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PhD*, MSc, BEng (Current
MOD Security Clearance)
Senior Data Security and Technical Designer
Profile
With 15 years experience in the Financial, IT and Communications
industries; Chuk is an assiduous and capable individual with
extensive data design and networking skills as well as
deployment, delivery and managing projects in this realm.
Prepared to undertake any task and has always utilised his own
initiative effectively. A Highly educated, intelligent talented
and hard working individual.
He is resourceful and capable to work under pressure as well as
coping with tight deadlines and issues resolutions with the use
of skills and knowledge gained over 15years. He is proactive and
committed to delivering excellence and is keen to make use of
his commendable interpersonal and communication skills developed
over the years.
Summary of qualifications
With an MSc (Hons) in Enterprise information systems and a
BEng (Hons) in Electronic Engineering with a PhD in view (2007)
in Biometrics and Security, I possess significant training in
network design, implementation, support and have a granular
understanding of IT and communications as a whole.
Technical Skills
Routers: Cisco 10720, VPN 7100, 7500, 7200VXR, 5300,
5200, 4500, 3700, 2600XM, 2500, 1700, 1600, 1000, 800, GSR12012,
Cisco Access Path
Switches: CAT 6509L3, CAT5500, CAT5000, CAT4000,
CAT2900XL, CAT3550, CAT2100, CAT2820, CAT1900, Lightstream 1010,
Aironet 1200 Wireless AP
Cisco: ATM, VLANs, VPDN, VPN, BGP, OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP,
IPSec, NAT, IOS Firewall, Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless LAN, WEP.
TCP/IP, RIP, PPP, X25, UDP, TFTP, IPX/SPX, SMTP, SNMP, SAP, EGP,
ARP, CDP and SLIP.
Non-Cisco: Com 142(OCNB) Routers, Modems, Packeteer (Packetshaper),
Term Servers, WindowsNT4 Server and Workstation, Windows based
PC Architecture – built and troubleshoot numerous PC and
Workstation Devices.
Software: Very extensive Windows OS
configuration/installation experience, Microsoft Office,
Microsoft Visio (extensive), other 3rd party. Remedy Fault
Logging System, Omnibus, HP-OpenView, CiscoWorks, CMS400,
Citrix, Smarts, SmartTerm, TACACS Administration, We[snip]op,
OneSiebel, Unix Scripting, Working Knowledge of Firewalls, PKI
and SecureDial platform
Work experience
JAN 2001 – Jan 2007
[snip]
Senior Data Technical Designer (Design, Security and
Strategy)
LEAD: Design, Development and Consultancy Services.
Projects:
£500 Million contract to manage and Support National [snip]
Group and the [snip] Networks:
Provided a notable contribution to Consultancy, Design,
Development, Integration and Support professional services and
also responsible for the provision of high level technology & IT
advice and services to both internal and external clients.
Ownership and responsibility of the governance for the solution
designs ie the design of networks, systems architecture, systems
and/or for the development and integration of overall solutions
and also had responsibility for the strategic direction of
key/complex solution areas.
Management of teams who have responsibility for in depth
analysis, design (both for high and lower level solutions),
development, testing/integration and maintenance/support as well
as consultancy. Also had the responsibility for financial
budgets, development costs, estimating and operating costs.
Designing and Implementing Solutions for [snip] / [snip],
adhering to procedures and Service Level Agreements in a
Structured Contract Environment where strict Change Controls
where in place between the Bank and [snip] Global Services.
Day to day provision of 3rd Line Support to the [snip] and
subsidiaries in excess of 6000 banking sites, together with
Service Proposals and Visio Diagrams. Predominantly “Hands On”
type work, building, implementation and testing solutions in Lab
environment before production rollout.
Responsibilities and tasks:
• Gaining valuable insight into Networking Infrastructure in
Banking Environment together with Major Telco connectivity. Face
to face interaction with Bank technical staff and Project
Managers in workshops on regular basis.
• Designing and supporting an IP-VPN connection to all the sites
• Out of Hours (OOH) on call Support.
• Production of technical design and support documentation
• Cisco Based Networks using HP OpenView Management, CiscoWorks
and Omnibus systems.
• Customer interaction on a daily basis
• Resolving Faults within Specified SLA’s. Fault logging using
remedy.
• Attending senior management meeting and briefing them on daily
developments
• Key Cisco liaison with regards to faults raised with TAC on
CCO
• Representing [snip] at various Technical Design Workshops-to
identify customer requirements
• Lead designer on various sensitive projects
• Designed and implemented multi-million pound merger solution,
for EDS and RBS.
• Key engineer for [snip] on RBSG/EDS cheque Clearing Network.
• Design, deployment and support of IP-VPN network across 5000
sites for the RBS group. Utilizing an IP-Clear product.
• Project management
NOV 1999 – JAN 2001
[snip]
Technical Analyst
Project: [snip] Project
Brought onboard to take charge of and manage a rollout of a GP
network consisting of 2,000 sites, linking it to the current
[snip] network. A secure access system viz.-a-vie secure dial,
utilising Ascend TNT, radius servers, and ISDN 2E, Cisco and
3Com routers managed on HP OpenView.
Responsibilities and tasks:
• Cisco 1600’s, 2500,4000,3Com 142 and Bay network router
configuration and implementation.
• Project Management
• Fault finding and fixing.
• Working and configuring HP OpenView
• General exposure to various catalyst switches and the Nortel
Networks DPN-100
• Router configuration and testing on a SecureDial platform and
BCN
• Liasing with other Project Managers, Field Engineers and PTT
engineers for ISDN faults
• Project Co-ordination and management
• Firewall testing and configuration
• Use of the new PKI to ensure protection of patients
information
• Unix Gatefile administration
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Training of new staff to ensure smooth transition from project
to business as usual
JUNE 1998 – NOV 1999
[snip]
Analyst Programmer/Technical Support Consultant
In charge of the [snip] Network
Responsibilities and tasks:
• LAN/WAN connectivity and maintenance (Frame Relay and Fiber
Optics).
• Network Administration.
• Providing Consultancy and 1st to 3rd line support to staff
based in the office and at various client locations including
[snip] Scotland (ANFIS) on issues relating to NT4 and [snip]
(Insurance software).
• Training of staff.
• Installation/Migration of all NetWare computers to NT4.
• NT Rollouts.
• Y2K impact analysis and upgrades.
• [snip] Intranet management and administration.
• Team co-ordination and provision of weekly reports to senior
management.
• MS Exchange configuration and administration.
• Installation and provision of technical advice to clients on
[snip] and [snip]. This involves travelling to various sites
within Europe.
• Sales Support as and when necessary
• Development of Insurance software using Cobol and Front Page
2000.
JULY 1996 – AUG 1997
[snip] Limited
Contract Engineer
Responsibilities and tasks:
• Laying, terminating and testing of various cables
• Providing network solutions to various clients
• Overseeing a team of engineers
Education
Ph.D Electronic Engineering: Biometrics & Security (In
View-2007)
MSc(Hons) Enterprise Information Systems
BEng(Hons) Electronic Engineering
Other Qualifications
Microsoft Certified Professional
MCP + Internet
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
MCP ID # 1268135
Cisco Certified Network Associate
CCNA 2.0
Cisco Certified Network Professional
CCNP 2.0
Cisco Certified Design Associate
CCDA 2.0
Cisco Certified Design Professional
CCDP 2.0
Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert
(Written) CCIE
Membership Associations
IEE Institution of Electrical Engineers
IEEE Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
References
Available on request.
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