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GEAROID FOX

Bandon

Summary

IT Engineer with over 15 Years of strong network and system support background. Skilled in troubleshooting and problem-solving, focusing on maintaining high availability, performance of IT systems and service delivery.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

IT Engineer

MSD
01.2018 - Current
  • Support all onsite hardware and software in Windows 10/ 11
  • Office 365 Support and Administration
  • Imaging of corporate devices for end user and manufacturing purposes
  • Build, Qualify and Deployment of manufacturing equipment for production floor
  • Manage upgrade projects (Windows, iOS, Cisco iOS, PC's and Laptops)
  • VPN Support
  • Server Management and Administration
  • Mobile Device Management
  • On site support for Network and Infrastructure Teams, including LAN, WLAN/WIFI, switch, cabling support
  • Monitor escalated tickets and provide constructive correspondence until resolution
  • Manage Helpdesk
  • Inventory Management
  • Mentor and manage Junior employees within IT department
  • Network Upgrades - Collaborate with Global Network teams to upgrade Hardware and Software on Network devices (Switches, WAPs, Wireless Controllers etc.)
  • Manage Video Conference units in accordance with Global guidelines


IT Support Manager

FRS Network
08.2008 - 01.2018
  • Manage Support Desk - SLA, ticket resolution
  • Manage external vendors
  • Purchase equipment and managing costs
  • Web site upgrades collaborated with Developers and Managers to improve SEO and Web site Performance
  • Manage projects such as email upgrades, server migration, virtualisation
  • Deployed online backup system
  • Gathered all data from servers and peer to peer environments at local site level
  • Transferred data to NAS and implemented online backups of NAS for DR scenarios
  • Support VMware infrastructure running Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 Servers
  • Cabling and Patching

Education

H.Dip Honours - Management and Marketing

University College Cork
01-2007

BSc Honours - Information Systems

Limerick Institute of Technology
01-2005

Skills

  • Operating Systems
  • Hardware
  • System Administration
  • Networking and Infrastructure
  • Virtualisation
  • AZURE and Entra ID Administration
  • IP Telephony
  • ServiceNow
  • ITIL
  • People Management
  • Service Delivery
  • AWS
  • GxP Experience
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Citrix
  • Network support
  • Office 365 Support
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • SQL Databases
  • Storage Management
  • Mobile device support, Intune
  • Communication skills

Timeline

IT Engineer

MSD
01.2018 - Current

IT Support Manager

FRS Network
08.2008 - 01.2018

H.Dip Honours - Management and Marketing

University College Cork

BSc Honours - Information Systems

Limerick Institute of Technology
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