Senior Network Engineer and Navy Veteran with 5+ years building and automating large-scale, multi-vendor network infrastructure - from DoD global edge networks to healthcare and semiconductor environments.
Currently pursuing CCNP Enterprise (Automation track) and a B.S. in Computer Science at WGU (expected Spring 2028).
Automation & Scripting
Python Ansible Terraform AWS CloudFormation PowerShell REST APIs Jinja2 Netmiko Nornir
Network Engineering
BGP OSPF EIGRP VLANs QoS High Availability Design Spanning Tree Data Center Networking
Security & Firewalls
Palo Alto / Panorama Fortinet FortiManager / FortiGate Cisco FMC / FTD / ASA Cisco ISE Zero Trust SonicWall
Platforms & Tools
Cisco Catalyst / Nexus Cisco Catalyst Center SolarWinds NPM / NCM IOS-XE NX-OS AWS (VPC, EC2, NLB/ALB, Site-to-Site VPN)
| Repo | What it does |
|---|---|
| FirewallMigrationTool | Three-phase FortiGate → Cisco FTD or Palo Alto PAN-OS migration tool - converts FortiGate configs (YAML) to FTD-compatible JSON, imports via FDM REST API, and handles bulk cleanup/rollback. Full GUI and CLI. |
| Plexus | Python-first network automation control center inspired by AWX/Ansible Tower - device inventory management, playbook execution, config template storage, and live job streaming via REST API and WebSockets. |
| NetForge | Standalone Windows desktop app for generating Cisco switch initial configs - define switch models, interface roles, and site profiles as reusable presets, then produce complete IOS configs through a 3-step wizard. |
| CiscoSwitch | Automation scripts for Catalyst IOS-XE and Nexus NX-OS using Netmiko - config management and operational tooling. |
| BudgetArk | Privacy-first mobile budgeting app - no account required, no data leaves your device. Built in TypeScript. Currently available on the Apple appstore |
| CiscoConfigDocs | Reference documentation for configuring and setting up Cisco devices. |
| MD5-HashChecker | PowerShell script that computes MD5 hashes for every file in a directory and displays results in a formatted table. |
- CCNP Enterprise - Automation & Programmability track
- Deepening Python networking tooling:
nornir,napalm,pyATS - Building toward a dedicated network automation engineering role
CCNA | CompTIA Security+ CE | AWS Solutions Architect Associate
