Jody Brooks

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ABOUT JODY BROOKS

I am an experienced network professional who specialises in the design, implementation and maintenance of network infrastructure within a large enterprise environment. I am a reliable self-starter, capable of solving immediate issues, whilst maintaining the strategic focus of any given project/task. My skills include various routing/switching, security, wireless, data centre and IPT technologies, such as the following:• Various Cisco routers and switches including Nexus FEX, 6500 (including VSS), Catalyst 7200VXR, ISR G1/G2 and CSR SDN technologies such as Cisco ACI and VMware NSX-T.• Familiar with many networking technologies such as VLAN, VTP, 802.1Q, STP (all variants), HSRP, Etherchannel, vPC, QoS, GRE, mGRE, NAT, IP SLA, Port-Security, DNS and DHCP.• EIGRP, OSPF and BGP routing protocols in multi-VRF environments.• Public cloud network technologies such as Microsoft Azure Vnet, Vnet Peering, ExpressRoute, Virtual Network Gateway, User-Defined Route Tables, NSG, Load Balancers, WAF and various third party appliances.• Security platforms such as Cisco ASA (55xx & 5515-X), Palo Alto NGFW, Fortinet Fortigate 60/100/1240/VM series, Barracuda NGFW virtual and Check Point 12200 appliances.• Cisco ACE 4710 and F5 BIG-IP 1600 ADC / Load balancer appliances.• Fortiweb and Imperva WAF appliances.• TACACS+ and RADIUS solutions using redundant Cisco ACS/ISE with AD integration.• Various internal, guest and bespoke wireless networks using Cisco WCS, Prime Infrastructure 5508/WiSM and Catalyst 9800 WLAN controllers.• Bluecat Networks DDI solution providing centralised IPAM and DHCP services.• Network management using Solarwinds NPM/NCM, Thousandeyes, FortiAnalyzer and Palo Alto Panorama.