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Tom Hargreaves

VMware Administrator

Virtual infrastructure that's stable, fast and resilient

+44 114 555 0584
linkedin.com/in/tom-hargreaves-vmware

VMware administrator with nine years designing, building and running virtualised infrastructure for enterprises in Sheffield. Administers vSphere, ESXi and vCenter estates, manages clusters, storage and networking, and keeps hundreds of virtual machines performing and available. Led a data-centre virtualisation and consolidation that cut physical server count and slashed power and hardware costs. Handles capacity planning, patching, backup and disaster recovery, automates with PowerCLI, and troubleshoots performance issues across compute, storage and network. Strong on the platform and the wider infrastructure it sits in, and rigorous about resilience and recovery testing. Calm during a host failure or DR event. Looking for a VMware, virtualisation or infrastructure-engineer role with an organisation that runs serious on-prem or hybrid environments.

Work Experience

Sheffield Enterprise IT - Sheffield, UK

VMware Administrator April 2016 to Present 10 years & 3 months

Administer the vSphere, the ESXi and the vCenter estates running several hundred production virtual machines.
Led a data-centre virtualisation and consolidation that cut servers and slashed power and hardware costs.
Manage the clusters, the storage and the networking, with full capacity planning and performance tuning.
Handle all the patching, the backup, the replication and the full disaster-recovery design and testing.
Automate all the routine administration and the reporting with PowerCLI scripting right across the estate.
Troubleshoot all the performance and the availability issues right across compute, storage and the network.

South Yorkshire IT Services - Sheffield, UK

Infrastructure / Systems Administrator August 2013 to March 2016 2 years & 8 months

Administered the Windows servers, the storage and the early virtualisation estate daily.
Supported the infrastructure, the backups and day-to-day operations across the business.
Learned vSphere administration and infrastructure design in a real production environment.
Gained the VCP certification and then moved into a VMware-administrator role.

South Yorkshire IT Services - Sheffield, UK

IT Support / Server Technician June 2011 to July 2013 2 years & 2 months

Provided the IT support and basic server administration across a business network.
Maintained the servers, the backups and the user systems day to day.
Learned the Windows server, storage and infrastructure basics on the job.
Then earned the move into a full infrastructure-administrator role from there.
Education

Sheffield Hallam University

BSc (Hons) Computer Networks (September 2010 to June 2013)

Degree in computer networks covering servers, storage and infrastructure, with a placement year. The placement led into virtualisation and infrastructure. Built the technical foundation behind the role.

VMware

VMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV) (January 2016 to June 2016)

VCP Data Center Virtualization certification covering vSphere design, deployment and management. It is the benchmark credential for the role. Applied directly to running production vSphere estates.
Highlights

Consolidation that cut costs

Led a data-centre virtualisation and consolidation that cut physical server count and slashed power and hardware costs. Doing more on less hardware pays back in both money and resilience.

Recovery actually tested

Designs and regularly tests disaster recovery so failover works when it is genuinely needed. A DR plan only counts once it has been proven under real conditions.
Key Projects

vSphere Estate Upgrade

VMware Administrator (January 2019 to September 2019)

Planned and ran a major vSphere upgrade across the production estate, sequencing the hosts and clusters so hundreds of VMs stayed available with no service interruption.

DR Site Build & Failover Test

VMware Administrator (February 2020 to July 2020)

Built and proved a disaster-recovery site with replication and documented runbooks, then ran a full failover test so recovery was something the business had actually seen work.
Certifications

VMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV)

VMware (June 2016 to Present)

VCP Data Center Virtualization certification covering vSphere design, deployment and management. It is the benchmark credential for the role. Applied directly to running production vSphere estates.

Storage, Backup & Disaster Recovery

VMware (April 2019 to Present)

Certification in enterprise storage, backup and disaster-recovery design. It supports the replication, DR testing and storage management run across the production vSphere estate.
Technical Skills
  • vSphere / ESXi
  • vCenter Administration
  • Cluster Management
  • Storage (SAN/NFS)
  • Capacity Planning
  • Backup & DR
  • PowerCLI Automation
  • Performance Tuning
  • Virtual Networking
  • Windows Server
Langauges

English (UK)

Native or Bilingual Proficiency

French

Limited Working Proficiency
Personal Info

Location

Sheffield, UK

Nationality

British

Gender

Male

Notice Period

1 month

Date of Birth

1991-08-14
Personal Skills

Problem Solving

Composure

Attention to Detail

Reliability

Methodical Approach

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