Christopher Howarth CISSP RHCE JNCIS-FWV

Current
Past
  • Senior Internet Systems Engineer at Cable & Wireless
  • Internet Systems Engineer at NTL
  • IT Support Technician at Rood Technology
Education
  • Southampton Solent University
Connections
187 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Christopher Howarth CISSP RHCE JNCIS-FWV’s Summary

IT Consultant with over 14 working years experience and a detailed knowledge of a broad range of cutting edge internetworking systems. I am highly skilled with Juniper product suite, UNIX & have experience of implementation of security systems, procedures, policies & best practices. I am CISSP, RHCE & JNCIS-FWV certified.

Christopher Howarth CISSP RHCE JNCIS-FWV’s Specialties:

Networking Consulting. Internet Systems Design, Development, Implementation & Support. Juniper Security products. UNIX. Keen photographer.


Christopher Howarth CISSP RHCE JNCIS-FWV’s Experience

  • Staff Engineer

    Juniper Networks

    (Public Company; JNPR; Computer Networking industry)

    December 2006Present (2 years 8 months)

    Proactive technical management of key Juniper customers. Minimising impact of issues by preventing them happening in the first place. Focusing on Juniper Security Technology portfolio.

  • Senior Advanced APG TAC Engineer

    Juniper Networks UK Ltd

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; JNPR; Internet industry)

    May 2005December 2006 (1 year 8 months)

    Senior engineer supporting EMEA region DX / WX Juniper product set customers.

  • System & Network Development Consultant

    Synetrix

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

    May 2003May 2005 (2 years 1 month)

    Design & implementation of public sector enterprise scale projects including the LGfL (London Grid for Learning). Including SUN one directory authentication, webmail, core DNS, F5 L4 switching (BigIP), URL Filtering. BS7799 policy development. Disaster Recovery. Security officer duties to Equinox including white paper authoring.

  • Managing Director / Owner

    UKFox Ltd

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2001August 2003 (2 years 8 months)

    MD of company supplying web design, programming, service hosting & bespoke onsite technical services to medium & large size businesses in the Surrey area.

    Company ceased trading due to family obligations ( 2 of them :) ).

  • Senior Internet Systems Engineer

    Cable & Wireless

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; CWC; Telecommunications industry)

    May 1999May 2003 (4 years 1 month)

    Design and Support of enterprise systems on public sector projects including GSI (Government Secure Intranet), NHS, etc. Implementation of complex network infrastructures based on Unix servers, Cisco systems and various Firewall technologies. Highly pressured but motivated environment. As a senior engineer I also supported my colleague engineers and organised work.

  • Internet Systems Engineer

    NTL

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NTL; Telecommunications industry)

    August 1997May 1999 (1 year 10 months)

    Primarily responsible for providing support to first level staff, dealing in-depth with systems faults. Working with an Internet Service Provider Network / Systems Operations Department. Troubleshooting Web, News and Mail systems for reseller customers. Administration of Department's DEC Intranet / mail server. Technical writer for various departmental system and network procedures.

  • IT Support Technician

    Rood Technology

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Semiconductors industry)

    June 1996August 1997 (1 year 3 months)

    IT desktop support for small chip manufacturer


Christopher Howarth CISSP RHCE JNCIS-FWV’s Education

  • Southampton Solent University

    HND , Computing , 19941996


Additional Information

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Christopher Howarth CISSP RHCE JNCIS-FWV’s Interests:

Fatherhood, Photography, Claymation, Computer Animation, CAD, Wed Design, Web Application Programming, Vintage Toy Collecting (Featured on "Wired")

Christopher Howarth CISSP RHCE JNCIS-FWV’s Groups:

  •    Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP)
  •    Information Security Community (30,000+ Members)
  •    "The Original Juniper Networks Group"
  •    JUNOS Professionals
  •    Juniper Alumni
  •    Juniper Networks Certified Professionals
  •    Juniper Networks - Network Architecture & Network Operations
  •    Juniper Networks UK&I

Christopher Howarth CISSP RHCE JNCIS-FWV’s Honors:

CISSP - Certified Internet Systems Security Professional
RHCE - RedHat Certified Engineer
SCSE - Sun Certified Systems Engineer
JNCIS-FWV - Juniper Firewall Specialist
JNCIA-SSL- Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate on SSL-VPN (Secure Access) Platform
JNCIA-WX- Juniper Networks Certified Internet Associate on WX WAN Acceleration Platform


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