Senior Specialist Solutions Architect for the Ansible Tiger Team.

Pre-sales Solutions Architect for the Ansible Automation Platform covering enterprise accounts.

- Lead architect of network automation efforts with Ansible and Python.- Wrote automation to speed up delivery of new applications to customers and to deploy datacenter equipment quicker and more accurately.- Reduced time for deployment changes by the development team by integrating an Ansible CI/CD pipeline.- Managed Palo Altos, F5s, Cisco Nexus, Cisco ASA, and Cisco IOS devices.

- Automated network deployments using Python, from a few days to hours.- Built 2 new data center deployments using automation, reducing the turnaround time by months.- Successfully completed 2 core infrastructure migrations.

- Provide perimeter security for an enterprise network with over 50,000 users.- Manage and deploy HP TippingPoint Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) appliances- Manage and deploy policies and updates for Cisco IronPort Security Appliances.- Monitor, manage and troubleshoot perimeter devices such as Cisco ASR 1002 routers, Catalyst 3500 and 6500 switches and Cisco ASA 5585 firewalls.- Perform device migrations as part of the architecture upgrade plan.- Detect and mitigate intrusion attempts on the network with the use of various monitoring tools.- Develop policies and procedures that outline course of action from simple daily operations to hardware replacement in the event of a device failure and intrusion attempts mitigation.- Provide detailed documentation on the network infrastructure and work with the network team to help optimize network traffic flow.- Work with client to develop a change control system to prevent unauthorized changes and to efficiently track and document all changes on the network.

- Specialist in load balancers such as F5 Big-IP LTM and Brocade ADX ServerIron for enterprise accounts. - Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot Layer 7 load-balancing rules such as F5 iRules and Brocade CSW-Policies- Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot IPSec and SSL VPN tunnels. - Troubleshoot connectivity issues to customer environments from layer 2 through 4.- Identify and work with NOC to mitigate DoS attacks- Maintain and troubleshoot Cisco ASA and ASA-X firewalls. - Implement and maintain Rackconnect to bridge customer's cloud and physical servers together.

- Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot IPSec and SSL VPN tunnels. - Troubleshoot connectivity issues to customer environments from layer 2 through 4.- Maintain and troubleshoot Cisco ASA, ASA-X and Pix firewalls.- Maintain and troubleshoot load balancers such as F5 Big-IP LTM, Brocade ADX Serveriron and Cisco CSS.- Deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot Layer 7 load-balancing rules such as F5 iRules and Brocade CSW-Policies- Implement and maintain Rackconnect to bridge customer's cloud and physical servers together.

-Configure,install document, and troubleshoot firewalls such as Cisco ASA, Fortinet Fortigate, Watchguard XTM and Sonicwall TZ series.- Server installations for clients such as Microsoft Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange.- Server virtualization for clients using VMWare ESXi.- Install and support Cisco Unified Wireless setups in medical centers throughout the U.S.- Install and support Fortinet FortiWifi managed wireless setups for various businesses.