Anban Gounden

Experience

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  Edtech

  Jun 2005 - Oct 2006

  Network Administrator

  • Mentored by highly qualified senior engineers in best practice IT Infrastructure and IT Service Management• Responsible for managing all aspects of IT infrastructure and Services at a site with over 500 end users• Provided technical advice to multiple client sites in the Education sector

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  Department of Education, Training and Employment

  Oct 2006 - Feb 2009

  Technical Support Officer

  • Supported a state-wide rollout of a MOE (Managed Operating Environment) comprising of 10 centrally managed Active Directory forests, 1300 domain controllers, 70,000 workstations and more than 500,000 users• Member of the third level support team in a three-tiered ITIL support model• Conducted training sessions for technical staff in backup and disaster recovery

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  HIC - A member of the Navitas Group

  Sept 2009 - Dec 2010

  ICT Officer

  • Project managed a move of all existing Windows server infrastructure from physical hardware to a VMware virtualised environment, which increased efficiency and reliability, reduced power consumption, and lowered the TCO.• Designed and implemented an endpoint protection solution across the seven UK sites.• Provided escalated technical support for other team members.

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  UniQuest

  Aug 2011 - Jun 2012

  Senior Technical Specialist

  • Project managed and led an Infrastructure Upgrade Project to transition existing server and network infrastructure into a VMWare virtualised environment.• Designed and implemented a complete backup and recovery strategy, including an off-premises DR solution.• Investigated messaging solutions that would best suit the requirements of the organization.

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  Sedgman

  Aug 2012 - Apr 2017

  Senior Systems Administrator / Solution Architect

  • Key member of the team that completed the baseline and target-state enterprise architecture, as well as the relevant architecture roadmaps for project development.• Led a digital transformation project that included a move to Microsoft Azure, Office 365, and Windows 10• Designed and implemented solutions for IT infrastructure projects such as: DR, virtualization, network, storage, collaboration, and identity management.• Led the IS&T group through an organizational restructure, while maintaining smooth IT operations throughout the process. • Built and maintained strong working relationships with peers, key stakeholders, vendors, and strategic technology partners. Show less

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  Endeavour Foundation

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2018

  Worked with a broad range of stakeholders: including leadership, subject matter experts, internal and external business partners, to build a holistic view of the organization's strategy, processes, information, and information technology assets. This knowledge was used to ultimately ensure that the business and technology were kept in alignment. I took on an additional role during an organisational restructure, where I was responsible for leading a team of 10 technical professionals and SMEs with different technical capabilities across infrastructure operations, business intelligence, development, technical analysis, and application support of business-critical services. Advised the organisation on how to make best use of the plethora of technology solutions available, to improve efficiency and lower overheads across the various business functions

  • Enterprise Architect

    Sept 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Technology Operations Manager

    Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

  • Cloud Migration Specialist

    Jul 2017 - Sept 2017
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  Robert Half

  Mar 2019 - Apr 2019

  Freelance Information Technology Consultant

  Worked with a joint venture project team (Mangano IT and Telstra) on the design and delivery of an end to end ICT platform for a new government owned renewable energy provider (CleanCo Queensland Limited). This was a true greenfield project to deliver a cloud first, work from anywhere, anytime - end to end solution that aligned with the business requirements of the client.• Technologies included: Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS), Office 365 (SaaS), Azure AD (Identity and Access Management), Intune + Autopilot (Windows 10 Modern Management). Show less

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  Urban Utilities

  Apr 2019 - Jun 2020

  Enterprise Architect (Technology)

  Worked collaboratively to develop and drive the high-level strategy and future state technology architecture.• Provided thought leadership and guidance on the most effective use of technology to deliver business focused outcomes.• Collaborated with a broad range of stakeholders to develop technology target state architectures and roadmaps. Including: Network Services, Data Centre and Cloud Computing, and Cyber Security.

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  Hands-On Property Services

  Jan 2021 - now

  Founder

  • Property Renovation and Remodelling• Carpentry