Robert P.
Senior Network Engineer | 10+ Years Expertise | Cisco, SD-WAN, & AWS
I'm a Network Engineer with 10+ years of experience managing enterprise networks in telecommunications and enterprise environments. I've helped businesses keep their networks running smoothly, troubleshoot connectivity issues, and support network upgrades and migrations. My background includes Cisco, Juniper, HP, and Meraki technologies, with hands-on experience in LAN/WAN infrastructure, routing and switching, SD-WAN, VPNs, and network security. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬: ✦ 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐀𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Enterprise LAN/WAN, VLANs, network monitoring, and troubleshooting ✦ 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐒𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠: Cisco, Juniper, BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, STP, LACP, and HSRP ✦ 𝐒𝐃-𝐖𝐀𝐍 & 𝐕𝐏𝐍: Cisco Meraki deployments, VPN tunnels, routing configurations, and WAN traffic policies ✦ 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲: Firewalls, NAT, ACLs, and network segmentation ✦ 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: Multi-site network migrations, deployments, upgrades, incident resolution, and technical documentation ✦ 𝐀𝐖𝐒 & 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬: AWS, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD Some of the projects I've worked on include large-scale network migrations across thousands of locations, Cisco Meraki SD-WAN deployments, and network infrastructure upgrades. I've also handled Level 3 technical escalations, helping resolve critical network incidents and connectivity problems. 𝐀𝐖𝐒 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 I've also been expanding my skills into cloud technologies. As part of the AWS Cloud Resume Challenge, I built a cloud-hosted resume using Amazon S3, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, CloudWatch, Terraform, and GitHub Actions. This project gave me hands-on experience working with AWS services, serverless architecture, and infrastructure-as-code. 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 I'm also an experienced SEO content writer, specializing in technical and business content. My experience helps me explain complex topics clearly and write technical documentation or whitepapers. 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: ✦ CCNP Routing and Switching ✦ CCNA Routing and Switching ✦ CCNA Security ✦ CCIP ✦ JNCIS-ENT ✦ JNCIA-Junos ✦ ITIL Foundation ✦ Fortinet NSE 1 ✦ Fortinet NSE 2 ✦ AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner ✦ AWS Certified AI Practitioner If you need help troubleshooting network issues, supporting your existing infrastructure, or working on a network migration, I'd be happy to discuss your project and see how I can help. Talk soon, Rob
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $846
Billed in all: $26,531$27k
$423 in the last 6 months
Across 14 contracts
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Skill rankings: Top 22% in FortiGate Firewall
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