Aaron Parker

Current

• Application Virtualisation Specialist at Transport for London

Past

• Support Analyst at Steria Ltd
• Senior Systems Engineer at Clariti Pty Ltd
• Senior Systems Engineer at Future Group

• Network Administrator at Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE

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Education

• Citrix
• Microsoft
• Softricity

• AppSense
• ITIL
• CompTIA
• Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog

Aaron Parker’s Summary

Technical specialist in Terminal Server/Presentation Server design and implementation as well as Active Directory design and application deployment. Strong skills in scripting as well as remote access solutions.

Aaron Parker’s Specialties:

Communicate appropriately with customers
Network/system design & implementation
Identity & access management
Application deployment
Remote access solutions
Windows SOE & Group Policy design & deployment
Operating system & application scripting
Windows Server design & deployment
Network edge protection with Microsoft ISA Server
Messaging systems with Exchange Server

Aaron Parker’s Experience

• Application Virtualisation Specialist

  Transport for London

  (Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  November 2007 — Present (9 months)

• Support Analyst

  Steria Ltd

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SRIAF; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2007 — October 2007 (4 months)

• Senior Systems Engineer

  Clariti Pty Ltd

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2002 — June 2007 (5 years 1 month)

  - Design and implementation of large-scale projects with a focus on application deployment and remote access solutions with Citrix Presentation Server and Active Directory as well as their supporting technologies such as Access Gateway and ISA Server. This includes the following activities:
  o Pre-sales support and system design
  o Implementation and rollout
  o Development of appropriate technical documentation
  o Testing and troubleshooting
  o Training and ongoing support for IS services personnel after project completion.
  - Created and documented Clariti’s standards for:
  o Active Directory and Group Policy implementation
  o Terminal Server and Presentation Server deployment
  o Access Gateway and Secure Gateway deployment
  o ISA Server configuration
  o Exchange Server
  - Provide mentorship to other systems engineers within Clariti for Microsoft and Citrix products including managing an internal knowledgebase.

• Senior Systems Engineer

  Future Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 1997 — June 2002 (5 years 4 months)

  - Design and implementation of Windows and NetWare networks; from pre-sales support to installation and ongoing IS Services and end-user support.
  - Responsible for the development of procedures and standards for the implementation and ongoing support of Windows NT/2000 based networks and related services.
  - Provided mentorship to other systems engineers within Future Group for Microsoft products.

• Network Administrator

  Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE

  (Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 1994 — March 1997 (3 years 3 months)

  - Provided priority support to the student network as well as support for the staff and administration network. Supported 5 network sites consisting mainly of Novell NetWare 3.12 servers and Windows workstations.
  - Moved from the role of a supporting technician to providing network support and administration.
  - Started employment at CSIT following work experience during the completion of a Diploma of Information Technology.

Aaron Parker’s Education

• Citrix

  2000 — 2007

  Citrix Certified Integration Architect: Access Suite 4.0
  Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator: MetaFrame XP, Access Suite 4.0
  Citrix Certified Administrator: MetaFrame 1.8, MetaFrame XP, Access Suite 4.0

• Microsoft

  1998 — 2007

  Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Windows Server 2003, Early Achiever
  Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer: Windows NT 4.0
  Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Security (Windows Server 2003)
  Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator: Messaging (Windows Server 2003)

• Softricity

  Softricity Certified Professional 2006 — 2006

• AppSense

  AppSense Certified Administrator 2004 — 2006

• ITIL

  ITIL Foundations 2005 — 2005

• CompTIA

  CompTIA Security+ Certified Professional 2004 — 2004

• Cooloola Sunshine Institute of TAFE

  Diploma of Information Technology, Information Technology, 1992 — 1993

Additional Information

Aaron Parker’s Websites:

• My Blog

Aaron Parker’s Groups:

•    virtualization.info Vanguards member
•    SoftGridguru member
•    CCIA member

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