Darren Reevell
Active Directory & Messaging Specialist
- York,
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Member Since: 2011/04/11
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Active Directory & Messaging Specialist
Hiscox
January 2014 – Present
Contracted by Hiscox to provide 3rd Line Support for their email, and Active Directory infrastructure components in accordance with agreed service levels, standards and processes.
Managing the IT infrastructure to minimise business disruption and identify and drive initiatives to improve the quality and effectiveness of the infrastructure services. Providing input to the infrastructure strategy of mail, and directory services, and undertaking solution designs for infrastructure projects.
Managing the IT infrastructure to minimise business disruption and identify and drive initiatives to improve the quality and effectiveness of the infrastructure services. Providing input to the infrastructure strategy of mail, and directory services, and undertaking solution designs for infrastructure projects.
Active Directory Consultancy
Save9
July 2014 – July 2014
Contracted to troubleshoot and remediate Active Directory synchronisation issues for one of their clients.
IT Consultant
Anicetus Consulting
July 2010 – March 2014
Active Directory Architect/Consultant
Kelway Ltd
July 2013 – January 2014
Contracted by Kelway (UK) Limited as an Active Directory Architect for a local authority based in East London. Providing architecture, design, governance and technical leadership for the organisation's Active Directory infrastructure.
Designed and Implemented the Following:
Automatic Inactive/Stale Account Reporting
Organisation Unit (OU) Hierarchy Design
Active Directory Schema Extension
Active Directory Backup & Recovery
Active Directory Domain & Forest Update (2008)
Active Directory Trust Management
Roles Based Access Control (RBAC) for the Active Directory
Group Policy Environment (inc. GPP & WMI Filters)
Domain Controller Standard Build
Virtual Test/Pre-Prod Lab (vMWare)
Designed and Implemented the Following:
Automatic Inactive/Stale Account Reporting
Organisation Unit (OU) Hierarchy Design
Active Directory Schema Extension
Active Directory Backup & Recovery
Active Directory Domain & Forest Update (2008)
Active Directory Trust Management
Roles Based Access Control (RBAC) for the Active Directory
Group Policy Environment (inc. GPP & WMI Filters)
Domain Controller Standard Build
Virtual Test/Pre-Prod Lab (vMWare)
Active Directory/PowerShell Consultant
Kelway
December 2013 – December 2013
Contracted by Kelway (UK) Limited on a short-term contract as an Active Directory/PowerShell Consultant for a large housing association based in North London. Designed, tested and implemented a PowerShell script to provide a daily automatic update of the housing organisation's Active Directory with data from their Oracle HR Database, including reports detailing failed updates, skipped updates, and listings of all user accounts updated including list of attributes updated.
Microsoft & Active Directory Consultant
Kelway UK Ltd
March 2013 – July 2013
Contracted by Kelway to undertake an Active Directory Data Cleansing project and audit remediation work for large housing association in North London. Writing various VB and PowerShell scripts to automate audit reporting, administration requirements, and managing the integrity of the Active Directory data..
Active Directory Migration Consultant
Hull College (HCUK)
November 2012 – March 2013
Contracted as an Active Directory Consultant to lead their Novell to Microsoft migration. Migrating Novell NetWare/GroupWise to Microsoft Active Directory Windows Server 2008 R2/Windows Server 2012 & Exchange 2010.
Designed and Implemented the following;
Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Base Build
Windows Server 2012 Base Build
Windows 7 Desktop Build
Active Directory 2008 R2 Forest
Active Directory Schema Extension
OU Hierarchy
Roles Based Access Control (RBAC) for the Active Directory
Group Policy Environment (inc. WMI filters)
Software Deployment (MDT 2010)
SCCM 2010/App-V
Designed and Implemented the following;
Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Base Build
Windows Server 2012 Base Build
Windows 7 Desktop Build
Active Directory 2008 R2 Forest
Active Directory Schema Extension
OU Hierarchy
Roles Based Access Control (RBAC) for the Active Directory
Group Policy Environment (inc. WMI filters)
Software Deployment (MDT 2010)
SCCM 2010/App-V
Senior Support Analyst
Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc
September 2012 – November 2012
Contracted a Senior Support Analyst to provide 3rd line support for the Windows 2003 R2 and Windows 2008 R2 environments, Citrix XenApps, SQL, Cluster Services, Wintel and many bespoke applications.
