Adam Balmeo-Spittles

Experience

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  CeX Webuy.com

  Aug 2009 - Sept 2010

  Supervisor
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  Barracuda Group

  Feb 2011 - Dec 2012

  EPOS/IS Assistant

  • Supported over 200 outlets with a bespoke EPOS solution• Assisted with pricing and promotions for over 200 outlets, helping co-ordinate menus and promotions across all sites as well as manipulating pricing and promotional data• Supported software and hardware for both the EPOS system and IT infrastructure for over 200 outlets

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  Bramwell Pub Company

  Dec 2012 - Nov 2013

  Infrastructure

  • Administer all IT systems within the head office, providing the company with unprecedented reliability• Administer both Exchange and Active Directory for the entire company, managing group polices, users and domain forests• Maintain all databases within the company, personally developing sophisticated and automated maintenance tasks • Creation of SQL reports, boasting advanced SQL query skills and writing bespoke reports for end users, including extensive data mining• Maintaining all mobile device users including the installation and administration of Blackberry Enterprise environments and Bring Your Own Device• Advanced networking skills including domain name administration, port forwarding, DNS, FTP creation, WAN, LAN, VLAN and Cisco VPN• Installation and maintaining a successful virtual infrastructure using VMWare, Citrix XenServer and Hyper-V• Installed and configured a Sun 4.4 accountancy package• Support of local and remote end users across Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, including advanced Excel and VBA skills and the creation of complex macros• Installed and administered Linux servers across RedHat, CentOS and Ubuntu with an advanced understanding of the UNIX command line• Advanced troubleshooting skills including the diagnosing of memory dumps for Kernal Panics• Analysis and capacity planning for the IT Infrastructure• Creation of bespoke applications in VB.net using development lifecycles and agile software methods• Creation of sophisticated documentation for all IT processes, including company policies and end-user guides• Support and setup of a Verifone Chip and Pin solution including advanced understanding of PCI-DSS compliance within a hospitality environment • Complete software and hardware asset management• Supported and configured a Cognos 8 and Cognos PowerPlay environment• Installed and manage the Head Office printing infrastructure using Xerox print devices Show less

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  Stonegate Pub Company Limited

  Nov 2013 - Dec 2015

  Infrastructure Manager

  • Management of Windows Servers running Server 2003, 2008, 2008R2, 2012R2 across ESXi and Hyper-V environments including clustered environments at both application and hypervisor level• Management of over 1000 Exchange 2007 users integrated with Mimecast e-mail security, also experience with Exchange 2003 and exposure to office 365• Management of over 1000 Active Directory users across 2008 and 2008R2 including group policy management, DNS and DHCP roles. Also experience with Active Directory 2003• Management of over 4000 windows OS devices including Windows 7, Windows XP, POS Ready and Windows embedded with exposure to Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10• Management of storage Infrastructure including SAN, NAS, DAS and local storage• Management of VMware ESXi 5.0 and 5.1 at two data centre locations running 20 virtual guests within a vCentre environment running on SAN and DAS storage. Exposure to VMware view• Management of Veeam V8 and Endpoint Virtual Infrastructure protecting 10TB of data• Responsible for the business backup and disaster recovery strategy, defining RTO’s and RPO’s along with co-located offices for users• Management of business network including LAN, WAN, Wi-Fi, VPN and Cisco technologies. Advanced network skills including port forwarding, NAT’s, DMZ’s, FTP and SFTP. Sign off all firewall changes within the business• Management of SQL environment across SQL 2008R2 and SQL 2012R2, including transactional log shipping, monitoring, performance, scheduled tasks, alerts, query analysis and data mining• Responsible for network penetration testing and ASV scans of the business and PCI-DSS compliance• Management of all IT hardware including server, desktop, laptop and mobile devices (iPhone/iPad)• Expert within the business on programming languages including HTML, CSS, Wordpress, PHP, MySQL and VB.net• Manage all patching and polices ensuring all maintenance is structured scheduled and completed successfully Show less

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  Zonal Retail Data Systems

  Jan 2016 - now

  • Head of Technical Solutions

    Feb 2019 - now

  • Technical Solutions Manager

    Jan 2016 - now