Grant Henderson
IT Infrastructure Architect
An accomplished Infrastructure Solution Architect with more than 15 extensive years of IT architecture and delivery management for global Fortune 500 companies across the Financial and Oil & Gas sectors. With a tier one consulting background in large-scale infrastructure modernisation and transformational projects. Experienced in the full project lifecycle from gathering requirements through to planning and implementing solutions in multi-phased programmes addressing the business risk portfolio (server and desktop environments upgrades), reducing cost (data centre exit, domain consolidation) and enabling business agility (Move to the Cloud, modern engineering)

1

Tier Consulting

>20

Infrastructure Projects Delivered

>10

Global Fortune 500 companies

>15

Years of Delivery

19

Microsoft Certifications
Employment
  • Mar 2010- Present
    Avanade - Infrastructure Services and Cloud Transformations
    Delivering complex technology projects which cross business areas and borders with clients globally. Creating and implementing plans to meet operational objectives and ensure IT effectiveness. Building collaborative teams, forging strong client and partner relationships, and managing stakeholder expectations internally and externally.
  • Jan 2019 - Present
    Avanade - Container Platform Solution Architect
    Oversee design, install and configuration of an enterprise container orchestration platform leveraging modern DevOps practices as part of a organisation wide application modernisation strategic project.
  • Jul 2018 - Jan 2019
    Avanade - Azure Solutions Architect
    A Managing Architect responsible for leading the design and delivery of hybrid cloud solutions. Focused on augmenting traditional and legacy on-premises environments with the agility and speed of modern Cloud services. Delivering technical leadership and architecture insight to unlock the organisations' ability to migrate to a strategic platforms.
  • Jan 2018 - Jun 2019
    Avanade - O365 Migration Technical Project Manager
    Managing the migration of the core business team to a modern online collaboration platform. Delivering technical leadership to achieve the right solution for the business while avoiding any impact on end-users. Ensuring adoption, support and operation of the new platform to maximise the advantage of greenfield Cloud services.
Education
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
    Expertise in compute, network, storage, and security and able to design solutions that run on Azure.
  • Docker Certified Associate
    Skills and knowledge to implement container orchestration, image creation, management, and registry, security, storage and volumes.
  • Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
    Design and deploy highly efficient and modern data center, with expertise in cloud technologies, identity management, systems management, virtualization, storage, and networking.
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
    implement, monitor, and maintain Microsoft Azure solutions, including major services related to compute, storage, network, and security.
  • PRINCE2 Practitioner in Project Management
    Practitioner in the use of a common language, systems and procedures. Able to control resources and risks as part of a standard method for project management.
  • BSc (Hons) Information Systems - 1st Class Degree
Expertise
Infrastructure Delivery Consulting 
Responsible for leading client delivery with modern Infrastructure solutions. Involved in supporting solution sales teams to shape and win engagements.
Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Own design and delivery responsibilities for client engagements with Azure Cloud transformations, application migration & modernisation, security & identity assessments, networking assessments & design and workload migration & optimisation.
Container Orchestration Platforms Architect
Deliver large scale, Cloud based container platform deployment projects where organisations are involved in transforming their application estate with a container orchestrator platform as part of an application modernisation and DevOps strategy.
Skills
Business Drivers to Technology Mapping
Consulting Best Practice
Platform / Product Delivery Life Cycles
Bid and Team Management
Analytical and Troubleshooting Skills
Clients
Testimonials
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