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Barry Stead
Tawa, wellington
Summary
With 26 years of experience in the IT industry, a proven track record showcases the ability to thrive in large organizations with complex IT environments. Excels at managing vendor relationships and coordinating third-party support, ensuring seamless operations and service delivery. Navigating and resolving challenges in dynamic and multifaceted IT landscapes is second nature, consistently delivering results that align with organizational goals.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Infrastructure and Hypervisor Engineer
Spark New Zealand
06.2018 - Current
- Complex Systems Management
- Vendor and Third-Party Support
- Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V)
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning
- IT Security and Compliance
- System Performance Optimization
- Firmware updates
- Server profiles
- NIC configuration
- ILo and BIOS settings/Upgrades
- Deployed ESXi and vCenter
- Patch and Firmware deployments
- Decommission of legacy Environments
Systems Engineer
Spark New Zealand
06.2016 - 04.2018
- Investigating and resolving complex IT support issues
- Escalating calls and issues to senior management and team leaders as needed
- Ensuring all incidents are logged and updated in the Incident Management System
- Communicating with third-party technical specialists regarding hardware and software issues
- Managing monthly roll-out of patches and updates within Windows, VMware, and Citrix environments
- Performing firmware, ILO, and infrastructure patching for third-party hardware
- Updating security certificates and maintaining VMware and Citrix environments
- Capacity monitoring and updating support procedures and documentation
- Mentoring peers on work processes and procedures
Systems Analyst
HP Enterprise Services / EDS New Zealand
06.2005 - 05.2016
- Rolling out software updates and patches
- Investigating and resolving specialist IT support issues
- Communicating with third-party technical specialists
- Managing incidents from initiation to closure
- Escalating issues to senior management as needed
- Updating and maintaining support documentation
- Implementing change control procedures
- Complex Systems Management
- Vendor and Third-Party Support
- Virtualisation (VMware, Hyper-V)
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning
- IT Security and Compliance
- System Performance Optimisation
- Windows, VMware, and Citrix Administration
- Incident Management and Troubleshooting
Skills
- Vendor and Third-Party Support
- Virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V)
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning
- IT Security and Compliance
- System Performance Optimization
- Windows, VMware, and Citrix Administration
- Incident Management and Troubleshooting
Certification
VMware Certified Professional – Data Centre Virtualisation 2019
Vmware 2V0-602 vSphere 6.5 Foundations Exam
Interests
Timeline
Infrastructure and Hypervisor Engineer
Spark New Zealand
06.2018 - Current
Systems Engineer
Spark New Zealand
06.2016 - 04.2018
Systems Analyst
HP Enterprise Services / EDS New Zealand
06.2005 - 05.2016
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