Andy Davies

• Nationality: British

Certificates and Training

Microsoft Certification: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
Microsoft Certification: Azure Security Engineer (AZ-500)

Microsoft Training: Developing Solutions for Azure (AZ-204)
Microsoft Training: Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305)

ITIL v4 Certification

Key Skills:

Azure Virtual Machines/Storage
Azure Networking (VNets/VPN/Peerings)
Bastion setup
Azure Active Directory
RBAC/Conditional Access Policies
Azure Web App/Service Plans
Office 365 Tenant Creation
O365 Migration
IAM
AD Connect
MS Server
VMware
GPO Design/Testing
NTFS Permissions
Enterprise Apps/App Registrations
MFA/SSPRS Setup
Dashboards for monitoring Azure resources
Azure NetApp
Azure PIM
VM backups
Azure SQL/ElasticPools
SPF/DKIM/DMARC

Recent work:

• Migration/upgrades from 2012 R2
• PS-scripted migration of ~2500 users from on-prem telephony to Teams Voice
• Creation of Enterprise Apps/App Registrations
• Design and creation of SPF, DKIM and DMARC records
• Design and creation of Conditional Access rules
• Design and creation of Intune Configuration policies

Current and Previous Roles

Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Since August 2023

Responsibilities:

• Scripted automation & deployment with PowerShell/Bicep/Terraform
• DevOps repos and CI/CD Pipelines
• Completed BAU SRs, Incidents and CRs within SLAs
• Troubleshooting complex issues
• Azure Storage (Including Azure NetApp Files)
• Azure SQL/ElasticPool
• Documenting processes and creation of knowledgebase articles
• SME for Teams Voice
• Backups (VMs/Storage/SQL/DBs)
• VM administration
• Azure Virtual Desktop
• IAM roles & PIM

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer – April 2021 to August 2023

Responsibilities:

• Service Requests, Incidents and Change Requests
• Troubleshooting complex issues
• Azure NetApp administration
• SQL/ElasticPool administration
• Documenting processes and creation of knowledgebase articles
• SME for Teams Voice
• Configure and maintain backups (VMs and SQL/DBs)
• VM administration
• RDS collections and Remote Apps

Systems Administrator – May 2016 to April 2021

Responsibilities:

• Development and maintenance of a complete network of servers, workstations and networking infrastructure
• Active Directory/Azure AD, S2S VPN, AD Connect, SSO, MFA and SSPRS
• Administrating O365 subscription
• Maintenance of organisation and guest Wi-Fi, vlans and security
• Implementing and maintaining backups, both on-prem and in Azure
• End user support for ~80 users
• Manage contracts with 3rd parties