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My background is in data networking at a service provider level.Hardware I have worked on:Alcatel Lucent CBX500, PSAX2300, PSAX1250, PSAX4500, Litespan, 7330Adtran 3k and 5k series.Canoga Perkins NIDRad NIDBTI7060Cisco 7200, 6500, 3400, CRS16, Nexus, 2600 AS5300, ASR903 ASR9000 and the smaller.Nokia 7750 7950 and the smaller.Juniper M series, MX series, PTX series, QFX series.NetscoutI know/speakJuniper E seriesJunosJunos-EVOSROSCatOSCisco IOSCisco IOS-XECisco IOS-XREricson RedbackSightlineBashms-dosHardware Familiar with:ActellisFujitsuRoadm various vendorsCiena19 years employed in the technical field at a service provider. Evolved alongside the technology from: High school theory work on T1’s running RIP to provide Dialup.Service provider using ATM PVC for g.lite/ADSL/VDSL service.1G/10G/100G/400G optical Ethernet core for XGS-PON access.Additional core services like layer2 and layer3 vpns with MPLS. Flow reporting and DDOS/security.Major Projects:Network acquisition 172 10GE circuit turnups, 4 routersNetwork acquisition 265 100GE circuits, 7 routers2022 171 100GE circuits migrated to new equipment.Followed by 126 100GE augments.20 router installs.Technology used:OSPF multilayer or single layerIS-ISBGP with multiprotocolIpv4 and Ipv6 in a dual stack environment at the edge with a 6PE BGP free mpls core.Layer 2 VPNLayer 3 VPNVRFMPLSTCP/IP(UDP)EthernetDHCP either local or external server.ATM802.1q and QinQDSLPPPoE/oADNSCost driven peering(transit)Settlement free peering(bilateral)QOS layer 2 with COSQOS layer 3 with DiffServ(DSCP)QOS MPLS with EXPCircuit testing and acceptance. Carrier hotel and cross connect ordering.Routing Assets Database add/removal. maintenance.Wireshark analysis.Standards work including drafting, contributing, peer review, acceptance. Switchwork with MSTP RSTP PVST RPVST and broadcast storm preventionI am currently looking towards segment routing use cases. Network automation and scalability concerns. Network telemetry. Data center vxlan. YAML Jinja netconf data gathering and configuration. Skills:Data organization. Creation of network documents for other teams as learning or cost analysis e.g. NOC teams or Senior LeadershipHigh level design, low level design. First office application. Cost analysis for opex savings vs capex. Root cause analysis. Explaining technology for different audiences based on skill level. Standards drafting. Policy drafting. Work process drafting.