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Senior Systems Engineer
Amit Patel
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Hayes, United Kingdom
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An accomplished and widely respected Senior Systems Engineer, with 9+ years’ in-depth experience in developing, delivering and managing complex IT projects with a principle focus on system administration and engineering across the Media, Manufacturing, Technology and Broadcasting sectors.
Exceptional influencing skills to create effective teams and improve relations between IT and the business and effect massive positive change in a wide range of challenging situations.
Exceptional influencing skills to create effective teams and improve relations between IT and the business and effect massive positive change in a wide range of challenging situations.
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United Kingdom
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English
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Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
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2019 - ?
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SENIOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER
RUHI LTD.
Incorporated Ruhi Ltd, to provide IT consultancy services, delivering a variety of IT services, vendor negotiations and multiple software and hardware projects across large organisations. Projects detailed below:
It, Hardware, Software
2018 - 2018
job
INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER
unknown.
Appointed to provide senior infrastructure support across multiple sites, ensuring no outages occurred which could have a
major impact on the business. Furthermore, led a team of three Engineers across three sites, responsible for ensuring short
and long term system backups and BAU support were delivered. Additional accountabilities included:
• Providing 3rd and 4th line support and managing procurement of additional Professional Services and IT
infrastructure
• Acting as Project Lead delivering Domain consolidations and performing forensic work for the SFO and systems
upgrades
Achievements
• Successfully maintained an ageing infrastructure, maintaining a 95% uptime, supported by design/implementation of procedures to manage changes/outages
• Effectively took ownership of a system that had evolved over several years, with major holes, which could have
jeopardised the company credentials and a vital relationship with the MOD
• Strengthened, maintained and patched legacy systems to ensure all systems for aircrafts could be supported for 70
years after the end of production
major impact on the business. Furthermore, led a team of three Engineers across three sites, responsible for ensuring short
and long term system backups and BAU support were delivered. Additional accountabilities included:
• Providing 3rd and 4th line support and managing procurement of additional Professional Services and IT
infrastructure
• Acting as Project Lead delivering Domain consolidations and performing forensic work for the SFO and systems
upgrades
Achievements
• Successfully maintained an ageing infrastructure, maintaining a 95% uptime, supported by design/implementation of procedures to manage changes/outages
• Effectively took ownership of a system that had evolved over several years, with major holes, which could have
jeopardised the company credentials and a vital relationship with the MOD
• Strengthened, maintained and patched legacy systems to ensure all systems for aircrafts could be supported for 70
years after the end of production
Design, Procurement, It, Implementation, Support, Infrastructure, Production, Performing, LED
2016 - 2017
job
INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER & POST PRODUCTION
AMC NETWORKS.
is the company behind the award-winning brands AMC, BBC AMERICA, IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv, and IFC Films.
INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER & POST PRODUCTION 05/2016 TO 10/2017
As Infrastructure Engineer principal focus encompassed responsibility for approx. 60 servers and leading expansion to over
200 servers, both physical and VM's. Furthermore, provided 3rd line support via the service desk to users across multiple
geographies and assisted the Operations Department with adhoc support utilising previous Broadcast expertise. Led a team
of five Engineers covering 1st /2nd line support, acting as their point of escalation. Additional accountabilities included:
• Acting as Project Lead for Domain forest consolidation, this entailed consolidation from four data rooms spread
across three buildings into two new data centres, consolidation and expansion of storage platforms
• Supporting/maintaining LANDESK Helpdesk system on a VM setup via VMWare, liaising directly with suppliers to maintain/upgrade the systems and producing reporting tools for management
Achievements
• Due to the acquisition of ZoneMedia by AMC, was tasked with leading the Domain consolidation and implementation
of all systems into ZoneMedia so they could link with AMC, the project was delivered on time and in budget and was
noted for the expertise provided for the scope and design of the new data rooms
• Strengthened the security of the systems to be managed via the USA with the delivery of the consolidation project
