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2021-04-03
52.218.93.100
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2021-04-08
52.218.92.100
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2021-04-14
52.218.26.44
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2025-09-25
3.5.66.236
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2025-09-26
3.5.72.158
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2025-09-28
3.5.70.197
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ClassC
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2025-11-03
3.5.71.250
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Port 80
HTTP/1.1 200 OKx-amz-id-2: 1ngkyz/QFPUOtN5gEmG857t55ETJ9FwsO+jVqmBVD+C6ZDLaFD3gPO+NgFCBLYu7gbDZMoUPUv31daoAc5MDEAXscXfr9CD6x-amz-request-id: QN55K726CH4YMG95Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:22:05 GMTLast-Modified: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:26:29 GMTETag: bf535ec2fac24190b0345f2cf77ae4d1Content-Type: text/htmlContent-Length: 18498Server: AmazonS3 !DOCTYPE html>!--if lt IE 8 >html classno-js ie ie7 langen> !endif-->!--if IE 8 >html classno-js ie ie8 langen> !endif-->!--if (gte IE 8)|!(IE)>!-->html classno-js langen> !--!endif-->head> !--- Basic Page Needs --> meta charsetutf-8> title>Nick Hills - Cloud Architect, and Splunk Enthusiast./title> meta namedescription content> meta nameauthor content> !-- Mobile Specific Metas --> meta nameviewport contentwidthdevice-width, initial-scale1, maximum-scale1> !-- CSS --> link relstylesheet hrefcss/default.css> link relstylesheet hrefcss/layout.css> link relstylesheet hrefcss/media-queries.css> link relstylesheet hrefcss/magnific-popup.css> !-- Script --> script srcjs/modernizr.js>/script> !-- Favicons --> link relshortcut icon hreffavicon.png >/head>body> !-- Header --> header idhome> nav idnav-wrap> a classmobile-btn href#nav-wrap titleShow navigation>Show navigation/a> a classmobile-btn href# titleHide navigation>Hide navigation/a> ul idnav classnav> li classcurrent>a classsmoothscroll href#home>Home/a>/li> li>a classsmoothscroll href#about>About/a>/li> li>a classsmoothscroll href#resume>CV/a>/li> li>a classsmoothscroll href#portfolio>Works/a>/li> li>a classsmoothscroll href#testimonials>Testimonials/a>/li> li>a classsmoothscroll href#contact>Contact/a>/li> /ul> !-- end #nav --> /nav> !-- end #nav-wrap --> div classrow banner> div classbanner-text> h1 classresponsive-headline>Nick Hills MBCS/h1> h3>I’m a highly technical span>Cloud Architect./span> I have been designing scalable and available span>Cloud, Virtualised, and Distributed Enterprise Architecture/span> for 10 years. a classsmoothscroll href#about>Scroll down to/a> learn more a classsmoothscroll href#about>about me/a>./h3> hr /> ul classsocial> li>a hrefhttps://twitter.com/cognia_nick>i classfa fa-twitter>/i>/a>/li> li>a hrefhttps://plus.google.com/u/0/+NickHills_cognia/posts>i classfa fa-google-plus>/i>/a>/li> li>a hrefhttps://uk.linkedin.com/in/nickrshills>i classfa fa-linkedin>/i>/a>/li> li>a hrefskype:nickhills?call>i classfa fa-skype>/i>/a>/li> /ul> /div> /div> p classscrolldown> a classsmoothscroll href#about>i classicon-down-circle>/i>/a> /p> /header> !-- Header End --> !-- About Section --> section idabout> div classrow> div classthree columns> img classprofile-pic srcimages/profilepic.jpg alt /> /div> div classnine columns main-col> h2>About Me/h2> p>Experienced methodical and practical architect, specialising in cloud services and technology, with a strong security background.br /> br /> Designing a global compliance and payment processing service, Nick has leveraged AWS Cloud Services to deliver the next generation of Cloud Telephony services for compliance and PCI DSS Payment services. Delivering the first QSA-Validated Global PCI-DSS Level 1 telephony and payment service platform.br /> br /> Utilising best of breed tools from vendors such as EMC, AWS, and Splunk, the platform is self healing, auto scaling, and highly elastic in its response to customer demands, and the needs of businesses operating in different territories, in different timezones.br /> br /> A strong understanding of Splunk, and a global deployment of the tool in all the regions where the platform operates, makes me an experienced Splunk architect, and user. br /> br /> I have presented for Amazon Web Services and Splunk on best practices and sharing my experiences for both on several occasions.br /> br /> Specialties: Global Architecture, and Cloud Best Practices, Amazon Web Services, Splunk, Security: PCI-DSS, PSN (GCSX) CoCo, Telephony: SIP, TDM, POTS, Class4/5 Switches, Networking:TCPIP, Cisco Switching and Routing, Voice, VPN, 802.1x, BGP /p> div classrow> div classcolumns contact-details> h2>Contact Details/h2> p classaddress> span>Nick Hills MBCS BSc/span>br /> span>e. nick@nickhills.com/span>br /> span>m. +44 7031 939550/span>br /> span>Lives: East Grinstead, Sussex /span>br> span>Works: Westminster, London/span>br> span>nick@nickhills.com/span> /p> /div> div classcolumns download> p> a hrefnickhills.pdf target_blank classbutton>i classfa fa-download>/i>Download CV/a> /p> /div> /div> !