John Cook

Experience

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  Marconi

  Sept 2000 - Sept 2001

  Placement Student - SDH Hardware Design Team

  I spent one year working with the SDH Hardware design team in Beeston, Nottingham. The work involved a variety of tasks - inspecting and debugging field returns, quality testing on new releases of software, building prototype systems for new designs, both physical and with VHDL, and in a range of fields – digital, high speed, and power. I gained familiarity with Marconi's range of SDH add/drop multiplexers and WDM transmission equipment.

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  Telefonic (ceased trading)

  Jan 2003 - Sept 2005

  Networking Engineer

  Telefonic was a small communications provider based in Leicestershire and has ceased trading.I performed many various roles for Telefonic, including:In house IT Services management: - Win SBS Server, Exchange, Sharepoint and other core services - Win Desktop and Laptop services - Network services, including ADSL, Firewall, Proxy, Wireless configuration and maintenance.For customers I was involved in:Installation and commissioning of Windows SBS based installations, including Exchange and Sharepoint.Installation and commissioning of Cat5e structured cabling. Installation, programming and maintenance of LG Phone systems; Nexus, IPLDK, GDK.Installation, programming and maintenance of the Boxcom B2B VOIP platforms.Installation, configuration and maintenance of network solutions involving various manufacturers’ equipment. Show less

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  Answers Telecommunications (ceased trading)

  Sept 2005 - Sept 2006

  Senior VOIP Engineer

  Answers Telecommunications was an VOIP Telecommunications provider based in Leicester and has ceased trading.Building on the experience gained in my previous position, this role involved working with Arelnet and Acmepacket engineers to design, plan, and prove out a central office installation for Answers in an attempt to start up a new UK based VOIP supplier.I was also involved in the commissioning and maintenance of our billing platform and technical discussions with our partner carriers, from whome we were buying and selling services.I was also responsible for the design, implementation of an Asterix based IP-PBX solution which included integration with handsets and carrier services from many different providers including traditional analogue and ISDN services from BT. Show less

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  Fujitsu

  Oct 2006 - Sept 2019

  Lead Architect for a 1700 site WAN transformation programme primarily utilising Cisco Meraki SDWAN. As Lead Architect, I was involved in Customer and Supplier engagement, Requirements Capture, Solution Architecture and Delivery with a focus on Customer experience. Provided consultancy on WAN and Connectivity technology choices and participated in network Vendor evaluations.Developed a robust and disciplined approach to implementation and delivery that ensured high volume of change was achievable with confidence.Pioneered and championed the use of Meraki API and scripting to provide an efficient method of implementing and verifying solution wide change. Show less Responsible for the overall architecture and health of the Fujitsu UK shared service network platforms. Working with the Service Delivery Managers for the platforms this role involves the Architecture, Design and Operation of MPLS IPVPN Service, DSL Subscriber Services, DC Networking, Carrier Ethernet Services, Cloud Provider Connectivity, Network Infrastructure Services, and Network Assurance through monitoring and management toolset and test and validation methodologies.During this time: - Deployed the next generation of the Management and Monitoring toolsets and Infrastructure,- Major platform refresh of DSL Subscriber platform, adding FTTC Services- Planned a major platform refresh on the MPLS IP VPN platform.- Implemented IPAM and DDNS solutions. Show less Lead Architect for our international MPLS WAN platform. I am involved in everything from Strategy, Architecture, Pre-sales, Implementation and Support for the multi-tenant WAN service that we provide globally for Fujitsu group companies and for Fujitsu's customers.During my time with Fujitsu I have been fortunate to be able to find small amounts of time to work on projects outside of my core focus. I have recently been involved in SDN and NFV POC with Brocade, utilising Vyatta routers, Open VSwitch and Open Daylight.I have experience in the following fields:- WAN Migration (Global, Regional, IPSEC, MPLS)- Small / Large office integration and migrations- Data Centre design and migration, including DC LAN services, DHCP, DNS, etc.- Cisco, 3Com, Juniper, Switching and Routing.- Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint Firewalls.- Cisco and Juniper IPS solutions.- Cisco Load balancing.- Bluecoat Web proxy and Data Loss solutions.- Cisco, Juniper, RSA VPN Solutions Show less Currently working as a Network Design Engineer with experience in the following fields:- WAN Migration- Small / Large office integration and migrations- Data Centre design and migration, including DC LAN services, DHCP, DNS, etc.- Cisco, 3Com, Juniper, Switching and Routing.- Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint Firewalls.- Cisco and Juniper IPS solutions.- Cisco Load balancing.- Bluecoat Web proxy and Data Loss solutions.- Cisco, Juniper, RSA VPN SolutionsPrevious to my current role, I was involved in Automation Test, giving me skills in:- Strategy and methodology for software test- Linux / Unix platforms- *nix scripting- Perl, TCL, C, C++, including libpcap.- Automation of test hardware from various manufacturers - Spirent, Anritsu, HP, Cisco included. Show less

  • Lead Network Architect - Customer Transfromation

    Feb 2018 - Sept 2019

  • Chief Architect Managed Networks

    Oct 2016 - Feb 2018

  • Network Solutions Architect - WAN Shared Service Platform, NFV Product Development

    Jun 2014 - Oct 2016

  • Network Design Engineer

    Oct 2006 - Jun 2014
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  Fujitsu

  Dec 2021 - now

  Responsible for the overall architecture and health of the Fujitsu UK shared service network platforms. Working with the Service Delivery Managers for the platforms this role involves the Architecture, Design and Operation of MPLS IPVPN Service, DSL Subscriber Services, DC Networking, Carrier Ethernet Services, Cloud Provider Connectivity, Network Infrastructure Services, and Network Assurance through monitoring and management toolset and test and validation methodologies.During this period:- Major Service Improvement programmes on core shared services platforms.- Migration and re-platforming of the Internet and DDOS services provided by shared services. Show less Network Architect for Customer Account in the Event space; Involving transition from an incumbent provider, transformation, operation and decommissioning within a tightly defined timescale. With Fujitsu acting as Network Integrator, this role initially involved...- working with Customer, 3rd party suppliers, and consumers of the network to rapidly identify Requirements and Use Cases for the overall network solution.- producing network capacity models based on Use Cases and estimated volumes of users and devices.- requirements traceability and design integration; refining the Use Cases into "products" - a collection of domain specific requirements that where then passed to other designers to implement into domain specific Low-Level Design.- working with Customer and 3rd party suppliers to review the existing WAN and Core DC designs and bringing them in line with the Fujitsu led approach through the production of High-Level Designs covering Multi-VRF VPLS, QoS, Bandwidth Modelling, Network Security, Remote connectivity, Network Service provision (DHCP, DNS, NTP)- Ownership of the IP Schema and by extension LAN VLAN schema.- Working with the Customer's data capture team to ensure the volumetric requirements impacting the LAN design were correctly captured.During the operational period of the Event, I had a role in the Technical Operations Centre as Deputy Manager Venue Telecommunications Manager. Working as part of a three-man shift role responsible for the commissioning and operation of the network, this involved coordinating Fujitsu's Venue and TOC Telecommunications teams, working with the other supplier teams in TOC and reporting to the Customers' Telecoms Manager and TOC director roles. Incident management often needed to take account of the impact of the incident, and any remediation, on the Event and required rapid, close co-operation within TOC and with on-venue teams and situational awareness. Show less

  • Chief Architect Managed Networks

    Sept 2019 - now

  • Lead WAN Architect / Deputy Manager - VTCM

    Dec 2021 - Aug 2022