Brendan Gladney

About Brendan Gladney

With over 20 years of experience in network and security engineering, I help customers and partners achieve their business goals with F5\'s market-leading solutions and services. I am a senior solutions engineer at F5, where I partner with my Account Manager to provide technical expertise, guidance, to customers across various industries and regions.My core competencies include security control frameworks, network security, application security, endpoint security, cloud security, and pre-sales engineering. I am passionate about empowering customers with F5 solutions and security skills, and I believe in building trust, collaboration, and win-win outcomes. I also mentor and coach my team members and help them maximize their potential. I am always eager to learn new technologies and trends, and I hold multiple certifications and awards in the network and security domain.

Experience

1. Senior Principal Solutions Engineer

   F5

   Feb 2021 — Present

   The Solutions Engineer (SE) is a sales and technical role with focus on customer/partners and is part of the sales organization. The SE’s primary responsibility is to support the sales team with technical skills and provide technical knowledge around F5 solutions to our customers.As a principal SE, I am responsible for mentoring and coaching the rest of my team and equipping them to maximize their potential. I am also co-lead of the North American Security Community of Practice at F5.

Education

• Green River College

  Geography and Business Administration

  1998 — 2000

• New Horizons Computer Learning Center - Bellevue

  Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

  2000 — 2003

Skills

• Mac Os X Server
• Ids
• Mac Os
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• Virtual Private Network (Vpn)
• Computer Security
• Network Security
• Network Architecture
• F5 Big-Ip Gtm
• Management
• Linux Desktop
• Ips
• Saml 2.0
• F5 Bigip
• Ipsec
• Consulting
• Domain Name System (Dns)
• Tcp/Ip
• Dns
• Virtualization
• Encryption
• Wan
• Juniper
• Wide Area Network (Wan)
• Vpn
• Checkpoint
• Network Design
• Load Balancing
• Data Center
• Sales
• Networking
• Cisco Technologies
• F5 Big-Ip Apm
• Ssl
• Microsoft Exchange
• Routing
• Identity & Access Management (Iam)
• Network Infrastructure Architecture
• Wireshark