-- end row --> /div> !-- end .main-col --> /div> /section> !-- About Section End--> !-- Resume Section --> section idresume> !-- Education ----------------------------------------------- --> div classrow work> div classthree columns header-col> h1>span>Experience/span>/h1> /div> div classnine columns main-col> div classrow item> div classtwelve columns> h3>VP Technology, Cognia Cloud Ltd/h3> p classinfo>Cloud Architect, Splunk, PCI Compliance in AWS, ISMS, Massivly Global Scalable Architecturespan>•/span> em classdate>September 2013 - Present/em>/p> p> Designing and implementing cloud infrastructure to provide telephone voice and data recording for regulatory and compliance and PCI DSS payment services for contact centres and service providers.br />br />The Cognia platform is a fully redundant geo-dispersed self-healing carrier grade telephony platform running across 5 continents.br />Key challenges have been:br />- Taking the platform through QSA-validated compliance for PCI DSS Level 1, to design and build the worlds first carrier grade, global cloud telephony and payment services platform.br />- Designing Splunk infrastructure and applications to enable reporting and auditing for PCI-DSS and other application performance and security enhancements.br />- Building a self-managing infrastructure which automatically reacts to changes in usage to bring additional telephony components into and out of service as demand varies, or failures occur. /p> /div> /div> !-- item end --> div classrow item> div classtwelve columns> h3>Chief System Architect, Compliant Phones Ltd/h3> p classinfo>Global Telephony, Splunk, Financial Servicesspan>•/span> em classdate>2011-2013/em>/p> p> Designing and delivering a Global Mobile Phone Call recording platform across different technologies such as Blackberry and GSM networks.br />br /> Call recording in Financial Services demands high levels of security and confidentiality, durability and coverage. The Comliant Phones solution is the only Mobile recording solution which works in any country on any network. /p> /div> /div> !-- item end --> div classrow item> div classtwelve columns> h3>Network Architect, Tandridge District Council/h3> p classinfo>Virtulisation, Compliance, Shared Services Architecturespan>•/span> em classdate>2002 - 2011/em>/p> p> Responsible for Network and System Architecture. Managed the transition from a full physical infrastructure to a virtualized server and desktop environment. Managed VOIP upgrade, and integration of telephony and messaging applications into a converged solution. /p> /div> /div> !-- item end --> div classrow item> div classtwelve columns> h3>Systems Engineer, Kogo Ltd/h3> p classinfo>Firewalls, Exchange, Consultancyspan>•/span> em classdate>1999/em>/p> p>Customer facing support role. Desktop support, telephony & firewall management./p> /div> /div> !-- item end --> /div> !-- main-col end --> /div> !-- End Education --> !-- Work ----------------------------------------------- --> div classrow education> div classthree columns header-col> h1>span>Education/span>/h1> /div> div classnine columns main-col> div classrow item> div classtwelve columns> h3>Applied Computing BSc/h3> p classinfo>University of East Anglia span>•/span> em classdate>1999 - 2002/em>/p> p> Courses including Mathematics, Animation, Network Architecture, Operating Systems, C++, Java, and Media Engineering /p> /div> /div> !-- item end --> div classrow item> div classtwelve columns> h3>3 A-Levels, 1 AS-Level/h3> p classinfo>The Skinners School, Tunbridge Wells span>•/span> em classdate>1997 - 1999/em>/p> p> Information Technology, Design Technology, Business Studies, and AS Level Electronics /p> /div> /div> !-- item end --> div classrow item> div classtwelve columns> h3>9 GCSEs/h3> p classinfo>The Skinners School, Tunbridge Wells span>•/span> em classdate>1995 - 1997/em>/p> p> /p> /div> /div> !-- item end --> /div> !-- main-col end --> /div> !-- End Work --> !