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Richard Butler

Kidderminster,Worcestershire

Summary

Seasoned professional in infrastructure engineering with focus on strategic planning and implementation. Capable of driving infrastructure improvements leading to increased system reliability and efficiency. Specialising in design and execution of complex IT infrastructure projects, leveraging knowledge of cloud technologies and virtualisation.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Senior infrastructure engineer

Global Insurance Management
Coventry, West Midlands
2006.11 - Current
  • Supported 50 Internal staff and Clients in 60+ Countries
  • Manage the Infrastructure team with Day to Day and project work
  • Improved network stability by designing and implementing new infrastructure solutions.
  • Supported business growth with scalable IT solutions proposal and implementation.
  • Supported developers and 3rd Party IT Teams on creating solutions
  • Devised strategic plans for long-term infrastructure development.

Projects

  • Migration of Telephone system from on premise to cloud based solution. I was the technical lead for the Project between the business and the provider ensuring all requirements were met in a functional and compliant way
  • Migration of Infrastructure from On Premise to AWS, I was the lead infrastructure technician with help from provider designing an AWS Solution to migrate the whole solution from on-premise leveraging AWS technologies to ensure high resiliency whilst being cost effective
  • Office location move, I was the infrastructure part of the move team where i managed the new office's infrastructure e.g Firewall, Networks, Wifi and ect. I had to work with the different departments on creating a sufficient computer room and get all the equipment installed.

Team Member

Whitbread PLC
Kingswinford, West Midlands
2004.02 - 2006.11
  • Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
  • Worked flexible hours, covering nights, weekends and bank holidays.
  • Consistently arrived at work on time and ready to start immediately.
  • Offered friendly, efficient customer service and handled challenging situations with ease.

Education

Foundation Degree in Science - Computing

University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton
2004.09 - 2006.07

The course covered fundamentals in hardware, networking, web development, and database design

The second year covered more of a vocational focus, where I was placed into work experience with the Dudley PCT, helping the doctors' surgeries create their digital presence with their first websites, helping guide them through creating and putting their ideas into the in-house built CMS system for their public website for the patients to use

ACVE - ICT

Halesowen College, Halesowen
2002.09 - 2004.06

GCSEs -

Kingswinford Academy, Kingswinford
1999.11 - 2002.06
  • GNVQ ICT - Passed
  • 5 GCSE's of C or higher

Skills

  • Cloud and on-premise system management
  • Complex problem solving
  • Vendor management
  • Level 3 Support for Desktops and Servers
  • Server Monitoring and Backup
  • Agile Project Management Foundation and Practitioner

Timeline

Senior infrastructure engineer - Global Insurance Management
2006.11 - Current
University of Wolverhampton - Foundation Degree in Science, Computing
2004.09 - 2006.07
Team Member - Whitbread PLC
2004.02 - 2006.11
Halesowen College - ACVE, ICT
2002.09 - 2004.06
Kingswinford Academy - GCSEs,
1999.11 - 2002.06
Richard Butler