James Convery
Technical Consultant @Wavetree
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WORK HISTORY
Technical Consultant @Wavetree
Senior Infrastructure & Cloud Consultant | Virtualisation Architect | ERP (IFS) Hosting Specialist | Hybrid Cloud & Security LeadSenior Infrastructure & Cloud Consultant with extensive experience designing, implementing and operating enterprise-grade virtualisation, storage and hybrid cloud environments.Specialising in ERP (IFS) platform hosting, high-availability infrastructure and secure multi-site data centre operations, I work with organisations to modernise legacy estates, optimise platform costs and improve resilience.My expertise spans VMware vSphere & vSAN, Proxmox VE, enterprise SAN architectures, Azure & Google Cloud, NSX networking, Cloudflare edge security, and Cyber Essentials Plus readiness.I focus not just on implementation, but on architecture, governance and long-term operational sustainability — ensuring infrastructure is resilient, secure, compliant and commercially efficient.
EDUCATION
The University of Bolton
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT JAMES CONVERY
I am a driven, self-organised IT professional who likes to be challenged by new technologies and believes in providing great customer services to a variety of clients. Having worked for many different companies and clients, I believe I understand how to identify business needs and how they can be met through IT, finding solutions to problems within budgets and timeframes. I believe my strongest skill is being able to explain complex technologies and their business benefits to all levels of the business.Virtualisation & Platform Architecture • Architecting and deploying VMware vSphere (7/8) HA clusters with vSAN, including disk group design, performance tuning and capacity planning. • Designing and leading virtualisation migrations from VMware to Proxmox VE, including storage redesign, HA evaluation and cost optimisation modelling. • Building resilient ERP hosting platforms tailored to IFS performance and availability requirements. • Designing 2-node and multi-node cluster architectures with clear failover and recovery strategies.Cloud & Hybrid Infrastructure • Designing secure hybrid cloud integrations between on-prem infrastructure and Azure / Google Cloud. • Building and maintaining cloud-native and hybrid workloads. • Managing identity integration, access control and secure connectivity between environments. • Implementing DNS, TLS and WAF security policies through Cloudflare.Networking, Security & Edge Protection • Managing NSX firewall and load balancing infrastructure within enterprise environments. • Designing network segmentation strategies to protect ERP and internal systems. • Implementing secure edge protection and certificate chain management (TLS 1.2 / 1.3). • Supporting high-availability load-balanced service architectures.Compliance & Cyber Security • Leading Cyber Essentials Plus readiness and remediation programmes. • Implementing patch governance, endpoint hardening and secure configuration baselines.ERP (IFS) Platform Management • Patching and maintaining IFS environments across infrastructure and OS layers. • Ensuring infrastructure performance aligns with ERP workload demands. • Supporting hosted IFS platforms within multi-tenant data centre environments.Key Skills • VMware vSphere / vSAN • Proxmox VE • SAN (SAS & Fibre Channel) • Azure & Google Cloud • NSX Firewall & Load Balancing • Cloudflare WAF & DNS • Backup & DR Architecture • Cyber Essentials Plus • ERP Infrastructure (IFS) • Data Centre Operations • Infrastructure Migration Strategy • High Availability Design
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