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# Luke Tainton

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# About

## About Me

Here's where you can find me.

- 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 - July 2020

## Bachelor of Science with Honours, Computer Networks

Birmingham City University

Achieved a First Class Honours, covering 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

September 2020 - Present

## Graduate Network Engineer

Cisco Systems

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

October 2019 - July 2020

## 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

I have also completed various MTA and MOS certifictions, which are not listed here.

1 May 2018 - 8 Aug 2022

## Cisco Certified Network Associate

Cisco Systems

Certificate | Acclaim Badge

June 2020

## Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft Corporation

Certificate | Acclaim Badge

25 Mar 2021 - 24 Feb 2022

## Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner

Scaled Agile

Certificate | Acclaim Badge

31 May 2021

## ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (ITIL® 4)

AXELOS

Certificate

# Contact

## Contact Me

Want to have a chat? Just drop me a line!

My PGP key is available here if you want to secure your communications with me.

### Email

luke@tainton.uk

### Twitter

@luketainton1