Improver

Dan Cook

Technical Architect at Methods

Epsom, England

Driven and Self Motivated Senior IT Professional with over 20 years of Infrastructure Architecture Experience in an Enterprise Environment.

Worked as a Lead Infrastructure Architect within an enterprise environment.

Operated as a key member of the Technical Design Authority for a global oil company.

Wide ranging experience in providing and delivering technical solutions according to requirements from either external clients or internal business units - including high level / low level design. These designs include hardware specification, procurement and installation as well as assessing different technologies and solutions to achieve cost benefits and to meet budget requirements.

Have led and delivered the strategic planning and design for datacentre facilities - including consolidation, relocation, new builds and refurbishments. Also delivered substantial cost savings via consolidation projects.

Managed and led a successful team of Technical Architects who advised on technical direction, strategy and implementation of new product sets for a Global company. Provided motivation and encouraged learning and development of individuals to meet their objectives and career goals.

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Experience:

• Infrastructure Architect (Acelity)
• Technical Architect / Global Design Authority - Datacentre (BP)
• Technical Architect at Kent Police (Methods)
• Technical Architect (Methods)
• Infrastructure Architect (HP Enterprise Services)
• Technical Architect / Global Design Authority - Platforms (BP)
• Senior Technical Architect (Sopra Steria)

Skills:

• Storage Area Networks
• HP
• IT Management
• Storage
• Solaris
• VMware Infrastructure
• vSphere
• Integration
• Team Management
• Active Directory
• Enterprise Architecture
• Windows Server
• Management
• Technical Support
• DNS
• SAN
• Server Architecture
• Windows
• VMware ESX
• HP Server Hardware
• Business Continuity
• IT Service Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Virtualization
• High Availability
• Outsourcing
• Networking
• Data Center
• Budgets
• Infrastructure
• RHEL
• VMware
• Vendor Management
• Servers
• System Administration
• Hardware
• Strategy
• Solution Architecture
• VMware vSphere
• Storage Area Network (SAN)
• Process Improvement
• TOGAF
• Senior Stakeholder Management
• ITIL
• Strategic Roadmaps
• IT Strategy
• Technical Architecture
• Infrastructure Planning
• Private Cloud