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<h1 id="simon-greenwood">Simon Greenwood</h1>
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<h2
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id="senior-linux-system-administrator-primarily-in-web-based-technologies-and-the-internet">Senior
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Linux System Administrator primarily in web based technologies and the
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Internet</h2>
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<p><a href="mailto:cv@simongreenwood.me.uk">Email</a> | <a
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href="https://matrix.to/#/#simon:serversonic.co.uk">Matrix</a></p>
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<h2 id="current-position">Current position</h2>
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<p>Senior System Administrator, AdminGeekZ Ltd</p>
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<h3 id="specialized-in">Specialized in</h3>
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<li>Linux System Administration, primarily Enterprise Linux and
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Debian-based systems</li>
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<li>Web server technologies including Apache HTTPD, nginx and
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LiteSpeed</li>
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<li>Email system management and monitoring</li>
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<li>MySQL server optimisation</li>
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<li>Bash and Python scripting</li>
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<li>Web control panels including cPanel, DirectAdmin and</li>
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<li>Virtualisation and constainerisation technologies including KVM and
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LXC</li>
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<li>Service deployments with ansible, docker, containerisation</li>
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<li>DNS and network management</li>
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<h3 id="looking-for">Looking for</h3>
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<li>Remote or hybrid work</li>
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<li>Full time or contract</li>
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<li>Linux System Administration</li>
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<li>Break/Fix repair roles</li>
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<li>System design</li>
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<li>Discovery and Migration projects</li>
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<h3 id="skills">Skills</h3>
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<li>Linux and Unix system administration (30 years)</li>
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<li>System troubleshooting</li>
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<li>System discovery and analysis</li>
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<li>System design and deployment</li>
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<li>Almost 30 years involvement with Internet technologies</li>
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<h2 id="occupation">Occupation</h2>
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<h3 id="present">2011 - present</h3>
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<p><strong>AdminGeekZ Ltd</strong>, UK/International</p>
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<li>Senior System Administrator Remote system administration and DevOps
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services for businesses located around the world, principally with
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dedicated LAMP and nginx/php-fpm servers and cloud based systems. System
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tuning and provisioning for high performance and reliability based
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around MySQL, apache, nginx, PHP and varnish. Extensive experience with
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cPanel and Plesk control panels, backups and general server management.
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Security including system updating, hardening and tuning and the
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configuration of systems for HTTPS and other secure protocols.</li>
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<h2 id="previous-positions-to-2010">Previous positions (to 2010)</h2>
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<h3 id="section">2010 - 2011</h3>
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<p><strong>BuzzSports Ltd</strong>, Leeds, UK</p>
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<li>Senior System Administrator, buzzsports.com Setting up server and
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desktop systems for a gaming startup in Leeds using a LAMP based system
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on Rackspace servers. Implementation of processes and security to meet
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requirements of a UK gambling license and PCI-DSS compliance.</li>
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<h3 id="section-1">2010</h3>
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<p><strong>The Tote</strong>, Wigan, UK</p>
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<li>Contract Linux PCI-DSS Compliance Consultant Providing technical
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advice and support for a PCI-DSS compliance project for this high
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profile online betting service, including auditing production
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environments and developing and documenting system hardening strategies
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and ongoing patching and support processes in a RedHat Linux
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environment.</li>
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<h3 id="section-2">2010</h3>
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<p><strong>Lloyds Bank for HP plc</strong>, Knutsford, UK</p>
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<li>Contract Technical Consultant A project at a major financial
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institution to identify legacy hardware and its applications and suggest
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a migration strategy into a managed Linux environment. This involved
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system discovery in a mixed Solaris and HP-UX environment and
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documentation and communication with stakeholders regarding
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requirements.</li>
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<h2 id="education">Education</h2>
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<h3 id="section-3">1985-1988</h3>
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<p><strong>Teesside Polytechnic, Middlesbrough.</strong> - Humanities
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BA</p>
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<h2 id="older-positions-to-2000">Older Positions (to 2000)</h2>
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<h3 id="section-4">2008</h3>
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<p><strong>O2 plc</strong>, Leeds, UK</p>
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<li>Contract Migration Consultant Discovery and documentation project to
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identify and migrate legacy hardware into a virtualized Sun
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Microsystems/Oracle environment.</li>
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<h3 id="section-5">2007 - 2008</h3>
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<p><strong>Computacenter plc for BT plc</strong>, Salford, UK</p>
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<li>Contract Design Analyst Major internal virtualisation project for
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BT, migrating business applications running on Sun hardware to a Sun
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T-series environment new datacentre in Rochdale. The project involved
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evaluating applications for viability for migration and designing,
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building and migration the application.</li>
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<h3 id="section-6">2007</h3>
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<p><strong>Farnell plc</strong>, Leeds, UK</p>
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<li>Contract System Administrator Providing assistance in rolling out a
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new version of the Farnell online store. Installing and patching Solaris
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9 and apache and other software components on Sun V240s using JET for
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use as web servers; evaluating Sun T2000s as potential candidates for
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the web infrastructure layer.</li>
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<h3 id="section-7">2006 - 2007</h3>
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<p><strong>Portrait Quadstone</strong>, Edinburgh, Scotland</p>
