Neil McCrudden

Infrastructure Specialist with over 20 years’ experience delivering resilient, secure and scalable infrastructure across enterprise environments. A subject matter expert in Azure, storage, virtualisation, backup solutions, and disaster recovery, and 3rd line support. Highly experienced in partnering with internal stakeholders to design, deliver and support business-critical systems, while working effectively within collaborative, service-led and outsourced delivery models. Brings a pragmatic, service-focused approach with a strong emphasis on stability, documentation and continuous improvement.

Global Infrastructure subject matter expert in storage and backup; managing relationships with third party contractors dealing with day-to-day system monitoring and management. Project management for designing and implementing Backup Solutions.

Key skills / Learning:
Netapp, ONTAP, Cloud Volume ONTAP, BlueXP, Microsoft Operating Systems, Office 365, Microsoft Azure, VMware Virtual Center, Solarwinds, Lansweeper, Legato, Veritas Netbackup, Commvault, Symantec BackupExec, Bacula, Azure Backup, Druva, Vmware Vsphere, Powershell, Bash, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SQL, Level 2 Networking, Sharepoint, MS Office, Onedrive, MS Teams, Sharepoint, Windows Server, Purview, Linux, Anti-Virus, Anti-Ransomware, SCCM, APC/Schneider Electric UPS, ServiceNow (ITSM)Global Infrastructure subject matter expert in storage and backup; managing relationships with third party contractors dealing with day-to-day system monitoring and management. Project management for designing and implementing Backup Solutions. Key skills / Learning: Netapp, ONTAP, Cloud Volume ONTAP, BlueXP, Microsoft Operating Systems, Office 365, Microsoft Azure, VMware Virtual Center, Solarwinds, Lansweeper, Legato, Veritas Netbackup, Commvault, Symantec BackupExec, Bacula, Azure Backup, Druva, Vmware Vsphere, Powershell, Bash, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, SQL, Level 2 Networking, Sharepoint, MS Office, Onedrive, MS Teams, Sharepoint, Windows Server, Purview, Linux, Anti-Virus, Anti-Ransomware, SCCM, APC/Schneider Electric UPS, ServiceNow (ITSM)

Skills: Backup & Recovery Systems · Data Migration · NetApp Filers · Solarwinds · APC UPS · Microsoft Servers · Microsoft Azure · Microsoft Entra ID · Veeam Backup & Replication · ITSM

Kirkby College of Technology
BTEC National Certificate in Business Studies

Wigan College of Technology
Association of Accounting Technicians

Knowsley Higherside Comprehensive
GCE & CSE