Brandon Huber

About Brandon Huber

Experienced, knowledgeable, and motivated network engineer always looking for a challenge to utilize extensive networking knowledge and troubleshooting abilities.Specialties: Network Implementation and Troubleshooting (Routing, Switching, Firewall, VPN, design, etc.) Best Practice DevelopmentSecurity Audit Review and Remediation Project Scoping and ImplementationDocumentation

Experience

1. Senior Network Engineer - Wan Transport

   Viasat

   Feb 2021 — Present

   Member of very small, sharp team which owns the corporate WAN (global), internet edge, partner connectivity, perimeter security and multi-cloud connectivityMicrosoft Azure and AWS networking (ExpressRoute, DirectConnect, VPN)Acts as service provider for all Lab internet connectivity leveraging L2 VPN\'sExtensive Fortinet Fortigate firewall and FortiSwitch experience, including FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer Recognized as Fortinet SME on the teamConfiguration of Psuedowire and Q-in-Q Tunnel setups for lab customers WAN encryption utilizing systems such as Gemalto Safenet and MACSEC encryption Internet edge design and deploymentFOUO Network managementExperience with standards/regulatory/compliance programs such as, DFARS NIST 800-171, CMMC, FedRAMP, ITAR, FOCI and NISPExperience with various PKI platforms, certificates and SSL MITMLead network engineer on remote access solution pilots such as, zScaler, Netskope and PAN ZTNA.Assisted in design and complete re-architecture of overlay network and aggregated RFC1918 space which heavily reduced demand on router hardwareManagement, installation and configuration of corporate internet edge firewallsExtensive BGP and OSPF experienceFilled in gaps in documentation by writing maintenance plans and how-to guides for the teamSpearheaded effort to write and archive maintenance plans for all changes requiring CCB approvalsMentors and assists newer team membersManages and establishes partner connectivity through IPSEC VPN\'s and private circuitsManagement, installation and configuration of carrier-grade routing platforms running IOS-XR and Arista EOSParticipates in on-call rotation for high-severity issuesWorks closely with Type 1 and Type 2 carriers to deploy circuits from 1G to 100GWorks closely with the information security team and with vendors such as Arista, Cisco, Fortinet and Palo Alto to design, deploy and maintain a highly secure, fast and reliable private WAN/Internet Edge

Education

• Glendale Community College

  Networking Technology

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Networking
• Network Design
• Tcp/Ip
• San
• Cisco Vpc
• Microsoft Exchange
• Firewall Administration
• Technical Support
• Vmware Infrastructure
• Open Shortest Path First (Ospf)
• Cisco Nexus
• Bgp
• Routing
• Firewalls
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Cisco
• Troubleshooting
• Wide Area Network (Wan)
• Network Administration
• Vmware Esx
• Cisco Technologies
• Cisco Ace
• Virtual Private Network (Vpn)
• Cisco Systems Products
• Switches
• Active Directory
• Cisco Wism
• Windows Server
• Cisco Routing & Switching
• Network Security
• Ssl Vpn
• Cisco Routers
• Vpn
• Security
• Software Installation
• Cisco Ios
• Ospf
• Cisco Fabricpath
• Dmvpn
• Network Engineering