Leadership & Strategic Impact
Team & Operations Lead: Directs the Philippines Network Engineering team for a premier global automotive distributor, managing SLAs, resource allocation, and international site buildouts (e.g., Saipan, Guam).
Enterprise Architecture: Designs L2/L3 global network topologies, disaster recovery (DR) frameworks, service catalogs, and cloud connectivity across AWS, GCP, and Azure (VWAN, vHub, NVAs).
Automation & Modernization: Drives operational efficiency by replacing commercial tools with open-source solutions and scripts (Python REST APIs, Docker, NetBox, KVM, Linux).
Key Technical Expertise
Routing & Switching: BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, DMVPN, SD-WAN (Silver-Peak), Nexus, Catalyst, Dell, Mellanox, L2/L3 switching, and high-availability protocols (VRRP/GLBP).
Perimeter & Security: Centralized deployment and policy management for Palo Alto, Fortinet (FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer), Cisco ASA, and pfSense; Zero Trust and micro-segmentation principles.
Data Center & Virtualization: Lifecycle management for multi-vendor server/storage hardware (Dell, IBM Blade, SAN/iSCSI) and hypervisors (VMware vSphere, Citrix XenCenter, KVM, Hyper-V).
Network Services & Monitoring: Comprehensive Linux infrastructure deployment (DNS, DHCP, Radius/TACACS+, Syslog, Cacti, Zenoss, OpManager) and automated wireless surveys/IoT tracking.
Key Certifications & Achievements
Cisco: CCNP Routing & Switching (Completed ROUTE-----------, SWITCH-----------, TSHOOT-----------) | CCNA
Fortinet: Fortinet Certified Professional / NSE 4 (FortiOS 7.2)
Silver Peak: Silver Peak SD-WAN Professional (SPSP)