aaron shapiro
Cloud Technical Account Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
cloud network architect - operation infrastructure - container automation enthusiast
experienced network engineer , curiosity technology across stack . combining skill inhouse engineer consultant help customer cloud journey aws . core focus : route switch - eigrp , ospf , gre , stp , vpc , v , bgp , aci security - cisco asa line , palo alto firewall , dmvpn , gre/ipsec vpn , remote-access vpn , acl , tacas , radius , ise software : remedy , solarwinds , extrahop , ixia vision one cisco collaboration product line - cucm , cuc , imp , vcs , collaboration edge , migration wireless implementation - site survey , controller ap implementation , wireless remediation programming automation - python , ansible , nornir , netconf , restconf , json , yaml , git cloud - aws network design connectivity , aws ecs/eks , kubernetes , container automation : terraform , cloudformation , ci/cd pipeline server implementation - vmware vsphere , esxi , cisco ucs c-series interest : datacenter overlay - vxlan , evpn , geneve operation - data analytics , tig stack , streaming telemetry
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
https://www.linkedin.com/company/amazon-web-services
Unique customer facing roles helping customers on their cloud journey from cost management to architecture to troubleshooting issues. 

-Support large and small companies on their AWS cloud journey
-Lead customer workshops and deep dives on AWS services
-Evaluate customer cloud operations, with a focus on mitigating risk and aligning with business goals
-Partner with customer teams across technology focus to help them learn, modernize and develop solutions on AWS
-Reviews relevant business data, provides insights and recommendations focused on cloud services and  best practices
-Analyze unique customer problems and work with customer on designing a solution 
-Help customer design and optimize systems and network architecture on AWS
-Provide specialist support and design on cloud networking
-Build out automated Proof of Concept environments to support customer cloud design initiatives with Terraform, CloudFormation and Python SDK
-Provides advocacy and guidance to help plan and build solutions based on AWS Best Practices
-Partner with customers to modernize applications to conform to cloud native approaches. Utilizing event-driven, containerized and automated process to realize business goals. 
-Analyze and Reviews customer operations, providing recommendations and a plan to improve based on desired business outcomes.
-Help customers develop cloud financial management practices 
-Think big to help customer achieve business and technological goals
-Continually curious, diving deep to understand AWS portfolio of Cloud offerings
-Provide guidance on cloud strategy and migration, be that lift and shift, or re-factor. 
-Area of focus on Networking, Automation and Analytics
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Cloud Technical Account Manager
Tallgrass Energy
https://www.linkedin.com/company/tallgrass-energy
Senior member of a team of Network Engineers responsible for designing, troubleshooting and supporting network infrastructure for a Midstream Oil and Gas company.

-Design and engineered  scalable, supportable network infrastructure
-Evaluated and tested new solutions to improve deployment, security and MTTR
-Collaborate across IT Teams to re-mediate issues, and perform changes with low impact across business units
-Mentor and delegate tasks to junior staff
-Lead on root cause analysis and provide improvements to remediate issues
-Presented new technology and design best practice to both technical and business partners
-Deployed and configured ExtraHop for network visibility (wire data and netflow)
-Deployed and configured Cisco ACI to replace legacy data center hardware
-Deployed Ixia to provide TAPs to ExtraHop for network visibility and troubleshooting
-Research, planned and created design for future Data Center redesign focused on Inter-VRF routing(MP-BGP), core routing(OSPF) and remote-site connectivity (FlexVPN, DMVPN, GRE/IPSEC)
-Deploy and configure both Cisco NX-OS/IOS-XE and Juniper devices
-Re-design remote access vpn technologies from legacy technologies to GlobalProtect (Pulse and OpenVPN)
-Re-design companies internet edge to provide multi-provider redundancy and fail-over between Data-centers (BGP)
-Provide guidance on support, troubleshooting and design of Voice services
-Wrote Python script to pull data from Solarwinds for Audit, Inventory and Automation purposes

Day to Day
-Troubleshoot Server and Application issue
-Troubleshoot network connectivity between Industrial DMZ and between Multi-VRF networks
-Review and Update Firewall Rules for other teams
-Automate audit of network devices with Solarwinds for config diff and security remediation
-Configure and Troubleshoot a heterogeneous environment of Juniper, Cisco and Palo Alto Devices
-Managed, upgrade, and migrated multi-vsys Palo Alto Firewalls
Greater Denver Area
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IT Network Engineer III
Prudential Financial
https://www.linkedin.com/company/prudential-financial
Member of a team of network engineers responsible for global support, design and implementation of network infrastructure. 

Lead engineer on the design and migration of international businesses to the corporate network infrastructure. Provided guidance to both businesses and other technology teams on design of network connectivity. Created high level design focused on a redundant, secure and supportable connectivity for data center and branches. Advised other teams on course of action for solutions for external connectivity and voice/video infrastructure. 

Provided guidance for re-design of Video Conferencing infrastructure on Cisco platforms. Built out Cisco Call Manager and VCS for video endpoint management and call control. 

