Chris d'Argent's Resume

 

Sydney, New South Wales Australia
Mobile Number:+61 447 638 628
Email Address: cdargent@gmail.com

Overview

I am a hard working passionate IT engineer with over 13 years of IT experiance in various roles. I have a keen focus and interest in virtualisation,messaging and scripting. My greatest strength is my ability to quickly grasp complex concepts. I also run a multi server lab environment at home to ensure I stay abreast wtth current IT advancements.

I have strong verbal and written communication skills and have experiance dealing directly with VIP persons of large public listed companies.

I work well in a team environment providing assistance and encouragement to work collegues.

 

 

Career History

May 2006 - Present
Company name:BGC Partners
Location:Sydney, Australia
Industry:Banking & Financial Services
Company size:5001-10000 employees
Company web site:http://www.bgcpartners.com
    
Job Title:APAC Wintel Systems Administrator
Job Type:Full-Time
Position Department:IT & Telecommunications
Closest Job Role:Systems Engineer
Summary:Wintel Systems Administrator focusing on vmWare and Messaging with APAC
Detailed Description:Managed APAC Vmware vSphere 4.1 environment.

Managed APAC Messaging (Exchange 2003, Exchange 2010, Blackberry Enterprise Server 5, Enterprise Vault 9)

Lead the migration of APAC Exchange 2003 environment to Exchange 2010 and implement personal archiving to remove business reliance on PSTs.

Provided Wintel Business as Usual support for APAC region.


Deveopled and maintained scripts (Bash, VBS, Powershell, Powercli, Exchange Management Shell) for APAC Wintel support.

Managed file and print server migration from Windows Server 2003 to Windows 2008 failover cluster, including developing logon scripts to remove desktops reliance on manual mappings.

Provided global support for North America and European regions for a server estate of +-3000 servers.

Sep 2008 - Mar 2009
Company name:Deutsche Bank
Location:Sydney, Australia
Industry:Banking & Financial Services
Company size:More than 10000 employees
Company web site:http://www.db.com
    
Job Title:Trade Floor Support Specialist
Job Type:Full-Time
Position Department:IT & Telecommunications
Closest Job Role:Networks & Systems Engineer
Summary:Provide Trade floor support to the Deutsche bank trading floor
Detailed Description:Temporary contract with DB will BGC was processing relocation issue from London to APAC
Provided trade floor support to the sales and trading team at Deutsche Bank Australia.

May 2006 - Aug 2007
Company name:Coal IT Services
Location:London, United Kingdom
Industry:Information Technology
Company size:201-500 employees
Company web site:http://www.coalit.com/
Comments:Contracted to COAL IT to provide services to BGC Partners London.
    
Job Title:Contractor
Job Type:Full-Time
Position Department:IT & Telecommunications
Closest Job Role:Conslt / Funct. Consultant
Summary:Specialist trade floor support to BGC Partners
Detailed Description:Provide on-site financial Trade Floor support and junior Wintel administration to BGC Partners London(See Above)

Jan 2006 - May 2006
Company name:Matsco Solutions
Location:London, United Kingdom
Industry:Information Technology
Company size:11-50 employees
Company web site:http://www.matsco.co.uk/
    
Job Title:Systems Solutions Engineer
Job Type:Full-Time
Position Department:IT & Telecommunications
Closest Job Role:Security Engineer
Summary:Provide consultancy services to hedge funds and private equitiy firms.
Detailed Description:Provided Messaging , Wintel , desktop and trading applications consultancy services to clients of Matsco. The focus was on hedge funds, private equities and global financial market brokers.

Apr 2001 - Dec 2005
Company name:Elders Limited
Location:Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industry:Agricultural & Animals
Company size:5001-10000 employees
Company web site:http://www.elders.com.au
    
Job Title:Systems Support Officer
Job Type:Full-Time
Position Department:IT & Telecommunications
Closest Job Role:Helpdesk & Desktop Support
Summary:Systems Support officer in charge of Western Australia
Detailed Description:Provide business as usual desktop and junior Wintel support to head office and branch office staff.

Developed vbs and asp scripts for systems managements to speed up day to day administration processes.

Managed desktop rollout, new branch site IT procurement, infrastructure design.

Provided IT training to staff on new and existing non point of sales systems.

Oct 2000 - Jan 2001
Company name:Telkom Pty Ltd
Location:Durban, South Africa
Industry:Information Technology
Company size:More than 10000 employees
    
Job Title:Contractor
Job Type:Full-Time
Position Department:IT & Telecommunications
Closest Job Role:Hardware Engineer
Summary:Contract to upgrade all desktop pcs across Kwazulu Natal
Detailed Description:3 month contract to upgrade hardware on all desktop pcs across Kwazulu Natal

Jun 1999 - Jul 2000
Company name:Spicer Specialised Services
Location:Durban, South Africa
Industry:Information Technology
Company size:201-500 employees
Comments:Spicer no longer operates.
    
Job Title:Consultant
Job Type:Full-Time
Position Department:IT & Telecommunications
Closest Job Role:Conslt / Funct. Consultant
Summary:Consultant to government department of labor Durban
Detailed Description:Provide desktop and junior wintel support for the South African government Department of Labor Kwazulu Natal.

Oct 1998 - Jan 1999
Company name:Futurenet
Location:South Africa
Industry:Information Technology
Company size:11-50 employees
Comments:Futurenet no longer operates.
    
Job Title:Technical Support
Job Type:Casual/Temporary
Position Department:IT & Telecommunications
Closest Job Role:Helpdesk & Desktop Support
Summary:technical support to ISP customers
Detailed Description:Provided technical support and training to ISP (Futurenet) clients.

Jan 1997 - Jul 1998
Company name:Future Solutions
Location:South Africa
Industry:Information Technology
Company size:11-50 employees
Comments:Future solutions ceased operations
    
Job Title:Desktop support
Job Type:Full-Time
Position Department:IT & Telecommunications
Closest Job Role:Helpdesk & Desktop Support
Summary:Desktop and server support to Future Solutions customers
Detailed Description:Provide desktop and server support to future solutions customers.

Skills

Product Skills

  • Active Directory (Intermediate - 4-5 years experience)
  • ASP.net (Novice - 1-1.5 years experience)
  • Bash Shell (Intermediate - 3-4 years experience)
  • Blackberry (Intermediate - 1.5-2 years experience)
  • Linux (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • Microsoft Exchange (Office Product) (Advanced - 3-4 years experience)
  • Microsoft Operating Systems (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • MS SQL Server (Intermediate - 1-1.5 years experience)
  • Symantec Enterprise Vault (Intermediate - 1-1.5 years experience)
  • VBS (Advanced - >5 years experience)
  • VMWare (Intermediate - 1.5-2 years experience)

Licenses & Certifications

Microsoft Exchange 2010 - Configure and Administer

Issuer:Microsoft

VmWare Certified Professional

Issuer:VmWare

Symantec Enterprise Vault 9.x Configuring and Deploying

Issuer:Symantec

Comptia A+

Issuer:Comptia

Certificate IV , Programming (Bash, C, Java, VB.Net)

Issuer:Central Tafe, Western Australia

Certificate IV , Applied Languages (French)

Issuer:Tafe WA

Associations

Vmware User Group

Date From:1st September 2010
Comments:Vmware User group.

Personal Information

Job Seeking Status:Seriously Looking
I am on a notice period (days):  0
I am available from:30th April 2011
Would you relocate for a job?Open to Offers
Gender:Male
Marital Status:Married
Do I have a drivers license?Yes

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