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Brandon Thurgood
Senior Manager: Site Reliability Engineering
Dell Technologies
Biography
A dynamic IT leader passionate about building and supporting resilient, scalable, cloud driven solutions. I thrive at the intersections of Cloud, SRE, DevOps, IaC and IaaS, turning complexity into clarity and vision into execution. I lead with purpose, deliver with precision, and develop teams and technology to operate at their best.
Interests
- Cloud Platforms
- Cloud Native
- DevOps
- SRE
- Kubernetes
- VMware
- Networking
- IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
- PaaS (Platform as a Service)
- MaaS (Metal as a Service)
- Bare Metal Cloud Automation
Education
Master of Science in Cloud Technologies, 2019
Letterkenny Institute of Technology
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS
VMware Certified Professional - Data Center Virtualization (VCP-DCV) 4,5,6 & 6.5
VMware
Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation
Cisco
Cisco Certified Networking Professional - Routing and Switching (CCNP R&S)
Cisco
Microsoft Certified: MCITP-EA & SA, MCSE, MCSA
Microsoft
Awards & Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Achievement of Azure Fundamentals Certification
See certificateGenAI Foundations - Dell Technologies Proven Professional
Achievement of GenAI Foundations - Dell Technologies Proven Professional
See certificateAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification is intended for individuals who perform a solutions architect role and have one or more years of hands-on experience designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS.
See certificateBest MSc Dissertation Award
Best MSc Dissertation in the Department of Computing Award 2018/19
See certificateMSc in Computing in Private Cloud Technologies
Master of Science in Computing in Private Cloud Technologies
See certificateVMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV 6.5) - Data Center Virtualization
The VCP-DCV 6.5 certification validates candidate skills to implement, manage, and troubleshoot a vSphere V6.5 infrastructure, using best practices to provide a powerful, flexible, and secure foundation for business agility that can accelerate the transformation to cloud computing.
See certificateExcellence in IT Award
Individual Excellence in IT Award Award - South Africa Divestiture
See certificateCisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation
Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation certification validates the ability and knowledge of implementation and troubleshooting for advanced routing technologies and services, including Layer 3, VPN services, Infrastructure security, Infrastructure services & Infrastructure automation
See certificateCisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) R&S
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching certification validates the ability to plan, implement, verify and troubleshoot local and wide-area enterprise networks and work collaboratively with specialists on advanced security, voice, wireless and video solutions.
See certificateVMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV 6) - Data Center Virtualization
The VCP-DCV 6 certification validates candidate skills to implement, manage, and troubleshoot a vSphere V6 infrastructure, using best practices to provide a powerful, flexible, and secure foundation for business agility that can accelerate the transformation to cloud computing.
See certificateVMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV 5) - Data Center Virtualization
The VCP-DCV 5 certification validates candidate skills to implement, manage, and troubleshoot a vSphere V5 infrastructure, using best practices to provide a powerful, flexible, and secure foundation for business agility that can accelerate the transformation to cloud computing.
See certificateVMware Certified Professional (VCP4)
The VCP 4 certification validates candidate skills to implement, manage, and troubleshoot a vSphere V4 infrastructure, using best practices to provide a powerful, flexible, and secure foundation for business agility that can accelerate the transformation to cloud computing.
See certificateMicrosoft Certified - MCITP-EA & SA, MCSE, MCSA
Extensive list of Microsoft Certifications over a period of 26 years
See certificate