My main aim is to broaden my knowledge and experience within the I.T sector, enhancing my skills and qualities to help work towards an established career role.

TRAINING

Microsoft Certified Professional (Instructor Led 3 months)

2152: Implementing Windows 2000 Professional & Server
2153: Implementing Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure
2154: Implementing & Administering Windows 2000 Directory Services

EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

Working as part of the ISD division of NHS Scotland within the SHOW team I am responsible for the NHS Scotland Recruitment Site dealing with the day to day running of the site, as well as this I administer the flow of applications coming through the National NHS Recruitment Website, ensuring that online applications are securely sent to the right organisations and assisting in the development of facilities to integrate the online application system with organisations’ vacancy management systems throughout Scotland.

Role which involved working on South Lanarkshire Councils WAN Project in Partnership with Research Machines. The project aim was to upgrade the existing National Grid for Learning network with installations of new 1605, 1721, 3745 Cisco routers at spoke and hub sites consisting of High/Primary Schools, Libraries and Universal Connections. Daily tasks involved ordering kit, attending 2 scheduled sites, configuring/mounting the router, testing BT/Telewest lines, cabling, resolving any faults, software installation, data backup, network documentation, dealing with hardware/software issues on site and carrying out acceptance tests with site contact to ensure all required methods of passing through the network are working.

Temporary contract to improve processes and provide support to engineers in the European Technical Support team. Lab based work which involved replicating client printer problems from throughout Europe through setting up servers, clients and printers in a lab with 20 test machines. Working within Microsoft, Novell, Macintosh, Unix and Linux environments I installed and configured systems in various European languages to match the client’s setup. I was also involved in the costing of new equipment for the lab, hardware installation, testing equipment, licensing, call logging, documentation of log book and new deployment of software and operating systems through Norton Ghost Corporate.

6 month contract gained after achieving MCP certification at Paisley University. This involved working within a team of 5 to set-up 15 council run sites on a wireless local area network (WLAN) to be remotely administered. I was responsible for 3 of the sites, building systems/firewalls, repairing hardware, setting up servers, testing equipment, licensing, call logging, software support, documentation of log books and providing technical support to staff. I found this a challenge as there were times when I had to resolve problems on my own. Daily tasks involved troubleshooting Windows 98/2K/XP operating systems and 2K servers, Printer Issues, Sophos Virus Updates, Veritas Back up implementation and monitoring user’s internet access.

Full time position where my responsibilities involved using Dreamweaver Ultradev, Photoshop, Illustrator and Actinic Catalog to develop client focused websites. The company had a Cobalt Raq 4 server which i used to configure client sites and email set-up. I also trained clients to use dreamweaver to enable them to carry out site updates internally. Working within a team we had to achieve deadlines for corporate sites going live.

Part-time position, which involves ensuring the safety of spectators, dealing with player/vip/media parking area and informing general public of police instructions.

My responsibilities involved using Intershop 4 BackOffice to set up site templates, Flash 4 to create e-commerce applications, Dreamweaver 3 to generate page layouts, Photoshop & Illustrator to create graphics and working within a team environment to achieve deadlines. I also assisted the Network Administrator with daily tasks on the NT4 server.