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Adam Gatherer - Systems Engineer With His Head in the Cloud

• About
• Work History
• Education
• Other
• PDF Links

About

• I'm a systems engineer from Scotland working in cloud engineering with a focus on AWS and automation. I'm currently happily employed but if you like what you see you can get in touch. Send me and e-mail or connect with me on LinkedIn.
• This page is sat in an AWS S3 bucket and distributed by CloudFront. For more information on how this is running, see the GitHub repo.

Work History

• Server Engineer

  NHS Lothian, Oct '22 - Aug '24
  • Created, managed, and maintained network directories for users across the entirety of NHS Lothian whilst accommodating their unique needs for access control, data type, storage space, and expected growth
  • Deployed and managed virtualised infrastructure with VMware vSphere
  • Extensive use of PowerShell scripting to automate administration tasks
  • Administered SQL databases for third party applications on Windows Server
  • Developed and executed data migration plans for teams with large network directories as part of storage server management
  • Working with the Digital Operations team to provide high quality service to over 30,000 users and over 600 servers
  • Monitoring and managing server storage via Nagios to quickly respond to shortages
  • Automated the installation process of the Nagios client through PowerShell scripting to reduce server build times
  • Enabled third-party software installations through controlled access to servers

• Systems & Infrastructure Technician (Student Experience)

  Edinburgh Napier University, June '21 - Oct '22
  • Packaged software apps in VMware for cloud-enabled classroom use (Cloudpaging Studio)
  • Analyzed and resolved virtualization and packaging issues with limited official documentation
  • Deployed new infrastructure within tight timelines for School of Computing's academic year start
  • Managed student volunteer team for lab upgrade initiatives
  • Automated software installation through scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python)
  • Provided technical and non-technical support to staff and colleagues

• Customer Service Advisor

  Centrica, Jan '18 - Aug '19
  • Investigated and analyzed financial records, providing transparent payment plans to customers
  • Produced technical reports for ticketing, complaints, and account management systems
  • Resolved and de-escalated customer complaints with professionalism
  • Automated daily tasks using Windows Task Scheduler
  • Remained composed under pressure in gas and electrical emergencies as a first response team member
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Education

• BEng Computer Systems And Networks

  Edinburgh Napier University, Sept '21 - July '23
  • Degree awarded with distinction and winner of the university medal
  • Networked Services: Linux filesystem, command shell scripting, system configuration (CentOS); web server configuration analysis & implementation (Apache2); network and server security, firewall configuration
  • Pratical Networks 3: OSI & TCP/IP network models and addressing schemes (IPv4, IPv6); WAN technologies and design
  • Scripting for Cybersecurity and Networks: developed a .pcap analysis script; design and implementation of well-written and modular Python code; scripting for security, networking, digital forensics
  • Work Based Learning Module: worked in the IT industry for a year (Napier Uni, NHS Lothian); wrote critical reflection essays on technical, professional, and personal growth

• HND Computer Networking

  Edinburgh College, Aug '19 - July '21
  • Two year college diploma, A grade
  • Systems modules: Server Administration (Windows Server 2019); Multi-User Operating Systems (Debian); Managing a Web Server (Apache, MariaDB, WordPress, PHP); Private Cloud Virtualisation (ESXi, VMware)
  • Networking modules: Switching, Routing, and Wireless Essentials; Enterprise Networking, Security, and Automation
  • Other modules: Team Working in Computing; Project Management for IT; Professionalism and Ethics in Computing
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Other

• Professional Certifications (Credly)

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
  • Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals

• Personal Projects

  • Cloud CV - AWS cloud based serverless website with CI/CD; what you're looking at right now
  • Terraform Load Balancer - Terraform project to deply a load balancer on AWS
  • Tempercent - Python based web app to show temperature as a percentage of the average (Flask, API calls, Poetry)
  • URL Shortener - Python based web app to shorten URLs (FastAPI, Uvicorn, SQLAlchemy); project taken from RealPython.com
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PDF Links

• If you would like this page as a PDF you can download it using the links below. I have provided a print-friendly b&w version to save on ink costs.
• AdamGathererCV.pdf
• AdamGathererCV(B&W).pdf
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References available upon request