Diwakar Shrestha

I am an IT Professional; possessing a deeper understanding of server and network infrastructure; cloud and on-prem. With over 10 years of experience in IT Infrastructure design, implementation, and management in diverse industries from Logistics and FM to Fintech and FTSE100, I am highly committed to any task I undertake and always striving for the best. I am a very adaptable person and work well under pressure on my own initiative as well as in a team and having a can-do and will-do attitude. I always give 100% effort and commitment, aligning personal goals to organisational goals/needs and working hard to achieve success for them and ultimately myself. I am constantly attaining a good growth of knowledge enabling me to gain more extensive experience in supporting a busy IT department. I am looking for a diverse and challenging position with a lot of room to learn, grow and excel.

Infrastructure Architect (Lead) | Atkins Global | End Client – Heathrow Airport

8th Nov 2021 – till date

Contracted to design, deploy Always on VPN for Heathrow Airport. Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) has approx. 5000 endpoints which are currently using Direct Access (DA). I led the team of architects from different supplier (Capgemini and SITA) who look after Heathrow’s server and network infrastructure. My task was to design high level and low-level design documents and deploy Always on VPN solution. I was involved with discussion with Capgemini and SITA to work out the current “As-is” solution and designing architecture for the new solution to replace it. I led the team from design, deployment and migration from current solution Direct Access and decommissioning of it. 

Bachelors of Science (IT)