Common jobs
Specific pieces of work I take on, from a single upgrade to a full implementation. If yours isn't listed,ask anyway.
Upgrades
Planned, tested and reversible, done in your maintenance window.
Junos upgrades: SRX, EX, QFX and MX
Release selection, pre-checks, upgrade order across a fleet, chassis cluster and Virtual Chassis upgrades, and USB recovery when a box won't come back.
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Upgrading the Apstra server and blueprints, checking Terraform provider compatibility, and confirming the fabric is clean afterwards.
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BIG-IP DNS (GTM) and LTM software upgrades and platform refreshes, with sync groups and iQuery checked so global traffic keeps flowing.
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PAN-OS upgrades for standalone firewalls and HA pairs, including content updates, upgrade paths and post-upgrade validation.
Infoblox NIOS upgrades
Grid upgrades with staged distribution, member-by-member scheduling, and DNS and DHCP checks after each step.
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Installs and implementations
From boxes on a pallet to a running, documented network.
Juniper installs
Initial build of SRX, EX, QFX and MX: staging, base configuration, management access, logging, and turn-up with your existing network.
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Mist org and site setup, AP and switch onboarding, templates, WLANs and SRX WAN edges.
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New Palo Alto firewalls and HA pairs: interfaces and zones, VLAN subinterfaces, security and NAT policy, VPNs and Panorama onboarding.
Infoblox implementations
New grids from design through go-live: Grid Master and members, DNS views and zones, DHCP failover, IPAM and team training.
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Microsoft DNS and DHCP, BIND and ISC DHCP moved onto Infoblox with a staged cutover and rollback plan.
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Design
Written designs you can build from, review and hand to a vendor.
Hardware design and selection
Choosing the right Juniper switches, routers and firewalls for the job, sizing ports, throughput and optics, and producing a bill of materials you can take to your reseller.
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Coverage and capacity planning, AP selection and placement, channel planning, SSID and authentication design, and post-install validation.
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Dedicated management networks for servers, PDUs, consoles and network devices, built to stay reachable when production is down.
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EVPN-VXLAN leaf and spine on QFX, managed by Apstra and defined in Terraform.
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BGP edge and peering, OSPF and IS-IS on MX, and plans for retiring M series routers.
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DNS consulting
From a former Infoblox SE Manager and F5 global DNS and GTM lead.
DNS architecture review
How Infoblox, Microsoft DNS, BIND and F5 BIG-IP DNS should fit together: delegation, forwarding, views, caching and resilience.
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Resolution failures, DHCP failover problems, scope exhaustion, replication issues and GSLB sending users to the wrong site.
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A review of an existing grid with a written list of findings, ranked by risk, and the fixes for each.
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