Richard Willingham
Enford
Summary
I have over 20 years’ experience designing: Secure Web based Applications/Services Secure WAN/LAN/Wii-Fi based Network Services In both Private and Public Cloud environments In E-Commerce, Retail and Cloud Technologies in Financial Services, Retail, Local Government and Pre-Sales Environments My roles included working in Large Multi-National organisations and SMEs. I am a Solutions/Infrastructure Architect with a proven record of the design and deployment of large-scale services in Financial, Commercial and Local government Environments; Solutions include end to end WEB Based services deployed in Linux and Windows environments. Web Services including e-commerce, all aspects of Security, Networking and Virtualisation technologies on both Cloud and on-premise Hybrid environments. Experienced in producing High Level and Low Level Designs for High Availability Services, deploying appropriate infrastructure/technologies to meet required Service Levels
Overview
32
32
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant
ICO Global Communications
01.1997
- Sun Network System Administration, plus design of medium orbit satellite-based IP data network.
Infrastructure Architect
CUBIC Transportation Systems
02.2024 - Current
- Bus Service Re-design project Bus Service supporting 70+ independent London based bus garages consisting of legacy, unsupported, non—contractually compliant IT infrastructure. The project aim was to update the IT Infrastructure to support the existing services.
- High Level Target IT Infrastructure Design: updated, compliant Bus Service Infrastructure.
- Transportation Smart Card Service – Legacy Primary Rate ISDN Replacement Project BT are discontinuing Primary Rate ISDN Services January 2027. The project aim was to replace the legacy ISDN services, with a supported SIP based solution.
- Stakeholder Engagement Engaging with SMEs an PM to analyse and ensure the validity of the HLD.
Technical Infrastructure Architect
C. Hoare & Co
06.2023 - 02.2024
- ARCTIC Wolf - Managed Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platform High Level Design of ARCTIC Wolf SIEM Platform: Managed Detection and Response (MDR) Service.
- SQL Server Infrastructure High Level Design of three Resilient On-premise SQL Server Environments.
- Delinea Secret Server Privileged access management (PAM) High Level Design of resilient On-premise service.
Infrastructure Architect
Lloyds Banking Group
06.2022 - 06.2023
- Microsoft Windows 2019 Secure Active Directory Upgrade Project High Level Design Service Deployment.
- Identity Governance Platform High level Infrastructure Design SailPoint IdentityIQ Lifecycle Manager.
- Axis Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) Cloud based Axis ZTNA Proof of Concept Infrastructure Design.
Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Vanquis Bank UK Limited
10.2021 - 05.2022
- High Level Design of on-premise Hosted Services - Cloud based Disaster Recovery Service Based on SunGard AS DRaaS.
Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect and Infrastructure Architect
Haringey Council, London
06.2018 - 09.2020
- Responsible for the Council’s ICT Carbon Reduction/Green ICT Strategy.
- Definition of the Councils Digital Service Delivery Roadmap based on: Managed MPLS Telecommunications Gateway Public Cloud SaaS Private Cloud - Legacy Services.
Senior Solution/Infrastructure Architect
Sainsbury’s Bank/Sainsbury’s IT
12.2015 - 03.2018
- Infrastructure Architect on a Number of on premise and Cloud Based Services, using both Waterfall and Agile/ Kanban/Scrum managed projects.
- Role included, acting as the Domain Architect for the Sainsbury’s Bank family.
Solutions Architect
Nationwide Building Society PLC
08.2015 - 12.2015
- Responsible for the Creation of the Solutions Outline Document for the IT service Dashboard.
Infrastructure/Technical Architect
Markerstudy Insurance Services Ltd
02.2015 - 08.2015
- Key Service Analysis Project: Identify/Analyse Key service infrastructure.
- Create Reference Architecture for 3rd party key services.
Solution Architect
John Lewis Partnership Services
07.2014 - 01.2015
- Responsible for architecting a tactical solution to extend the Branch Numbers from 3 to 4 digits across both Waitrose and John Lewis Divisions.