• Successful merger of the systems enabled the business to provide "follow the sun" support and upgrade planning with minimal outage for end users
INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER & POST PRODUCTION 05/2016 TO 10/2017
As Infrastructure Engineer principal focus encompassed responsibility for approx. 60 servers and leading expansion to over
200 servers, both physical and VM's. Furthermore, provided 3rd line support via the service desk to users across multiple
geographies and assisted the Operations Department with adhoc support utilising previous Broadcast expertise. Led a team
of five Engineers covering 1st /2nd line support, acting as their point of escalation. Additional accountabilities included:
• Acting as Project Lead for Domain forest consolidation, this entailed consolidation from four data rooms spread
across three buildings into two new data centres, consolidation and expansion of storage platforms
• Supporting/maintaining LANDESK Helpdesk system on a VM setup via VMWare, liaising directly with suppliers to maintain/upgrade the systems and producing reporting tools for management
Achievements
• Due to the acquisition of ZoneMedia by AMC, was tasked with leading the Domain consolidation and implementation
of all systems into ZoneMedia so they could link with AMC, the project was delivered on time and in budget and was
noted for the expertise provided for the scope and design of the new data rooms
• Strengthened the security of the systems to be managed via the USA with the delivery of the consolidation project
• Successful merger of the systems enabled the business to provide "follow the sun" support and upgrade planning with minimal outage for end users
Design, Operations, Budget, VMware, Management, Service, TV, Security, Implementation, Support, Infrastructure, Storage, Production, USA, LED, Winning
2011 - 2016
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SPECIAL BROADCAST ENGINEER
SKY UK.
Initially hired as a Renderfarm Engineer, progressing to Support Specialist for the VFX segment of Sky Creative, this entailed
managing system updates (software/hardware), providing 2D and 3D application support, pipeline planning and data
retention. Additional accountabilities included:
• Providing day to day client support whilst improving the current infrastructure
• Designing/implementing workflows to and from VFX and AVID environments for long form editing
• Ensuring multiple OS experiences, creating/maintaining workflows from receiving the rushes to delivery of content
• Streamlining/automating processes for creating/deploying systems builds and created/maintained an Active
Directory Environment
• Performing extensive research into Cisco UCS, design and implementation of a cluster consisting of 92 nodes, to be
used as a Renderfarm with Quantum Stornext
• Designing/implementing/supporting and maintaining Eros (OpenText) MAM, implementing code changes to test
system and then to the high availability live environment and test environment using a virtual environment
SKY CONTD
Achievements
• Significantly improving efficiency and ability to deliver large projects with the successful implementation of Cisco UCS
• Successfully streamlined the support process and trained the Engineering team to have technical ability to provide 1st
and 2nd line support 24x7
• Witnessed the growth of career through promotion from an Engineer supporting 20 users to a Support Specialist
supporting over 200 users for Sky Creative
S UMMARISED E ARLIER C AREER
ViaSat, Broadcast Systems Engineer
Harris Communication, Support Analysts
Whitbread, 3rd Line EPOS Support Analyst
managing system updates (software/hardware), providing 2D and 3D application support, pipeline planning and data
retention. Additional accountabilities included:
• Providing day to day client support whilst improving the current infrastructure
• Designing/implementing workflows to and from VFX and AVID environments for long form editing
• Ensuring multiple OS experiences, creating/maintaining workflows from receiving the rushes to delivery of content
• Streamlining/automating processes for creating/deploying systems builds and created/maintained an Active
Directory Environment
• Performing extensive research into Cisco UCS, design and implementation of a cluster consisting of 92 nodes, to be
used as a Renderfarm with Quantum Stornext
• Designing/implementing/supporting and maintaining Eros (OpenText) MAM, implementing code changes to test
system and then to the high availability live environment and test environment using a virtual environment
SKY CONTD
Achievements
• Significantly improving efficiency and ability to deliver large projects with the successful implementation of Cisco UCS
• Successfully streamlined the support process and trained the Engineering team to have technical ability to provide 1st
and 2nd line support 24x7
• Witnessed the growth of career through promotion from an Engineer supporting 20 users to a Support Specialist
supporting over 200 users for Sky Creative
S UMMARISED E ARLIER C AREER
ViaSat, Broadcast Systems Engineer
Harris Communication, Support Analysts
Whitbread, 3rd Line EPOS Support Analyst
Support, Processes, Performing, 2D, Software, Retention, Hardware, Analyst, Infrastructure, Vfx, Design, Implementation, Growth, 3D, Engineering, Content, Test, C, Cisco, Research
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