Jonathan Bourke

Background

About Jonathan Bourke

IT professional with broad experience and a pragmatic approach to designing enterprise IT infrastructures. Successfully delivers advanced infrastructure from design to implementation, most recently: • Backup As A Service environment from scratch, including networking, firewalls, DNS, SMTP, FTP, EMC Avamar, EMC DPA, VMware ESX • Standard VMware ESX infrastructure deployed globally, to support production applications • Redesign of legacy Sun Solaris system to reduce maintenance costs and improve performance • Implementation of Oracle 11i on Linux environment utilising 100+ systems and 45TB of SAN storage • Disaster Recovery and High Availability designs utilising Legato, EMC BCVs, EMC SRDF, Oracle Dataguard, 3DNS, and BigIP Additionally, extensive international experience working for large Multinational Companies, including acting as engineering site lead for 140+ Engineers, focused on recruitment, coordinating issues and projects across functional teams. • Well rounded background in consultative roles, liaising with all levels of management, suggesting & driving new projects • Operating in a Service Level Agreement (SLA) driven environment, with escalation procedures and defined deliverables, working to resolve issues in a timely manner • Working within global teams to deliver projects with tight deadlines, suggesting & utilising new technologies to improve communications and overall performance • Strong focus on International aspects of Client Service delivery, continuously striving to improve toolsets, communications, working environment, and awareness of different cultural sensitivities • ITIL V3 Foundation Certified Specialties: Windows & Unix Systems Administration including Redhat Linux, Sun Solaris 7, 8, 9, Server & SAN Architecture, Enterprise Data Backup Systems including Legato Networker and Veritas NetBackup, Project Management including Lean and Six Sigma, IT Management