Active Directory Technical Design Authority
Kelway UK Ltd
January 2012 – September 2012
Active Directory TDA for a housing partnership based in North London, providing Active Directory health and stability review, designing and implementing processes around the Active Directory, designing and implementing Active Directory delegation model and naming standards, consolidating multiple Active Directories to single AD forest, producing Active Directory Operations Manual and stakeholder management.
Projects Support
Capgemini
September 2011 – December 2011
Contracted to provide Project & Wintel Support for Capgemini's Tata Steel Account. Providing 3rd line support and consultancy for Novell NetWare 6/5, Microsoft NT4, Microsoft Windows 2003 R2, Active Directory, Windows XP, Windows 7, as well as writing several bespoke VB scripts for the client.
Active Directory Consultant/Technical Project Manager
King's College London
May 2011 – September 2011
Provided Project Manager/Consultancy skills on an Active Directory consolidation project for a leading education and research university based in the heart of London. Providing project management, architecture/design, and consultancy skills on the consolidation and migration of seven disparate Windows Active Directory forests into a single >52,000 user Active Directory forest.
Active Directory Technical Design Authority
Capgemini
December 2010 – May 2011
Worked on assignment for Capgemini in Rotherham, providing design and consultancy skills on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory Transformation project for a leading UK based internet business, building three separate multi-domain Active Directory forests, utilising a combination of physical and virtual Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controllers, and ensuring the environments met the rigorous PCI-DSS requirements.
Projects Support
Capgemini
September 2010 – December 2010
Contracted to provide Project & Wintel Support for Capgemini's Tata Steel Account. Providing 3rd line support and consultancy for Novell NetWare 6/5, Microsoft NT4, Microsoft Windows 2003 R2, Active Directory, Windows XP, Windows 7, as well as writing several bespoke VB scripts for the client.
Directory Services Technical Authority
Hewlett-Packard
August 2009 – August 2010
Directory Services Technical Authority on the Aviva account
Directory Services Technical Authority
Norwich Union Insurance
May 2004 – July 2009
Technical lead on all things directory services (ldap, active directory, novell directory services etc.).
Technical Specialist
Norwich Union Insurance
February 2001 – May 2004
Technical Specialist; 3rd line support for Novell NetWare 3x, 4x, 5x, 6x, and Microsoft Windows 2000/2003.
Consultant
Lintech System Limited
1996 – February 2001
Self employed IT Consultant providing Windows and Novell NetWare 2nd/3rd line support, design, and implementation services to various clients throughout the UK (client list below);
HFC Bank
Notts. County Council
Andersen Consulting
Boots Opticians Limited
Environment Agency
Robert McBride Limited
Paragon Group
Leeds City Council
CGNU
Norwich Union
HFC Bank
Notts. County Council
Andersen Consulting
Boots Opticians Limited
Environment Agency
Robert McBride Limited
Paragon Group
Leeds City Council
CGNU
Norwich Union
IT Support Analyst
Lloyds TSB Bank plc
1994 – 1995
Education
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Full Biography
I started working with Directory Services in 1996; providing consultancy, design, and support/troublehooting experience from early Novell NetWare (4.0x-6.5), to Microsoft Windows 2000/2003(inc. R2)/2008(inc. R2) and Microsoft Windows 2012.
Specialties:
• Directory Services
• LDAP
• Windows 2000/2003/2008/2008 R2/2012
• Active Directory
• Group Policy (GPO)
• Scripting (PowerShell/VB)
• Novell NetWare
• Novell eDirectory/NDS
• OpenLDAP
• Microsoft Exchange 2003/2007/2010
• SCCM 2007 R2
MCTS - Windows 2008 Directory Services
CDE - Certified Directory Engineer
CNE - Certified NetWare Engineer (Classic, NW4, NW5, NW6)
CNA - Certified NetWare Administrator (NW4, NW5, NW6)
ITIL Foundation
International Who's Who of Information Technology - 2001
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