Keith Jones
About Keith Jones
Keith Jones is a Systems Engineer at Linklaters in Colchester, United Kingdom, where he has worked since 2012. He has extensive experience in web systems engineering and integration, having held various roles in notable companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Fujitsu.
Work at Linklaters
Keith Jones has been employed at Linklaters as a Systems Engineer since 2012, contributing to the organization for over a decade in Colchester, United Kingdom. In his role, he is part of the Web Team, managing web-based applications, the Intranet, and the external-facing website hosted on clustered web servers and SharePoint farms. His responsibilities include coordinating test and development resources, release management, and change control for application installations and upgrades. Previously, he served as a Web Systems Engineer at Linklaters from 2006 to 2009.
Previous Employment Experience
Before joining Linklaters, Keith Jones held various engineering positions. He worked at Hewlett-Packard as an Integration Engineer for 11 months in 2011-2012. Prior to that, he was a Web Systems Projects Engineer at Fujitsu from 2005 to 2006 and served as the M.O.D - SharePoint Lead Engineer from 2009 to 2010. He also worked at BDO LLP as a Web Systems Engineer for 8 months in 2010-2011 and spent 4 years at CSC as an Active Directory Engineer from 2001 to 2005.
Education and Expertise
Keith Jones holds a BA Hons in History from The Open University, which he completed from 2003 to 2008. He also earned a BSc in Design and Systems from The Open University between 1990 and 1995. His technical expertise includes a range of technologies such as SharePoint Server, SQL, Windows 2012 R2, IIS, Apache Tomcat, SSL, Kerberos, Active Directory, PowerShell, JBOSS 5.1.x/7.1.1, F5 Load-balancer, and Assyst Incident Problem and Change Tool.
Technical Leadership and Projects
In his current role at Linklaters, Keith Jones served as the Technical Lead for the migration of SharePoint and .NET applications from Server 2003/2008 to 2012 R2 across Linklaters' global datacentres. He possesses technical expertise in integrating web application software with infrastructure configuration changes, which is essential for ensuring the smooth operation of web-based systems.