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Ben W.
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Ben W.

Senior Network Engineer

🥇 𝐔𝐩𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭-𝐕𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 🥇 Network Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, securing, and optimizing enterprise and SMB network infrastructure. ✅ Enterprise & Service Provider Networking ✔ Vendors & Models: • Cisco: Catalyst, Nexus, Meraki • Ubiquiti: UniFi, UISP • HPE Aruba: AOS, Instant APs • Extreme Networks • Rukus ✔ Technologies: • Routing: BGP, OSPF, MPLS • Switching: VLANs, STP, LACP, MLAG, VRRP, HSRP, QoS • Load Balancing: HAProxy, Cloud Load Balancers ✅ Firewalls & Security Solutions ✔ Vendors & Models: • Palo Alto Networks • Cisco / Meraki • Sonicwall • PFSense / Netgate • UniFi / UISP / Ubiquiti ✔ Security Services: • Next-Gen Firewall (NGFW) Deployment & Optimization • Intrusion Prevention (IPS/IDS), Zero Trust, DDoS Mitigation • Web Filtering, Application Control, SIEM Integration, DNS ✅ VPN & Remote Access Solutions ✔ Technologies: • IPSec, OpenVPN, WireGuard, SSL VPN, L2TP, SD-WAN Tunnels, Full SASE • Enterprise VPNs, Hybrid Cloud Connectivity, Remote Workforce Security ✅ Linux, Cloud & Virtualization ✔ Linux: Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, OpenBSD, FreeBSD ✔ Cloud Networking: AWS, Azure, Vultr, DigitalOcean, Linode 💼 SERVICES I OFFER ✔ Network Design & Optimization – Enterprise, ISP, Data Center ✔ Firewall & Security Hardening – NGFW, IPS/IDS, Zero Trust ✔ Cloud & Hybrid Networking – Multi-cloud, VPC Peering, Transit Gateway ✔ VPN & Secure Remote Access – IPSec, SSL, SD-WAN ✔ ISP & Broadband Solutions – BGP, MPLS, GPON, IPv6 Migration ✔ Network Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning ✔ Network Automation & Monitoring

🇺🇸Lodi, United States$100/hr100% JSS4.96 (49)Since Apr 2018

Earnings and projects

MRR
$1.1k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#45,252 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#7,728 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$455

Last 6 months: $6.4k

World#65,321 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#8,565 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$61k

Billed in all: $65k

World#64,097 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#11,991 / 62.1k
Per project
$720

$643 in the last 6 months

World#150,375 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#25,554 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
10
10% fixed90% hourly
World#18,298 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,788 / 62.1k
Projects in all
85

Across 103 contracts

8% fixed92% hourly
World#34,169 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#5,357 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$64.7k+$455 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$64,000$64,250$64,500$64,750Oct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 11% in Router

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #4Router35 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 11%
  2. #8UniFi41 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 20%
  3. #9Zero Trust Architecture57 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #4Top 16%
  4. #10Aruba45 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #2Top 22%
  5. #12PfSense88 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #1Top 14%
  6. #23Ubiquiti121 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #6Top 19%
  7. #31Cisco208 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #4Top 15%
  8. #32WiFi168 freelancers · 🇺🇸 #10Top 19%