client.
• Managed a team of engineers completing regular performance reviews and appraisals.
• Recently attended a Cisco ACI Training Course.
• Produced network design documents for small and large buildings, data centers and application specific topologies.
• Specified all network hardware, installed and configured according to approved designs and standards.
• Liaised with suppliers, service providers and other technical teams for successful project delivery.
• Provided support for the data network including normal daily activities and ad-hoc building power down and change management support.
• Coded scripts to automate network checking and mass config deployments.
• Arranged and presented technical knowledge transfer and training sessions to other team members and other audiences within the company and the client.
• Managed a team of engineers completing regular performance reviews and appraisals.
• Recently attended a Cisco ACI Training Course.
Design, Change management, Training, Cisco, Management, Service, Network, Support, Network design, Hardware, Power, Tech lead
2010 - 2015
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Senior Technical Lead / Team Leader
Accenture Network Services.
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Produced the network design, specified all the hardware and circuits and implemented an extremely large MAN concentrator site migration.
• Completed the rationalization and decommission of all the network hardware for a major client subsidiary reducing the number of buildings from 30 down to 12.
• Delivered the network migration of client data center network to a new building.
• Designed and implemented the data network for a large office of over 4000 users specifying all the network hardware, configuration, WAN circuits and IP addressing scheme.
• Completed all design documents, network diagrams and support documents.
• Specified and deployed F5 BIGIP LTM and GTM Load Balancer config for many services.
• Completed knowledge transfer activities to new company following TUPE transfer.
• Produced the network design, specified all the hardware and circuits and implemented an extremely large MAN concentrator site migration.
• Completed the rationalization and decommission of all the network hardware for a major client subsidiary reducing the number of buildings from 30 down to 12.
• Delivered the network migration of client data center network to a new building.
• Designed and implemented the data network for a large office of over 4000 users specifying all the network hardware, configuration, WAN circuits and IP addressing scheme.
• Completed all design documents, network diagrams and support documents.
• Specified and deployed F5 BIGIP LTM and GTM Load Balancer config for many services.
• Completed knowledge transfer activities to new company following TUPE transfer.
Design, Network, Support, Network design, Hardware, Office, WAN, Tech lead
2002 - 2010
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Senior Data Network Design Engineer
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc.
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Designed and implemented data networks for data centers, retail branches and large 1000+ user buildings within the UK and Europe.
• Completed network hardware refresh from Madge to Cisco chassis switches.
• Involved in the pilot of IP Telephony and VoIP using Avaya, Nortel and Cisco products working closely with suppliers, users and platform owners.
• Produced standards for hardware decommissioning in order to comply with Group Security and Risk procedures and FSA/FCA regulations.
• Specified and agreed F5 BIGIP Load Balancer hardware and configuration standards for the RBS Group.
• Provided leadership and guidance to the team.
• Implemented cost savings identifying redundant and cheaper alternative WAN circuits saving over £3M in annual recurring costs.
• Major influence in the successful integration and merger of the RBS Group and Natwest Group Data Networks.
• Designed and implemented data networks for data centers, retail branches and large 1000+ user buildings within the UK and Europe.
• Completed network hardware refresh from Madge to Cisco chassis switches.
• Involved in the pilot of IP Telephony and VoIP using Avaya, Nortel and Cisco products working closely with suppliers, users and platform owners.
• Produced standards for hardware decommissioning in order to comply with Group Security and Risk procedures and FSA/FCA regulations.
• Specified and agreed F5 BIGIP Load Balancer hardware and configuration standards for the RBS Group.
• Provided leadership and guidance to the team.
• Implemented cost savings identifying redundant and cheaper alternative WAN circuits saving over £3M in annual recurring costs.
• Major influence in the successful integration and merger of the RBS Group and Natwest Group Data Networks.
Design, Retail, Cisco, Leadership, Integration, Network, Security, Voip, Network design, Hardware, WAN
1997 - 2002
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Data Network Design Engineer
Natwest Group Plc.
Achievements and responsibilities:
• Provided support of the data network including out of hours on call support.
• Performed packet capture and analysis for troubleshooting obscure network issues.
• Liaised with third party network providers and hardware maintainers to recover faulty circuits or devices with minimal user impact.
• Completed day to day monitoring and management of the data network using various network management systems.
• Performed hardware replacement of faulty network hardware and cabling.
• Provided support of the data network including out of hours on call support.
• Performed packet capture and analysis for troubleshooting obscure network issues.
• Liaised with third party network providers and hardware maintainers to recover faulty circuits or devices with minimal user impact.
• Completed day to day monitoring and management of the data network using various network management systems.
• Performed hardware replacement of faulty network hardware and cabling.
Design, Management, Network, Support, Network design, Monitoring, Hardware
My education
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Secondary, Computer Science
Secondary, Computer Science
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