Day to day task included:

 -Providing support for high priority incidents for International locations including 514 Routers, 1384 Switches, 75 Firewalls, 2612 WAPs
 -Providing support and guidance for other team members as well as NOC 
 -Implementing and supporting migrations to new equipment
 -Troubleshooting and providing solutions for new application connectivity
 -Participate in Global Network Design meetings
 -Review and verify changes by other team members
-Work across Technology teams to provide network solutions, while being security focused. 
-Troubleshoot, remediate and suggest solutions on Global Routing with EIGRP, BGP and IPSEC VPNs
-Configure Firewalls for applications access or migrations
-Firewall and Router Log analysis 

Member of a Global Network Engineering team providing design, implementation and level 3 support for all network initiatives.
Greater New York City Area
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Network Engineer
Converged Technology Group
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ctg-converged-technology-group
Working as part of the Engineering department at a Cisco Gold Partner, providing design, implementation and escalation for support of all facets of network infrastructure.
-Actively participates in client design meetings for pre-deployment
-Preforms site-surveys and assessments 
-Configures and Installs Cisco gear remotely and on premise
-Works as part of NOC staff, troubleshooting and providing change control
-Familiarity with Cisco Nexus line(9k,5k,2k), Cisco ISR 2900/3600/4000, Cisco 2900/3600/3800/4500/6500, Cisco UCS chassis, Cisco WLC 2504/5508
-Redesign of WAN/LAN implementations for clients 
-Familiarity with Cisco ASA (55XX) Firewalls, implementing S2S VPN, NAT, ACLs
- Familiarity with Palo Alto deployment
-Design and Migration of Cisco Unified Communications Servers, Cisco Unified Call Manager, Unity Connection, IM&Presences, Expressways and Prime Collaboration Deployment.
-Worked with Major League Sports Team on redesign and implementation of new network infrastructure in Tampa training facility. Installed and configured dual 4500 in VSS for collapsed core design with 2960X switches at the edge. Performed active site survey, as well as designed and implement wireless infrastructure for stadium.
-Works remotely with clients across the globe on implementation of new network hardware and integration into global network 
-Acted as Lead Engineer on clients refresh and redesigns of all US based branch sites, moving from 3650 switches and 2800 series routers to 2960X switches and 4300 routers. 
-Acted as Lead Engineer guiding the build out and turn up of new branch offices for large Property Management Company. Providing the design and assisting junior engineer with the implementation and turn up. 
-Redesign client network edge with multi-homed BGP between two ISPs
-Deployed Vmware ESXi on Cisco UCS as well as Dell Servers for support of UC applications and other business applications
Greater New York City Area
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Network Engineer
CST Designs
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cst-designs
Performed a jack of all trades role, supporting multiple companies in their technology needs focusing on providing implementation and support of servers, desktops, phones, laptops and storage equipment.
-Deployed and Migrated Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Server
-Provide Executive Desktop Support
-Deployed, Re-mediated and Supported  Wireless Deployments
-Deployed and Support Business Applications
-Designed and Support Microsoft Servers for a range of clients
Greater New York City Area
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IT Support Engineer
Commerzbank AG
https://www.linkedin.com/company/commerzbank-ag
Was brought in as a consultant to provide trading floor support to 50 plus trading staff, as well as work with the current support team to implement and troubleshoot new global desktop build.
Greater New York City Area
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Trading Floor Support
University of Hartford
https://www.linkedin.com/company/university-of-hartford
Part of the Universities Help Desk team, providing technical support to the student body, as well as faculty and staff.
Hartford, Connecticut Area
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IT Support Analyst
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Network Administration
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University of Hartford
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ACUCW1
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate
Cisco
CCNA Voice
Cisco
CCNA R&S
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-gabby-shpirer-2b8b49
Mesa, AZ
Gabriel (Gabby) Shpirer
Director of IT at DSV - IMS Inventory Management Solutions
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricklsmith1
Phoenix, AZ
Patrick L Smith
Cloud Technical Account Manager at Amazon Web Services
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicksines
Denver, CO
Nick Sines
Manager - Engineering Records, GIS and Drafting at Tallgrass Energy
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlucero
Littleton, CO
Mike Lucero
IT System Engineer II
https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-mensing-22908530
Denver, CO
Julie Mensing
VP and Chief Accounting Officer at Tallgrass Energy
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikealwalker
Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville Area
Mikeal Walker
Enterprise System Administrator at TPG, Inc.
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Denver Metropolitan Area
John Hawes
Staff Technical Account Manager at VMware
https://www.linkedin.com/in/callmebo
Knoxville Metropolitan Area
Mike "Bo" Bowles
CISSP | GCIH | GRID | GICSP | Sec + | Net +
Defense-in-depth IT/OT cybersecurity solutions, assessments & consultation
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London
Lise Philippe
Digital Marketing Executive
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavlovovk
Kansas City Metropolitan Area
Pavlo Vovk
Cloud Infrastructure Architect at AWS Professional Services
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-lim-52a25957
Las Vegas, NV
Sean Lim
AWS Cloud Technical Account Manager
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-gluntz-4b7372208
Tampa, FL
Tara Gluntz
Recruiter at ReliaQuest
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisellett
Tampa, FL
Chris Ellett
Vice President, Sales at ReliaQuest
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-reese-30355446
Greater Seattle Area
Brad Reese
Account Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Lancy
Anna Levet
Director Corporate Tax EMEA & ASIA at Wella Company
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunnysherin
San Francisco Bay Area
Sherin Sunny
Sr Cloud Technical Account Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwickstrom
Ann Arbor, MI
Paul Wickstrom
DevOps Director at Oracle GBU Cloud Development Services
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-mcintosh
Metro Jacksonville
Richard McIntosh
Network Engineer - CWNE #295
https://www.linkedin.com/in/petersenduane
Denver, CO
Duane Petersen
Network Engineer at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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MySQL Scalability
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IP / MPLS Traffic Engineering and Capacity Planning
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Epic Python Academy Group
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