About Me
Hello! I'm Alistair, a Senior Systems Engineer based in Brisbane, Australia.
I am currently working with the great team at OurCloud where I work on a wide variety of interesting projects on a daily basis.
Here are a few technologies I've been working with recently:
- Virtulisation
- Networking
- Radio & DMR
- Powershell
- JavaScript
- HTML & CSS
- Node.js
Where I've Worked
Senior Systems Engineer @ OurCloud
January 2021 - Present
- Design, Configure & Implement Bespoke Networking and Hosted Services
- Support Multi-Vendor ISP & Core Networks
- Implement And Support Multi-Vendor Virturlisation Environments (Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXI, Hyper-V & Proxmox)
- Provide Contracted Systems Engineering and Support Services
Systems Engineer @ OurCloud
August 2018 - January 2021
- Design, Configure & Implement Bespoke Networking and Hosted Services
- Support Multi-Vendor ISP & Core Networks
- Implement And Support Multi-Vendor Virturlisation Environments (Nutanix AHV, VMware ESXI, Hyper-V & Proxmox)
- Provide Contracted Systems Engineering and Support Services
Product Support Specalist @ CAANZ
July 2016 - August 2018
- Design and Develop Salesforce & Netsuite Portal Interactive Process for Billing and GDPR Requirements
- Day to Day Support Salesforce, Netsuite, Blackboard & Sharepoint
Business Analyst @ CAANZ
May 2014 - June 2016
- Business & Software Requirements Elicitation & Documentation
- Document and Re-Engineer Business Process
- Coordinate Development of Software Solutions
Junior Busniess Analyst @ NZICA
January 2013 - April 2014
- Business & Software Requirements Elicitation & Documentation
- Document and Re-Engineer Business Process
- Coordinate Development of Software Solutions
Locksmith & Laser Engraving Technician @ Lockup Locksmiths
November 2011 - February 2012
- Keycutting and Lock Repair
- Safe Repair and Refurbishment
- Laser Engraving Glass, Granite, Wood, Metal & Plastic
Some Things I've Built
Featured Project
GreenSchool NZ
As a part of the Ourcloud team we completed the design and implementation of a campus wide fibre network to provide a comprehensive wired and wireless connectivity.
- Networking
- Fibre
Featured Project
CAANZ Membership Portal and GDPR
A Redesign of The CAANZ Membership Renewal and the Addition of GDPR Compliance Requirements.
- Salesforce Apex
- JS
- CSS
Featured Project
Quality and Practice Review
A Merger and Modernisation of Both AU and NZ Quality and Practice Review Processes and the development of a custom Salesforce Module and Automation.
- Salesforce Apex
- HTML
- JS
- CSS
Other Noteworthy Projects
view the archiveOurCloud AHV Cluster
A New 8 Node Cluster to increase Our Hosting Capacity
Weltec NTA
As a part of 3rd year project I was tasked with Scoping, Designing and Implementing Network Traffic Analysis and Reporting.
Both Paid and OpenSource Options were evaluated with the final decision being to look into Netfort LanGuardian.
As a Part of this I worked with the team at Netfort to assist in developing an addidional AD Kerberos Authentication to allow the identification of Network users logged onto specific machines and lodge traffic statistics against those users
What's Next?
Get In Touch
Although I'm not currently looking for any new opportunities, my inbox is always open. Whether you have a question or just want to say hi, I'll try my best to get back to you!