Business Solutions Architect
Selfridges
05.2014 - 08.2014
- Responsible for the analysis/justification for the upgrade of the remotely hosted VMware, Linux, and WebSphere Commerce based e-Commerce service.
Solutions Architect
Sainsbury’s PLC
05.2013 - 04.2014
- Responsible for the Architecture/Design/Delivery of a Smartphone Scan & Go Pilot Project.
Principal Solutions Architect
Redstone/Maxima
05.2008 - 04.2013
- Responsible for the architecting and design/development of commercial managed service solution for corporate customers.
Chief Engineer
DXI Networks Ltd
01.2002 - 01.2008
- Responsible for Managing DXI Networks Engineers and Technical Support Staff for Secure, Resilient Service Delivery Platform.
Chief Engineer
Dexterus Ltd
01.2000 - 01.2002
- Responsible for the design and deployment of Secure, Resilient service Delivery Platform over multiple data centres.
Consultant
BusinessNet Ltd
01.1997 - 01.1999
- Design of core resilient Corporate Internet service delivery platform.
Consultant
Cable & Wireless
01.1996 - 01.1997
- Design/built C&W’s corporate Internet service provision platform.
On site Server Deployment
Sun Microsystems Ltd
01.1994 - 01.1996
- Primarily responsible for the installation of Large Sun Server Clusters on client premises.
Education
BSc. -
Mechanical Engineering
University Of Greenwich05-1985
MSc -
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Skills
- AWS Solution Architecture
- Server Virtualization
- Site Recovery Manager
- SQL Server
- MPLS WAN Network Design
- MAN/LAN network design
- Wireless LAN Design
- Unified Threat Management
- VoIP Service design
- High level Deployment of QoS/CoS WAN/LAN network architecture
- Storage Area Network Design
- Database Design
- Design of UNIX, Apache, MySQL, and PHP based online applications
- Perl
- PHP
- Shell scripting
Stakeholder Engagement
I have engaged in a significant number of contract roles, requiring extensive stakeholder management/engagement involving Identifying key stakeholders Analysing their requirements Planning and implementing various regular tasks/meetings to ensure projects respond to changes and stay on track.
Architecture Frameworks
Projects engaged were deployed using the TOGAF Architecture Design model, Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
Timeline
Infrastructure Architect
CUBIC Transportation Systems
02.2024 - Current
Technical Infrastructure Architect
C. Hoare & Co
06.2023 - 02.2024
Infrastructure Architect
Lloyds Banking Group
06.2022 - 06.2023
Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Vanquis Bank UK Limited
10.2021 - 05.2022
Solution Architect, Enterprise Architect and Infrastructure Architect
Haringey Council, London
06.2018 - 09.2020
Senior Solution/Infrastructure Architect
Sainsbury’s Bank/Sainsbury’s IT
12.2015 - 03.2018
Solutions Architect
Nationwide Building Society PLC
08.2015 - 12.2015
Infrastructure/Technical Architect
Markerstudy Insurance Services Ltd
02.2015 - 08.2015
Solution Architect
John Lewis Partnership Services
07.2014 - 01.2015
Business Solutions Architect
Selfridges
05.2014 - 08.2014
Solutions Architect
Sainsbury’s PLC
05.2013 - 04.2014
Principal Solutions Architect
Redstone/Maxima
05.2008 - 04.2013
Chief Engineer
DXI Networks Ltd
01.2002 - 01.2008
Chief Engineer
Dexterus Ltd
01.2000 - 01.2002
Consultant
ICO Global Communications
01.1997
Consultant
BusinessNet Ltd
01.1997 - 01.1999
Consultant
Cable & Wireless
01.1996 - 01.1997
On site Server Deployment
Sun Microsystems Ltd
01.1994 - 01.1996
BSc. -
Mechanical Engineering
MSc -
Manufacturing Systems Engineering
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