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Slow network, unstable VPN, a firewall nobody wants to touch, or an AWS setup that has grown messy? I fix these quickly and document them so they stay fixed. Network & Cloud Architect with 10+ years of experience designing, deploying, and securing enterprise, data-center, and hybrid-cloud networks. What I can do for you: Network design and audit — LAN/WAN, VLANs, Layer 2/3 routing, multi-site and data-center architecture Firewall setup and hardening — Palo Alto, Fortinet, Sophos, Cisco ASA, pfSense, Huawei USG VPN — Site-to-Site, Client and SSL VPN, secure on-prem ↔ AWS connectivity AWS networking — VPC design, subnetting, Security Groups and NACLs, NAT and Internet Gateways, VPC Peering, ALB/NLB, CloudWatch and VPC Flow Logs Troubleshooting — packet-level diagnosis of latency, routing, and connectivity issues; monitoring with PRTG, Zabbix, SolarWinds, Nagios, OpManager Servers and virtualization — Active Directory, DNS, VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, SAN/NAS, backup and disaster recovery Certifications: - AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate - Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) - Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) How I work Every engagement ends with a clear write-up and a network diagram (Visio or Lucidchart) so your team can maintain it without me. I communicate in plain English, give honest timelines, and tell you up front if something is outside my scope. Message me with what's broken or what you're building and I'll reply within a day with how I'd approach it.