Hey! I'm

# Luke Tainton

## I'm

# About

## About Me

Here's where you can find me.

- Name: Luke Tainton
- Address: Unit 32399, PO Box 92, Cardiff, CF11 1NB, UK
- Email: luke@tainton.uk
- GitHub: luketainton
- LinkedIn: luketainton
- Twitter: @luketainton1

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## Education

September 2016 - May 2020

## Bachelor of Science with Honours, Computer Networks

Birmingham City University

Covered topics such as network design and administration, Python programming, and consultancy. Extra-curricular activities included attendance at The Things Conference in Amsterdam and travel to Wuhan, China (both in 2018).

## Experience

Starting in September 2020

## Graduate Network Engineer

Cisco Systems

Working in the Premise Networking team of Cisco IT to maintain internal local office network capability.

October 2020 - Present

## Student Demonstrator

Birmingham City University

Provide classroom lab support to students in the first and second years of their undergraduate course. Currently assisting in Networking.

July 2018 - September 2019

## Network Engineer Intern

Cisco Systems

Placement year as part of my degree, supporting Customer Experience testing labs. I developed my programming and network management skills, creating various automation tools for use within project testbeds or lab infrastructure.

October 2017 - May 2018

## Student Demonstrator

Birmingham City University

Provided classroom lab support to students in the first year of their undergraduate course.

June 2015 - September 2016

## IT Support Engineer

Zodiac Seats UK (now Safran Seats GB)

Provided local and remote IT support and managed desktop deployment projects. Also managed deployment of a revamped digital signage solution around the facility.

## Awards & Certifications

1 May 2018 - 8 Aug 2022

## Cisco Certified Network Associate

Cisco Systems

Certificate | Acclaim Badge

February 2018

## MTA: Cloud Fundamentals

Microsoft Corporation

Certificate | Acclaim Badge

August 2017

## MTA: Networking Fundamentals

Microsoft Corporation

Certificate | Acclaim Badge

August 2017

## MTA: Windows Fundamentals

Microsoft Corporation

Certificate | Acclaim Badge

August 2017

## MTA: Windows Server Fundamentals

Microsoft Corporation

Certificate | Acclaim Badge

# Projects

## My Projects

Just some of the things I get up to outside of my degree.

### IP Information Lookup Tool

Look up information about a given IP address or domain name.

### TeamsUserEnroller

Add users to a Teams group from a CSV file.

### warpd-docker

Run your own warp server using Docker.

# Contact

## Contact Me

I'm open to conversation, just drop me a line!

My PGP key is available here.

### Cisco Webex

Personal Room

### Email

luke@tainton.uk

### Twitter

@luketainton1