Hey! I'm

Luke Tainton

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About Me

Here's where you can find me.

Education

September 2016 - Present

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

June 2020

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft Corporation

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

Twitter

@luketainton1