Highly organised, customer focused Network Engineer with extensive technical and management experience founded on over 25 years of industry knowledge in the information technology and education environments. Proven strong leadership skills and experience of a geographically dispersed team of network administrators. Extensive experience in the planning, design, support and maintenance of enterprise grade data and voice networks. Dedicated to ensuring innovative strategies and processes are designed, developed and implemented resulting in highly reliable and efficient systems. Exceptional analytic and problem-solving skills supporting the identification of solutions to complex network problems with the ability to embrace and adapt to change.Committed to building a robust team through training and the sharing of knowledge. I have extensive expertise in a wide range of multivendor enterprise-grade products including FortiNet Fortigate, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer, Cisco security suite, including Firepower Threat Defense (FTD), Web Security Appliance (WSA), Umbrella, Secure Network Analytics (Stealthwatch) as well as Aruba LAN switching and Wireless. I am responsible for the design, configuration and deployment of MPLS Wide Area Networks using Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISR) and FortiNet FortiGate Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) appliances.I ensure the network fleet is secured through ongoing risk assessments, patching and ensuring that standards are maintained.