Neal Kelly

Senior Infrastructure, Cloud, Backup and Storage Engineer @Yorkshire Water

Bradford, GB

Deployed Infrastructure as Code for numerous Azure resources for automation via PowerShell and Visual Studio Code. Configured version control and remote repositories via Git and Azure DevOps Organisation.\\\\n• Designed, managed and implemented Azure File Sync for multiple file server migration activities for a hybrid solution.\\\\n• Managed and configured the Azure disaster recovery plans with implementing the relevant Azure monitoring, alerting and resource tagging.\\\\n• Analysed Azure cost management with company data, adopted the relevant tiering strategies, resulting in fifty per cent cost savings.\\\\n• Successfully led a two million pound project for the configuration, migrations and performance storage acceptance testing for the Dell EMC Metro Nodes, VPLEX Witness Cluster, PowerStores, PowerScales and the Superna Suite. Performed and documented over 150 storage tests for alerting, functionality, resiliency and Disaster Recovery.\\\\n• Identified numerous bug related issues that assisted Dell EMC to devise and plan for future related code releases.\\\\n• Designed, configured and supported Brocade SANnav that provided comprehensive visibility into the SAN environment. Identified, isolated and corrected a number of SAN related issues before they impacted the business.\\\\n• Successfully upgraded the EMC PowerStores, Metro Nodes, SCG’s, PowerScales and Brocade Switches, after identifying performance and configuration defects with previous versions.\\\\n• Mentored and coached colleagues with documenting processes and procedures on the EMC, Brocade and Azure Infrastructure.\\\\n• Regular vendor meetings that ensured objectives and goals were met for the success of the Storage Transformation Project.\\\\n• Managed and supported the Yorkshire Water IBM Spectrum Protect environment, maintained over a 98% daily backup success rate.\\\\n• Successfully analysed and rectified several hundred security vulnerabilities that reduced notable threats within the company.\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n

Leicester DeMontfort University

Bachelors Degree, Business Studies BA, 2.1

New College Stamford

National Diploma, Business and Finance, 7 Distinctions and 1 Merit