-- Skills ----------------------------------------------- --> div classrow skill> div classthree columns header-col> h1>span>Skills/span>/h1> /div> div classnine columns main-col> p>img srcimages/wordle2.png /> /p> ul classstats-tabs> li>a href#>Amazon Web Servicesb>Linux, Monitoring, Managment, Deployment, Automation, Hardening/b>/a>/li> li>a href#>Enterprise Securityb>ISO 27001, ISMS, Monitoring, Enforcement, Reporting/b>/a>/li> li>a href#>PCI Complianceb>Layered Security, Defence in Depth, Cloud Compliance, Patented Design/b>/a>/li> li>a href#>Splunkb>Event corrolation, anyalysis and business intelegence, Splunk design and architetcture./b>/a>/li> li>a href#>Enterprise Architecture b>High availability, continuous business processing/b>/a>/li> li>a href#>Global Scalabilityb>Self healing, massively scaling, auto provisioning/b>/a>/li> /ul> /div> !-- main-col end --> /div> !-- End skills --> /section> !-- Resume Section End--> !-- Call-To-Action Section --> section idcall-to-action> div classrow> div classtwo columns header-col> h1>span>Volunteering/span>/h1> /div> div classseven columns> h2>Trustee for East Grinstead District Scouts/h2> p>The aim of the Scout Association is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local national and international communities. span>District Trustee, Webmaster, technical advisor/span> /p> /div> /div> /section> !-- Call-To-Action Section End--> !-- Testimonials Section --> section idtestimonials> div classtext-container> div classrow> div classtwo columns header-col> h1>span>Client Testimonials/span>/h1> /div> div classten columns flex-container> div classflexslider> ul classslides> li> blockquote> p>Nick is a phenominal colleague and has transformed the systems archiecture and evolved the Cognia platform into an award winning, world class SaaS platform scaled around the world (on AWS US, EU, APAC) all the while achieving some of the hardest externally assessed certifications like PCI-DSS etc. Nick is the core part of my dev/ops team, reliable, intelligent, inventive and collaborative with a great work ethic and awesome sense of humor. I look forward to any opportunity to work alongside Nick, a great guy to have in the trenches./p> cite>Andrew Dunn - CTO, Cognia/cite> /blockquote> /li> !-- slide ends --> li> blockquote> p>Nick is *the* best systems guy I have come across and is now permanently in my black book for future engagements. Nothing phases him, and he is equally at home configuring a Cisco router from the serial interface as he is Cloud Forming secure and scalable AWS infrastructure. Very developer centric, highly skilled and GSOH. And hes not just a back room guy - in front of customers he is convincing and thorough. An ace player /p> cite>Ryan Shuttleworth - Director of Global Product Strategy, Verizon./cite> /blockquote> /li> !-- slide ends --> /ul> /div> !-- div.flexslider ends --> /div> !-- div.flex-container ends --> /div> !-- row ends --> /div> !-- text-container ends --> /section> !-- Testimonials Section End--> !-- Contact Section --> section idcontact> div classrow section-head> div classtwo columns header-col> h1>span>Get In Touch./span>/h1> /div> div classten columns> p classlead>h2>Nick Hills MBCS, BSc/h2> e. nick@nickhills.combr /> m. +44 7031 939550br /> Lives: East Grinstead, West Sussexbr /> Works: Westminster, Londonbr /> /p> /div> /div> /section> !-- Contact Section End--> !-- footer --> footer> div classrow> div classtwelve columns> ul classsocial-links> li>a hrefhttps://twitter.com/cognia_nick>i classfa fa-twitter>/i>/a>/li> li>a hrefhttps://plus.google.com/u/0/+NickHills_cognia/posts>i classfa fa-google-plus>/i>/a>/li> li>a hrefhttps://uk.linkedin.com/in/nickrshills>i classfa fa-linkedin>/i>/a>/li> li>a hrefskype:nickhills?call>i classfa fa-skype>/i>/a>/li> /ul> ul classcopyright> li>© Copyright 2014 CeeVee/li> li>Design by a titleStyleshout hrefhttp://www.styleshout.com/>Styleshout/a>/li> /ul> /div> div idgo-top>a classsmoothscroll titleBack to Top href#home>i classicon-up-open>/i>/a>/div> /div> /footer> !-- Footer End--> !-- Java Script --> script srchttp://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js>/script> script>window.jQuery || document.write(script srcjs/jquery-1.10.2.min.js>\/script>)/script> script typetext/javascript srcjs/jquery-migrate-1.2.1.min.js>/script> script srcjs/jquery.flexslider.js>/script> script srcjs/waypoints.js>/script> script srcjs/jquery.fittext.js>/script> script srcjs/magnific-popup.js>/script> script srcjs/init.js>/script>/body>/html>
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