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<li>Contract System Administrator Relief system administration support
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for this Edinburgh based software house, managing a mixed collection of
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Solaris, SuSE Linux and Windows machines, including maintaining backups,
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print services and desktop, production and website support. Use of
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Legato Networker for backups, Norton Ghost for Windows system imaging,
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VMWare for virtualisation services and assorted tools for maintaining
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services and systems.</li>
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<h3 id="section-8">2006</h3>
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<p><strong>Wipro for Sun Microsystems</strong>, Leeds, UK</p>
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<li>Contract System Administrator Providing installation support
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services for a greenfield platform servicing 40 machines, from V20Z to
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E480, in standalone and cluster configurations. Monitoring and reporting
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on backups using Netbackup, managing and documenting configurations at
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the OS level, advising on system requirements and managing service
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requests from client and contractors.</li>
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<h3 id="section-9">2006</h3>
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<p><strong>TechnoPhobia Ltd</strong>, Sheffield, UK</p>
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<li>Contract System Administrator System administrator for a well
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established web design agency based in Sheffield. Assisting with day to
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day operations internally and for their client hosting services. This
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included working with Linux (primarily Debian with some RedHat and SuSE)
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Windows 2003 and Solaris systems, managing Apache and IIS web servers,
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qmail and courier mail systems, Oracle and MySQL databases and dealing
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with day to day problems and queries from staff and clients, and
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documenting systems and processes.</li>
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<h3 id="section-10">2005</h3>
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<p><strong>EDS Business Exchange Services</strong>, Cheadle, UK</p>
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<li>Contract Network Analyst, Providing assistance in the design and
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installation of a Disaster Recovery facility for an international
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business unit within EDS. Configuration and installation of Cisco 2900
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series routers, design of the network and DNS topologies, system
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<h3 id="section-11">2004 - 2005</h3>
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<p><strong>City of Edinburgh Council for BT Global Services</strong>,
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<li>Contract System Administrator Support and management of a large
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local authority service delivery platform at operating system level,
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primarily on Solaris 2.6, 7, 8 and 9 and also on SunOS and HP-UX.
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Principle duties involved monitoring system services using Big Brother,
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managing backup regimes using ufsdump based scripts and Netbackup.
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Storage management using Solstice DiskSuite and Veritas Volume Manager
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and Veritas Filesystem with NIS and samba. Reporting and managing faults
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with Sun and attending remote sites to oversee repairs by third party
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engineers. Assisting in ithe implementation of new projects and
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commissioning of new machines built and hardened according to CEC and BT
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standards using Jumpstart and direct installation methods.</li>
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<h3 id="section-12">2001 - 2004</h3>
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<p><strong>Equifax plc/IBM UK Ltd</strong>, Bradford, UK</p>
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<li>Senior Systems Administrator Managing firewall and networking
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services and general system administration and support for this major UK
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online credit reference service. Developing firewall policies for WAN
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and Internet services using Checkpoint Firewall-1 on Sun and Nokia
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platforms. Integrating and supporting new client networks and existing
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services in a commercial infrastructure with twenty four hour operation
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and support. Assistance in the relocation and commissioning of Sun
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Enterprise level servers including E450, E4500 and E10000 machines. Day
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to day network and system administration duties including web server
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maintenance using apache, tomcat and Java 2; scripting in sh, ksh and
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perl, storage management using DiskSuite and Volume Manager and support
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of services running under Sun Cluster v3. Supporting load balancing
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systems using Cisco LocalDirector and apache and mod_rewrite.
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Commissioning and building of new machines using direct install and
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Jumpstart. Change and problem management using IBM CPMA and ManageNow
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systems and Bugzilla. IBM took over Equifax’s IT infrastructure in
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August 2003 and transferred Equifax IT staff to their employment. The
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Equifax platform was migrated to an IBM facility, including the
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migration of the firewalls to a Cisco PIX/Checkpoint FW-1 solution.
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Extensive involvement in the build and configuration of the new platform
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on Sun Enterprise machines, AIX on IBM p-series and Linux virtual
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machines on IBM z-series mainframes.</li>
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<h3 id="section-13">2000 - 2001</h3>
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<p><strong>Granada Media plc</strong>, London UK</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Webmaster Managing the day to day operations of the web services of
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the Granada Broadband group. Providing technical solutions and support
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for a number of high profile web sites including the official
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‘Coronation Street’ and ‘Emmerdale’ sites. Integrating the official
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Arsenal FC web site into the Granada Broadband platform. Integrating the
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ITV Football website into the Granada Broadband platform. Finding and
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implementing solutions to the problem of handling high volumes of time
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related traffic. Platform was based on Sun hardware running
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SunOne/Netscape/iPlanet and apache web servers, squid caches and various
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application services including Tomcat, Chilisoft ASP, Netscape Web
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Server/Sun Java Enterprise System and systems developed in-house.</li>
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<h3 id="section-14">1990 - 2000</h3>
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<p>Sportal, PSINet, assorted banks in the City, Reuters, Dow Jones,
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Clara.Net, Global Internet, Easynet, World Corporate Games, Finance for
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Business, NCB, Doncaster Borough Council</p>
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