Hugh Turner

Experience

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  IBM UK Ltd

  Sept 2001 - Dec 2011

  IT Specialist

  In the ten years that Hugh worked for IBM he held a number of roles, including; network pre-sales, network implementation, network design, and physical security systems design. Hugh progressed from the UK graduate program to work in the network team. Hugh’s first assignment was in the network pre-sales arena as a technical adviser to IBM telesales clients in small businesses, providing advice and guidance on Cisco products and producing bills of materials and validated hardware and software configurations for small projects.Hugh moved into the network implementation space to work for a variety of clients in multiple sectors, with projects encompassing small $10K deals to larger outsourcing projects of $100M+. This projects involved a variety of tasks including: site surveys, network designs, firewall rules/policies, network migrations and creating detailed implementation guides for 3rd parties.All of the projects were customer facing, requiring good communication and documentation skills to provide the right outcomes for each customer.Key Technologies• Routers and Switches (e.g. Cisco Catalyst, Cisco ISR)• TCP/IP Routing Protocols (e.g. BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Static Routing)• Network Virtualisation (e.g. VLAN, VRF, Cisco VSS)• Network Services (e.g. DHCP, DNS, SNMPv3, NTP, STP)• Network Security (Cisco ASA, Checkpoint, Firewall rules and policy, VPN)• Physical Security (Access control, IP CCTV)• PERL scriptingKey Achievements - Led the successful rollout of over 2000 small branch networks for a UK bank, during which Hugh developed automated tools for configuration generation using standard templates.- Successful rollout of a Checkpoint firewall refresh for a UK hospital.- Successful network refresh for a Dutch power company whilst working on secondment to IBM Netherlands.- Successful rollout of a head office wireless network and switch rollout adhering to PCI/DSS standards for a global wholesaler. عرض أقل

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  Atos

  Dec 2011 - Oct 2013

  Principal Network Engineer

  In his role as a Network Engineer/Principal Network Engineer Hugh was responsible for network design and implementation for customers in UK government and in the UK nuclear industry. Hugh’s role would involve consulting with business stakeholders for each project to correctly scope the solution, and to create design documentation and gain stakeholder approval. Hugh was also responsible for leading the implementation, testing, and reporting to project managers and the account managers. Hugh would also manage project handover from implementation into BAU support teams to ensure end-to-end delivery. He was also responsible for managing change requests and attending change approval board meetings. Hugh also had responsibilities for leading and mentoring junior team members on the same account.Key Skills- Routers and Switches (e.g. Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Nexus, Cisco ASR)- TCP/IP Routing Protocols (e.g. BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, Static Routing)- Network Virtualisation (e.g. VLAN, VRF, Cisco vPC, Cisco VSS)- Network Services (e.g. DHCP, DNS, SNMPv3, NTP, STP)- Network Security (Firewall rules and policy, VPN)Key Achievements- Successful design and implementation and handover of a corporate datacentre network.- Successful rollout for a multi-branch router and switch refresh for a public sector organisation. عرض أقل

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  BT

  Nov 2013 - Oct 2015

  Principal Network Engineer

  In his role as Principal Network Engineer/Technical Designer, Hugh was responsible for network data centre designs, primarily for a client in the UK nuclear industry. Hugh was the main design contact for the client in BT for managed service projects as part of an outsourcing deal costing over $10M. Hugh’s role involved consulting with multiple stakeholders for each project to determine business and technical goals, and to create design proposals and detailed design documentation and gain stakeholder approval. Hugh was also responsible for leading the implementations, testing, and reporting to project stakeholders, as well as transitioning projects from implementation into BAU support. He was also responsible for managing change within the client’s change management framework and working within highly restrictive security constraints.In addition to his technical work, Hugh was responsible for developing business process improvements as part of a continuous improvement program.Key Skills- Routers and Switches (e.g. Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Nexus, Cisco ASR)- TCP/IP Routing Protocols (e.g. BGP, OSPF, Static Routing)- Network Virtualisation (e.g. VLAN, VRF, Cisco vPC, Cisco VSS) - Network Services (e.g. DHCP, DNS, SNMPv3, NTP, STP) - Network Security (Firewall rules and policy, VPN)Key Achievements - Successful design and implementation of a secure hosted data centre network. The network successfully achieved accreditation by the customer according to standards from the UK Office of Nuclear Regulation. - Successful design and implementation of a disaster recovery network solution for the secure nuclear generation network.- Successful handover and transition into BAU support of the data centre networks to a third party supplier.- Implementation of continuous improvement of a demand estimation and costing tool for business managers.- Creation of a new learning pathway for the UK wide corporate learning portal. عرض أقل

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  Redland City Council

  Apr 2016 - Aug 2017

  Network & Security Administrator (Contract)

  Hugh’s role at Redland City Council is as a Network administrator responsible for both major project work and BAU activities as part of a team of 2 Network personnel. The Networking team are responsible for ensuring that over 800 council staff have access to the Redland City Council resources that they need, and across a diverse set of sites and WAN access methods. We are also responsible for ensuring that the public has access to the online services that they need, so that they can access everything from animal licences to paying their rates. The Redlands also has a diverse geographical profile, so this work can be in metropolitan areas or on small islands with limited connectivity options. This makes for a challenging and rewarding working environmentKey Skills- Routing and Switching (Dell OS6/OS9, HP Comware 5, 3Com, Cisco IOS)- TCP/IP Routing Protocols (BGP, OSPF, Static Routing)- Network Management (DHCP, DNS, Syslog, SNMP, Monitoring tools)- Network Security (Firewall Rules, Email filtering, Web Filtering, Reverse proxy)- Wireless Networking (Aruba)- Remote Access (Sophos RED, SSL VPN, IPSec VPN, Site-to Site VPN)- Change ManagementKey Achievements- Planning and implementing successful major switch and router rollouts for remote sites and the Network Core.- Planning and implementing a series of successful major changes from one WAN supplier to another with a variety of WAN access methods (MPLS IPVPN, 4G, xDSL, Microwave) across the Redlands area.- Planning and implementing successful Wireless Network controller and access point upgrades throughout the estate. Including consultation on meshed Wi-Fi and guest access.- Planning and implementing successful major network changes to migrate from legacy VOIP systems to Skype for Business.- Maintaining Network Security using Unified Threat Management Firewalls- Managing and successfully migrating Email filtering appliances whilst maintaining service. عرض أقل

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  Yell IT

  Sept 2017 - Oct 2020

  Consultant

  Hugh’s role at Yell IT has been as a consultant to design and implement networking solutions for customers and to provide technical leadership on those engagements.Hugh’s technical focus at Yell IT has been on network design for large QLD based customers with experience in these key areas:• Network Design;• Routing and Switching;• Data Centre Networking;• Network Security;• Network Automation;• Software Defined Networking.

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  CyberCX

  Oct 2020 - now

  • Managing Consultant

    Jun 2022 - now

  • Senior Consultant

    Oct 2020 - Jun 2022