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John Young MBCS

John Young MBCS

IT System Administrator

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  • About me

    Network & Security Manager at Digital Space

  • Education

    • The Priory School

      2007 - 2009
      BTEC National Diploma Double Business, IT Practitioners Grades equivalent to 3 A-Levels (360 UCAS Points)

      Activities and Societies: Young Enterprise Programme

    • De Montfort University

      2009 - 2013
      BSc (Hons) Computer Science

  • Experience

    • North Hertfordshire District Council

      Jun 2009 - Jun 2009
      IT System Administrator

      Responsible for maintaining their critical national IT infrastructure. Situated in one of their on-premise data centers, I supported their security and firewall services. Assisted with the implementation of a new virtualisation solution to renew legacy systems.

    • North Herts CVS

      Jun 2010 - Aug 2011
      IT Administrator and Support Assistant

    • BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

      Oct 2011 - Nov 2013
      Client Technical Support Advisor

      Part of the Activ Training business unit that develops software applications and qualifications. Provided technical support, software testing and quality assurance. Responsible for maintaining their internal IT infrastructure.

    • Timico

      Nov 2013 - Oct 2019
      Senior NOC Engineer

      Technical lead on the front line servicedesk that was responsible for maintaining its Voice, Application and Networking services.

    • Digital Space

      Oct 2019 - now

      Providing a proactive network management service to our customers as part of our Network and Unified Communications technical teams. Responsible for maintaining its MPLS core network infrastructure and security.

      • Network & Security Manager

        Nov 2023 - now

      • Network & Security Engineer - 3rd Line

        Nov 2022 - Nov 2023

      • Network & Project Engineer

        May 2022 - Nov 2022

      • Network Engineer

        Oct 2019 - May 2022

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Professional Member of the British Computer Society

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Oct 2017
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    • ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Sept 2017
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    • Associate Member of the British Computer Society

      BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
      Apr 2012

    • Network+ Certified

      CompTIA
      Dec 2014
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    • Certified Meraki Network Operator (CMNO)

      Cisco Meraki
      Apr 2018
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    • Qualified IPCortex Engineer

      IPCortex
      Mar 2017

    • Network Security Expert 1

      Fortinet
      Mar 2016
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    • Network Security Expert 2

      Fortinet
      Jan 2017
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    • British Red Cross - First Aid at Work

      British Red Cross
      Nov 2014
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    • Network Security Expert 3

      Fortinet
      Feb 2017
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to John Young MBCS
      Creative Industries Scholarship De Montfort Uni Sep 2009 I received this scholarship for academic excellence in which I had achieved 360 UCAS tariff points, gained in a single academic sitting, from A2-level qualifications.