Network Engineer

Brandon Foltz

Designing, securing, and optimizing enterprise network infrastructure — from core routing and switching to next-generation firewalls and application delivery.

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10+
Years Experience
4
Platform Specializations
Multi
Vendor Environments
ENT
Enterprise Scale
Expertise

Skills & Tools

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Cisco Switching & Routing
Enterprise-grade Layer 2/3 infrastructure design and operations across IOS, IOS-XE, and NX-OS platforms in multi-site environments.
BGP OSPF EIGRP STP / RSTP VLANs HSRP / VRRP QoS VRF
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Check Point Firewall
NGFW policy management, threat prevention, and VPN engineering within SmartConsole-managed environments at enterprise scale.
SmartConsole Threat Prevention Site-to-Site VPN Remote Access VPN NAT IPS / IDS Cluster XL
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Fortinet FortiGate
NGFW deployment, FortiOS policy management, SD-WAN configuration, and SSL inspection with FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer integration.
FortiOS SD-WAN SSL Inspection FortiManager FortiAnalyzer IPSec VPN ZTNA
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F5 BIG-IP
Load balancer configuration and management including LTM, GTM, iRules, and SSL offloading for high-availability application delivery.
LTM GTM / DNS iRules SSL Offload Health Monitors Persistence Profiles iApp
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Network Architecture
End-to-end network design from core to edge including datacenter topology, redundancy planning, and capacity modeling for enterprise environments.
DC Design MPLS WAN Optimization Redundancy Planning Capacity Modeling
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Network Security
Zero-trust implementation, microsegmentation, and perimeter defense strategies across multi-vendor environments with compliance requirements.
Zero Trust ACLs 802.1X / NAC RADIUS / TACACS+ Segmentation