Andrew Grant

Experience

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  Cisco Systems Ltd

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

  IT Analyst/Engineer

  - Responsibility for project managing the development of global operating systems, applications and security solutions across Europe and Emerging Markets, Middle East and Africa.- Team Lead for 5 engineers (Tokyo, Singapore, San Francisco and London)- Line management of 2 Engineers- Delivered pre-sales presentations to clients concerning Cisco's desktop security models.- Across Europe Middle East and Africa, provided highlevel support to 1st line (helpdesk) and 2nd line (deskside) support teams. Show less

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  Totally Brilliant Ltd

  Jan 2007 - Mar 2008

  Director

  My own company, through which i provided comprehensive IT services:Enterprise Applications, architecture and deployment,Training on the use of Hardware and Software.Microsoft Platform Design/Deployment,Microsoft Security Defence Architecture,Application Lifecycle Theory and Execution,Server Architecture, Deployment and Support,Workstation Architecture, Deployment and Support.

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  SACE Board of South Australia

  Mar 2008 - Sept 2008

  ITS Technical Officer (contract)

  Designed desktop deployment process.Deployed various Microsoft and Linux server rolesTailored and deployed (a long overdue!) Office 2003 RolloutDeployed open source asset inventory solution.Decompiled faulty in-house application packages and rebuilt.

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  University of South Australia

  Sept 2008 - now

  I am a Systems Administrator for UniSA.I'm the Technical Lead Designer, Architect and Project Manager for an extremely lean and hardworking team. Current hands on product/application Installation/management includes but not limited to:Virtualisation and OS Technology:Vmware Vsphere 3, 4, 5,6, 6.5Nutanix Prism, Prism Pro, ESXi integrationvCentre Operations ManagerRed Hat Linux 4, 5, 6, 7Red Hat Satellite 5, 6SolarisMicrosoft Server 2003 - 2016Microsoft Failover Clustering, MS Network Load Balancing, GFS clusters, GlusterFS Distributed Filesystem (Red Hat Storage)Networking and Converged Networking Technology:F5 BigIP Local Traffic Manager (edge based, reverse proxy and load balancing solution)Cisco Nexus 5020,5596, (Fibre Channel Management)FC and FCoEDellEMC Technology:EMC cx480 cx340 cx310 VNX 5700 (Historical SAN)EMC Unity (Current Environment)EMC Recoverpoint (Site Replication)EMC Networker (Backup Software)EMC DataDomain (Deduplication Appliance)Compellent StorageBlade Chassis and Converged Networking Technology:HP c-Class Blade EnclosuresHP Bladeservers (BL460, 490 and 680's, Gen6, Gen7 and Gen8)HP Virtual Connect Technology Suite- Flex 10- FC 8Gb - FlexFabricHP SIM + SUMDell Blade EnclosuresHP servers and LOMDell Servers and LOMSoftware Technology:Active Directory (Functional Level 2012 R2), Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006, Zenoss Enterprise Management, System Centre Configuration Manager, Squid, Apache, Confluence, Shibboleth, Bind, Echo360 Lecture Capture System, Dell Open Manage, Altiris Management Suite, Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery, Symantec Mail Security, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Exchange, Nutanix, Prism, Foundation, Phoenix.Configuration Management:Puppet Show less

  • Manager: Systems Infrastructure

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Manager: Cyber Security

    Apr 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Manager: ICT Support Services (Suburban & Regional)

    Nov 2022 - May 2023

  • Coordinator/Team Leader: Systems Infrastructure

    Jun 2020 - Nov 2022

  • Coordinator/Team Leader: Learning and Teaching Systems

    Feb 2020 - Jun 2020

  • Coordinator/Team Leader: Data Management Services and Support

    Nov 2019 - Feb 2020

  • Senior System Administrator

    May 2011 - Nov 2019

  • System Administrator

    Sept 2008 - May 2011
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  Datasphere Solutions

  Jan 2014 - Nov 2019

  Sole Owner

  Many small and medium business owners have complex IT needs but lack a budget for dedicated IT staff.Datasphere aims to provide a number of services to it's clients that fulfill this niche requirement.Where some Service providers seek to lock in their customers, Datasphere actively works to provide you with the independence of stable and efficient systems; a low touch profile that aspires to keep administration and problems to a minimum.One way that we achieve this is by identifying and migrating high risk IT components into Cloud based services when relevant.We supply equipment as a registered reseller from a number of distributors and vendors and we provide professional services to implement the solutions that you have chosen to enable your business. Upon request we can perform risk analysis, we can also audit and document your IT environment which is an invaluable exercise for IT environments that have had many hands pass over it. We can help you to create a disaster recovery plan that would enable you to rebuild your Infrastructure in the event of a catastrophic failure.We also provide services that help to organize and manage your business's IT budget, by subscribing to a monthly service you can gradually build up an IT fund that helps smooth over any large purchasing requirements and maintain smoother cashflow.With expertise within the Server, Storage, Linux, Windows and Virtual worlds you can rely on Datasphere to be willing and able to help when needed the most. Show less