Expertise
The platforms I work on, and what I typically do with each.
Hands-on Juniper
Core focus: SRX firewalls, EX and QFX switching, and MX and M series routing.
- Juniper SRX
VPNs that won't come up, chassis clusters, upgrades, policy cleanup and firewall migrations onto SRX.
- Juniper EX and QFX
Campus and data center switching on EX and QFX, from Virtual Chassis to EVPN-VXLAN fabrics, Mist-managed or CLI.
- Juniper Mist
The whole Mist platform: wireless design, EX switching and campus fabrics, SRX WAN Assurance and Marvis.
- Juniper MX and M series
Edge, core and peering routing on MX, plus migrations off aging M series routers.
Apstra and infrastructure as code
Core focus: fabrics and services defined in Terraform and deployed through a pipeline.
- Apstra and EVPN-VXLAN
Data center fabrics designed and run through Apstra, automated with the Terraform provider I helped write.
- Network automation
Terraform, Ansible, Python and Go for networks, written by someone who has shipped a production Terraform provider.
Specialties
Deep experience from earlier roles at Infoblox, DeepDive Networking and F5, and a recent AI data center build.
- Infoblox DDI
DNS, DHCP and IPAM design, health checks, automation and training from a former Infoblox SE Manager and instructor.
- DNS migration to Infoblox
Moving Microsoft DNS/DHCP and BIND onto Infoblox, with a cutover plan and a way back.
- F5 BIG-IP DNS and LTM
Global server load balancing and application delivery from F5's former global DNS and GTM lead.
- AI data center networking
Fabrics, management networks, DDI and fiber for AI and HPC campuses, from someone who has built one from the ground up.