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Duncan Edward Taylor




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Senior NT Systems Administrator/Engineer
 

 

OBJECTIVE

A position where my 14 years technical and 5 years supervisory experience will be recognized and utilized. An environment that encourages learning, self-motivation, out of box thinking, and is open to process improvement ideas. To be have the opportunity to add value to the on-going computer development within a company and to enhance user awareness and understanding.

QUALIFICATIONS

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet (MCP+I)
My education was completed entirely in England and is equivalent to two years of a degree course.
Currently studying for MCSE 2000 & CCNA exam paths

SKILL SUMMARY

Windows NT Server (NT4 / Win 2000) in single and multiple domain environments
NT4 Enterprise level administration
Over 14 years experience in Server, Workstations and Personal Computer support, administration and user training
Project Management skills and Supervisory experience
Extensive server set-up & support in various fields, NT (6yrs), ICL Unix (5yrs) and ICL Mainframes (6yrs)
Extensive LAN experience including TCP/IP, DHCP & WINS administration
Internet Information Server (IIS) setup, configuration and support
Exchange 5.5 setup, configuration and support in a single system/domain environment
SQL setup, basic configuration and support for versions 6.5 & 7.0
Website set-up, administration & support. HTML design, writing and publishing

CAREER HISTORY

Company
Employment Dates
Position at Leaving
Summary of Responsibilities 
: Intelidata, Reston, VA, USA
: January 2001 to October 2001
: Senior NT Administrator  (Contract)
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Administer & Support internet banking infrastructure including server software and hardware configurations
Architecture involved support of NT4 & Win2000 Servers with IIS 4.0/5.0
Exchange 5.5 & SQL 6.5 administration
Server performance and network monitoring
Problem diagnosis, troubleshooting and application of relevant upgrades and service packs

Company
Employment Dates
Position at Leaving
Summary of Responsibilities 
: Hewlett Packard for Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI, USA
: June 1999 to December 2000.
: Senior NT Administrator  (Contract)
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Part of implementation and delivery team set-up to take over world wide 2nd level support of the Ford Motor Company's Enterprise Network. Over 2000 servers were involved and I was part of a team that documented server and network information, inventory of local (Michigan based) hardware, reviewed processes and ran pilot schemes before being taken over
Moved to the Visteon Server Support team to start the world wide take over of all NT systems within the Visteon company prior to the split with Ford. This was a undocumented environment and required extensive investigation techniques
2nd/3rd Level support (on call 24x7) for the world wide Visteon Enterprise which has over 100 Domain Controllers, 200 Resource Domains and over 40,000 users spread around the world
Performed all aspects of worldwide server administration, problem diagnosis and troubleshooting, application of relevant upgrades and service packs

Company
Employment Dates
Position at Leaving
Summary of Responsibilities 
: Business Automation Consultants, Miami Lakes, FL, USA
: August 1998 to June 1999
: Senior Systems Consultant (Perm)
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Provide full company set-up/support for NT 4.0, Network, Exchange 5.5, IIS 4.0, Proxy 2.0 and a T1 Internet connection
Successful infrastructure projects included new NT domain with Exchange, IIS & Proxy, new LAN wiring and hardware
Migration of users from Novell infrastructure to new NT domain
Replaced existing old LAN with new TCP/IP network utilizing WINS, DHCP and dedicated Internet access
Workstation hardware, peripherals, network devices and LAN wiring support

Company
Employment Dates
Position at Leaving
Summary of Responsibilities 
: Winchester City Council, Hampshire, England
: March 1998 to June 1998
: Senior WinNT Support / Unix Systems Administrator (Contract)
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Provide 2nd level Sever & PC support running both NT 4 Server & Win95
Administration of company web site, page updates and basic design
Provide support to ICL Unix systems, Sun Unix Servers & Ingres relational database systems
Performance tuning and infrastructure enhancements

Reference Available

Company
Employment Dates
Position at Leaving
Summary of Responsibilities 
: Aylesbury Vale District Council, Buckinghamshire, England
: August 1997 to February 1998
: Senior WinNT Support / Unix Systems Administrator (Contract)
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Provide 2nd level PC support running both NT 4 Server/Workstation & Win95
Project planning roll out of new NT server and workstations
Provide 2nd/3rd level support to 5x ICL Unix systems
Project Managed design of new small NT server domain with NT Workstation

Reference Available

Company
Employment Dates
Position at Leaving
Summary of Responsibilities 
: Transax Equifax, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
: May 1997 to July 1997
: Senior WinNT & 95 Support / Unix Systems Administrator (Contract)
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Provide 2nd level support for NT Severs running NT3.51 and PC's running Win95
Provide basic Unix System Administration & Support to 5x ICL DRS6000 and 1x IBM RS6000
Provide escalation support for company critical systems

Company
Employment Dates
Position at Leaving
Summary of Responsibilities 
: Britannia Building Society, Leek, Staffordshire, England
: January 1997 to April 1997
: Unix System Administrator (Contract)
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Provide Unix, Officepower and Ingres Support & Administration on ICL and Sun Unix Systems
Duties include managing user accounts and migrations of users between systems
Problem diagnosis and troubleshooting, application of relevant upgrades and service packs

Reference Available

Company
Employment Dates
Position at Leaving
Summary of Responsibilities 
: ICL Peritas Ltd. Beaumont, Old Windsor, Berkshire, England
: January 1989 to October 1996
: Senior Systems Technician (Permanent)
Team Leader of 4 engineers providing a wide range of IT support to Peritas personnel and the training environment
Systems included NT servers, ICL Unix servers, Sun Workstations, ICL (VME) Mainframes and over 400 PC's
Assisted business units with project planning, hardware selection and configuration requirements
Variety of software and packages including Windows 95, NT 3.51 & 4.0 and the MS Office suite
Part of the team working on Peritas' 1996 major expansion of computer equipment and new technology
Infrastructure project assignments included new desktop standards, Unix and NT servers and building network
Management of company computer rooms and all associated infrastructure
Outside of the United States, ICL is one of the biggest manufacture of Mainframe and mid range Unix Servers. Working for ICL in Europe is comparable to working for IBM in the United States

Company
Employment Dates
Position at Leaving
Summary of Responsibilities 
: Derbyshire Building Society, Duffield, Derby, England
: July 1987 to December 1988
: Senior Computer Operator (Permanent)
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Computer operations providing operational cover for two ICL 2900 mainframes.

 

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROJECTS

Implemented new NT network with Exchange, IIS, Proxy and T1 connection.
Designed a new small NT Server Domain with NT Workstations.
Implemented new NT Server, 30 PC's with Windows 95 and new Local Network.
Implemented standard Windows 95 platform across of company (150+ PC's).
Planned new Unix server requirement, installation and full software build.
Implemented all operational procedures for new Unix based financial system.
Completed rewrite of over 400 VME SCL operational procedures.
Completed move of over 300 users from one VME Mainframe to 3 others.
Project managed the move of all kit between two computer rooms.
Consultancy roles at various sites for introduction of new hardware and software.
Author of FSPOLICE monitoring procedure. Published in VME Tips Journal.
Implemented, tested and reporting of various field trial software.
Planned, transported, set-up and support of off-site computer training events.
Two month project removing 10 years of old cables with no network disruption.
Sole support member for 12 months responsible for large user base.

 

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