Nicholas Cooper, System Administrator

Nicholas Cooper

System Administrator

Altech ISIS

Lieu
Afrique du Sud
Éducation
Diplôme, MCSE NT4
Expérience
23 years, 2 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :23 years, 2 Mois

System Administrator à Altech ISIS
  • Afrique du Sud
  • Je travaille ici depuis septembre 2006

• Administering LAN consisting of 200 Desktops and 23 Servers (VMware, Linux, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012)

 VMware
 Veeam
 Active Directory
 GPO
 WSUS
 Exchange
 Symantec Corporate Edition
 Fortigate
 Mercurial
 Basic Administration of SQL Server
 Basic Administration of MySQL
 Cisco
 Fortigate
 HP Proliant Server maintenance
 Linux

• New IT Project planning and implementation.
• Virtualization environment planning, installation and maintenance (VMware ESX, ESXI)
• Risk analysis for IT services, identifying assets, threats, vulnerabilities and the planning and implementation of a DRP.
• Drafting an internal policies and coordinating the application and compliancy thereof.
• Implementation of a comprehensive backup solution.
• Establishing SLA’s, the monitoring and reporting thereafter.
• Implementation of an IT service desk to manage assets and resources. Creating transparency on processing and providing a single area for communication and FAQ.
• Construction and management of all IPSec VPN connections on 3 wan links and remote access users.
• Project Planning, purchasing and the implementation off all new IT assets and aligned projects
• Administration of PABX and all reporting.
• Implementing a procedure plan for the procurement of IT assets.
• 1Gb TCP/IP network infrastructure.

Systems Administrator/Senior It technician à Altech ISIS
  • Inde
  • septembre 2006 à juin 2014

Sep 2006 till present Altech ISIS
Systems Administrator/Senior It technician
• Administering LAN consisting of 200 Desktops and 23 Servers (VMware, Linux, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012)

* VMware
* Veeam
* Active Directory
* GPO
* WSUS
* Exchange
* Symantec Corporate Edition
* Fortigate
* Mercurial
* Basic Administration of SQL Server
* Basic Administration of MySQL
* Cisco
* Fortigate
* HP Proliant Server maintenance
* Linux

• New IT Project planning and implementation.
• Virtualization environment planning, installation and maintenance (VMware ESX, ESXI)
• Risk analysis for IT services, identifying assets, threats, vulnerabilities and the planning and implementation of a DRP.
• Drafting an internal policies and coordinating the application and compliancy thereof.
• Implementation of a comprehensive backup solution.
• Establishing SLA's, the monitoring and reporting thereafter.
• Implementation of an IT service desk to manage assets and resources. Creating transparency on processing and providing a single area for communication and FAQ.
• Construction and management of all IPSec VPN connections on 3 wan links and remote access users.
• Project Planning, purchasing and the implementation off all new IT assets and aligned projects
• Administration of PABX and all reporting.
• Implementing a procedure plan for the procurement of IT assets.
• 1Gb TCP/IP network infrastructure.

Senior Technician à Martin Lubbe Cell
  • Royaume Uni
  • août 2005 à août 2006

Aug 2005 - Aug 2006
Martin Lubbe Cell: 083 700 7360

East Thames - London, United Kingdom
Senior Technician
• Provided network support, network installation & maintenance,
• Users maintenance (Active Directory, Exchange)
• Provided telephonic, hardware, printer, operating systems, Microsoft Office & remote user access (VNC) support
• Set up clients for Citrix, installed & supported in house applications
• Maintained & supported OS
• Created & Maintained users on the Index telephone system
• Support Administrator for ArcHouse, Orchard.
Reference: Jeff Solomon:jeff.solomon@east-thames.co.uk

Systems Administrator à ISIS Information Systems
  • Afrique du Sud
  • juillet 2003 à mai 2005

Jul 2003 - May 2005 ISIS Information Systems (Altech Group) - Cape Town
Systems Administrator
Administrator of in house designed system. Which consisted of 8 NT4 machines & 8 Windows 2003 machines, Oracle Database, NLB cluster and run Web Service
Duties included: • Monitor, maintain, configure and upgrade system applications.
• Logs analysis for problem solving
• Applications performance Monitoring
• Managing through put commands to external systems
HLR (cellular switches)
TRM (mailboxes),
IN/Tandem (prepaid billing system)
Geneva (contract billing system)
UMS (mediation/call rating system)
• Conduct inspections on various systems to ensure availability.
• Change controls implementation for any code changes for fixes and bugs
• Ensure that all layers of the system are communicating. Front End applications are able to connect to the business layers and that the business layers can connect to backend systems.
• Service Provider interface is working correctly.
• Synch profiles in the database, SPS process.
• Perform synch reports to make sure a service on the database is correct as per the subscriber billing profile.
• Perform month-end migrations and credit control unlocks.
• Perform after hour support for Vodacom RSA, DRC, TZN, Celtel Nigeria and RAB (Real-time administration and Billing) system.

Checked Monitored & Maintained HP Fraud Management System
Reference: Mias duToit Cell: 082 321 7148

Technical Application Support/Field Engineer à Stowe Holdings
  • Afrique du Sud
  • avril 2002 à juin 2003

Apr 2002 - Jun 2003 Stowe Holdings - Cape Town
Technical Application Support/Field Engineer

Project Support à Telkom
  • Afrique du Sud
  • octobre 2001 à avril 2002

Oct 2001 - Apr 2002 Telkom - Cape Town
Project Support

On Site Support à Interdev Computer
  • Afrique du Sud
  • septembre 2001 à octobre 2001

Sep 2001 - Oct 2001 Interdev Computer - Cape Town
On Site Support

Technical Support/Help Desk à Learning Resources
  • Afrique du Sud
  • juillet 2001 à septembre 2001

Jul 2001 - Sep 2001 Learning Resources - Cape Town
Technical Support/Help Desk

On Site Support à Interdev Computer
  • Afrique du Sud
  • février 2001 à juin 2001

Feb 2001 - Jun 2001 Interdev Computer - Cape Town
On Site Support

Éducation

Diplôme, MCSE NT4
  • à Home Study
  • septembre 2000
Etudes secondaires ou équivalent, Education
  • à Edgemead High School
  • janvier 1998

Education 1998 Matric Edgemead High School

Specialties & Skills

VMware ESX
Linux server administration
Windows Server
BUYING/PROCUREMENT
EXCHANGE
MAINTENANCE

Langues

Afrikaans
Débutant
Anglais
Expert

Formation et Diplômes

HP Fraud Management System (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Vodacom
Date de la formation:
August 2005
Durée:
40 heures
Exchange Server 2010 (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Byte People Solutions
Date de la formation:
May 2010
Durée:
40 heures
Sharepoint Adminisration (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Bytes People solutions
Date de la formation:
June 2010
Durée:
40 heures
RHCT (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Torque IT
Date de la formation:
May 2007
Durée:
40 heures
VMware Vsphere 4.1 (Formation)
Institut de formation:
Bytes People Solutions
Date de la formation:
March 2011
Durée:
40 heures
Solaris System Admin (Formation)
Institut de formation:
BCOC London England
Date de la formation:
May 2006
Durée:
32 heures

Loisirs

  • Crossfit, Gymnastics Strength Training, Reading, Water Sports
    Siyabonga Award (Presented to employees within the Altech Group to acknowledge dedication, delivery above and beyond the call of duty, and consistent, professional conduct for other to aspire to.) Altech ISIS 5 year service award