Projects & case studies
Networks I have designed, built and run
Selected work from Vodafone’s European data centers, AWS hybrid cloud at NICE, and multi-country enterprise WANs. Each case study covers the problem, what I did, and the result. Client-confidential details are left out.
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Hybrid connectivity between AWS and on-premises Cisco ACI
Read the case study: Hybrid connectivity between AWS and on-premises Cisco ACIConnecting AWS workloads to on-premises data centers running Cisco ACI with Site-to-Site VPN and Direct Connect, ALB/NLB application delivery and Terraform-built VPCs.
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ACI configuration as code with Ansible, Git and Jenkins
Read the case study: ACI configuration as code with Ansible, Git and JenkinsReplacing hand-built ACI tenant changes with Ansible playbooks, YAML/JSON templates and a Jenkins pipeline with automatic pre-checks and post-checks across several fabrics.
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Cisco ACI fabrics for four Vodafone core data centers
Read the case study: Cisco ACI fabrics for four Vodafone core data centersDesign, deployment and operation of Cisco ACI Multi-Pod fabrics for four of Vodafone’s core data centers in the UK and Europe, integrated with NSX-T, HPE networking and AWS, Azure and GCP.
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Campus SD-Access with Cisco DNA Center and ISE
Read the case study: Campus SD-Access with Cisco DNA Center and ISERolling out Cisco DNA Center with SD-Access, ISE and wireless controllers for identity-based access and secure mobility, with VRF segmentation, MP-BGP multicast and a new IPv4/IPv6 addressing plan.
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Juniper SRX and EX rollout across five Indian cities
Read the case study: Juniper SRX and EX rollout across five Indian citiesDeploying Juniper SRX firewalls and EX switches in Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Chennai and Hyderabad with IPsec and SSL VPN, OSPF failover to HQ and connectivity to AWS VPCs.
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Global Cisco-to-Juniper WAN migration across five countries
Read the case study: Global Cisco-to-Juniper WAN migration across five countriesMigrating an international company’s network from Cisco to Juniper in the UAE, Singapore, the UK, Sweden and the US, with an MPLS VPNv4 (MP-BGP) design and IPsec VPNs.
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