About Me

Professional background, skills, and experience in system administration and IT infrastructure

Summary

Dedicated IT professional with extensive experience in system administration, automation, and infrastructure optimization. Proven track record of managing large-scale Linux environments, implementing containerization solutions, and leading technical teams.

Passionate about automation, performance optimization, and building reliable infrastructure that enables teams to work efficiently. Experienced in both hands-on technical work and team leadership roles.

Professional Experience

Systems Administrator

Logistex

Feb 2024 - Present

Leading a team of systems administrators while managing critical infrastructure:

  • Team Leadership: Recruited and mentored team members, fostering a collaborative environment
  • Infrastructure Management: Overseeing 400+ Linux instances and 50+ physical machines
  • Automation & Deployment: Developed and maintained automated deployment pipelines using Ansible and custom scripts
  • Containerization: Implemented containeristation for application developemnt
  • Performance Optimization: Conducted system profiling and resource optimization across the estate
  • Change Management: Coordinated and executed infrastructure changes with minimal downtime
  • Infrastructure Upgrade: Led virtualization project migrating physical servers to virtual and modernising hardware
  • Cloud Backup: Implemented S3-based backup solution for critical data
  • 24/7 Support: Provided on-call support for critical systems and incidents

Systems Support Engineer

Logistex

Nov 2023 - Feb 2024

Provided comprehensive systems support and administration:

  • VM Management: Administered virtual machines across Xen and KVM platforms
  • Security Implementation: Deployed and maintained security policies across Linux infrastructure
  • Linux Administration: Managed 150+ Linux servers (RHEL, SUSE, Debian)
  • SLA-Driven Support: Delivered troubleshooting and resolution within defined service level agreements
  • Training & Mentoring: Provided guidance to junior team members on best practices
  • Documentation: Created and maintained technical documentation for systems and procedures
  • Performance Monitoring: Implemented Nagios and Zabbix monitoring solutions

Junior Systems Engineer

Logistex

May 2022 - Nov 2023

Gained foundational experience in UNIX system administration:

  • UNIX Environment: Worked extensively with UNIX-based systems and learned core administration principles
  • Technical Communication: Collaborated with senior engineers and communicated technical issues effectively
  • Scripting & Automation: Developed Bash and Python scripts to automate routine tasks
  • Source Control: Utilized Git for version control and collaborative development
  • Problem Solving: Diagnosed and resolved system issues under guidance of senior team members

Education

University of Leicester

Chemistry BSc

2017 - 2021

Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth College

A-levels

2015 - 2017

  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Computer Science
  • AS-level: Mathematics

Martin High School Anstey

GCSEs

2010 - 2015

  • 9 GCSEs (A*-C) including Maths, English, Science (Grade A)

Technical Skills

System Administration

Linux (RHEL, SUSE, Debian) Windows Server Virtualization (KVM, VMWare, Xen) OpenVMS

Automation & Scripting

Bash Python Go Ansible

Containerization

Docker Docker Swarm Podman Kubernetes

Monitoring & Performance

Nagios Zabbix Performance profiling Resource optimization

Cloud

Amazon EC2 Amazon S3 Microsoft Azure Oracle Cloud

Development

CI/CD pipelines Source control (Git) IaC Reviewer Package maintainer Repository maintainer