BCP & DR Project Manager at Essex County Council
Southend on Sea, United Kingdom
- Current
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- BCP & DR Project Manager at Essex County Council
- Past
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- Contract - Deployment Project Manager at Deutsche Bank
- IT Security & DR Officer at C Hoare & Co
- IT Infrastructure Team Manager at C Hoare & Co
- IT Infrastructure Team Leader at C Hoare & Co
- IT Infrastructure Analyst at C Hoare & Co
- IT Support Analyst at C Hoare & Co
- Senior Field Service Engineer at Advanced Technology Maintenance
- Field Service Engineer at CDS
- Electrical Engineer at Alcan
- Education
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- CISSP
- ITIL
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
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Robert Patrick’s Summary
I am an experienced IT Manager in the financial services sector with a good knowledge of Information Security and projects. Most recently I have been working as an IT Security & DR Officer and I have also held positions of IT Infrastructure and IT Operations Team Manager.
I have sound planning and organisational capabilities applying a methodical approach to building and implementing sophisticated plans. I take a systematic and logical approach to achieving tasks, employing strong analytical skills and using effective processes. I have good interpersonal skills working well with others, leading by example, and encouraging team working as well as personal development. I pride myself on having high standards of quality and attention to detail, and have a proven track record of meeting delivery objectives.
Robert Patrick’s Specialties:
IT Management, Information Security, Project Management
CISSP, ITIL, PRINCE2, CISMP, MCSE, CNE
Robert Patrick’s Experience
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BCP & DR Project Manager
Essex County Council
(Government Agency; Government Administration industry)
June 2009 — Present (2 months)
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Contract - Deployment Project Manager
Deutsche Bank
(Public Company; DB; Banking industry)
July 2008 — June 2009 (1 year)
Deployment Project Manager role at Deutsche Bank.
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IT Security & DR Officer
C Hoare & Co
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Banking industry)
February 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 4 months)
•Responsible for the secure operation of the Bank’s information systems.
•Liaising with internal and external auditors, managing the remedial actions required to resolve audit points raised.
•Reporting the current status of Information Security issues to senior management and maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of security threats.
•Managing technical security analysis of new systems and penetration tests for new and existing systems with third party service providers.
•Managing the annual DR testing of systems. This includes scheduling the tests, liaising with the business units to define functional testing requirements, co-ordinating internal and external resources required to perform the test, producing test scripts outlining the tasks to be completed, and acting as the testing co-ordinator during the exercise.
•Reporting the status of DR testing to management, and reviewing and updating DR processes.
•Updating the Bank’s Information Security Policies in line with ISO27001. -
IT Infrastructure Team Manager
C Hoare & Co
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Banking industry)
February 2005 — February 2007 (2 years 1 month)
•Managed the IT Infrastructure, IT Database Administration and IT Operations Teams.
•Responsibilities included supporting Oracle, MS SQL and Informix databases, and installation, upgrade and support of all systems, along with daily IT Operational tasks (backup operation, infrastructure monitoring, out-of-hours system operations).
•Consolidated and reduced line budgets for Infrastructure and Operations sections.
•Project managed the relocation of the DR data-centre to a location further from the centre of London. This involved co-ordination of all third party service providers and relocation of the DR systems ensuring there was no impact on live operations.
•Managed the projects to introduce server virtualisation and SAN technology to the Bank.
•Project managed the implementation of Citrix to replace NetWare and ZenWorks.
•Seconded to the Information Security Management Group who were responsible for management of Information Security to the Bank’s Board. -
IT Infrastructure Team Leader
C Hoare & Co
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Banking industry)
April 2001 — February 2005 (3 years 11 months)
•Managed the IT Infrastructure team.
•Responsible for the architecture, implementation, support and upgrade of all infrastructure components (security, servers, OS, datacomms, telecoms, email, Internet).
•Responsible for the management and development of team members, resource management of staff for projects.
•Managed the relationship with service providers to ensure required service levels were maintained.
•Managed budgeting for Infrastructure section.
•Project managed a series of initiatives to consolidate and simplify the infrastructure environment, including the introduction of Active Directory services and NAS technology.
•Managed multiple infrastructure upgrade projects across the enterprise, including CheckPoint, Nokia, Juniper, Cisco, Windows, MS SQL, Exchange and Solaris.
•Managed system DR tests and co-ordinated IT requirements for company wide DR testing conducted at the workstation recovery site.
•Commissioned security testing of the infrastructure environments. -
IT Infrastructure Analyst
C Hoare & Co
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Banking industry)
October 1998 — April 2001 (2 years 7 months)
•Performed 3rd line support, infrastructure technical design and system implementations.
•Lead Analyst on the Y2K Project to upgrade the infrastructure environment to the latest supported versions. This included the introduction of MS Exchange, an automated desktop deployment solution based on Novell ZenWorks and a Nortel switched network environment.
•Technical Architect of the Bank’s multi-tiered firewall and intrusion detection systems, implementing Juniper, CheckPoint, Nokia and ISS platforms.
•Implemented email and Internet content filtering and anti-virus services comprising of MailSweeper, FinJan, WebSense and Sophos.
•Technical lead for the Bank’s move to an outsourced DR data-centre. -
IT Support Analyst
C Hoare & Co
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Banking industry)
April 1995 — October 1998 (3 years 7 months)
•Performed 1st – 3rd line support duties across a range of infrastructure.
•Regular duties included backup operation, system maintenance and patching, upgrades and new system installations. -
Senior Field Service Engineer
Advanced Technology Maintenance
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1990 — April 1995 (4 years 6 months)
•Hardware maintenance on a variety of workstations, servers and printers.
•Onsite Technical Support. -
Field Service Engineer
CDS
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 1989 — October 1990 (1 year)
•Hardware maintenance on a variety of workstations, servers and printers.
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Electrical Engineer
Alcan
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AL; Mining & Metals industry)
June 1982 — November 1989 (7 years 6 months)
•Successfully completed a five year apprenticeship before taking a role in the Electronics Section of the Maintenance Department.
Robert Patrick’s Education
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CISSP
(ISC)2 , Information Security
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ITIL
ISEB , ITIL Service Management - Foundation
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PRINCE2 Practitioner
PRINCE2 , Foundation and Practitioner
Additional Information
Robert Patrick’s Websites:
Robert Patrick’s Groups:
October 2007 - Member of Information Systems Security Association ISSA
August 2007 - Member of International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)2
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Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) -
Free Resume Drop BOX - (Global Job Seekers)
Robert Patrick’s Honors:
Managing and Developing People - Chartered Management Institute
Introduction to Management - Chartered Management Institute
Project Planning and Control
SANS IT Security and Audit Kickstart
MailSweeper Administration
ISS RealSecure Administration
WebSense Administration
CheckPoint Firewall-1 Administration
Sophos Administration
Windows 2000 Server Administration
Active Directory Design and Implementation
Microsoft Exchange Administration
Microsoft Internet Information Server Administration
Microsoft Proxy Server Administration
Microsoft Systems Management Server Administration
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