
Director at Avanade
Almere Stad Area, Netherlands

Director at Avanade
Almere Stad Area, Netherlands
Hi, my name is Aram Smith and i work for Avanade, a joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture.
I have 17 years of experience in the ICT field and i am a dedicated Infrastructure Architect, specialized in Microsoft infrastructures and their products.
In my role as Infrastructure Architect I am responsible for architecting, designing and implementation large infrastructure designs, but also responsible for Quality Assurance of the design and project phases.
In my career i have performed several large projects for customers such as ING, SNS Reaal, TPG, Royal Vopak, and Agility Logistics, but also performed several projects for Microsoft, such as the Quickstart/Quickplan Security Portfolio.
My specialties are Infrastructure Architecture with frameworks such as the Microsoft Reference Architecture (WSSRA) and the TOGAF
Also i have a dedicated focus to the area of Infrastructure Security with technologies such as Identity & Access Management and Public Key Infrastructures, but i also like the core technologies as Microsoft messaging & Collaboration-, Server- , System Center- and Security products
Aram
Microsoft & VMWare Virtualisation Products, Windows 200x Server platform, LDAP Directory Services, XP/Vista, System Center Products,, Exchange 200x Server, ISA Server 200x & Enterprise, Small Business Server 200x, Terminal Services, High availability (MSCS & NLB), LCS 2005/OCS 2007, MS Identity and Integration Server/ILM, Public Key Infrastructures, SoftGrid Application Virtualisation, Citrix Products, Project management fundamentals, SUN IdM
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2008 — Present (9 months)
(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2004 — Present (4 years 11 months)
(Computer Networking industry)
2001 — 2007 (6 years)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AGLT; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)
January 2007 — December 2007 (1 year)
As lead Architect responsible for the Architecture, design and implementation (QA) for a large centralized Microsoft infrastructure spread over 2 datacenters and 400+ offices.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; UIS; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1998 — August 2004 (6 years)
New technology, Microsoft technology, Infrastructure Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, TOGAF, WSSRA