About Me

I am a network automation engineer, specialising in Cisco networking technologies and with a first-class honours networking degree. I currently work full-time in Leeds for one of the world’s biggest bookmakers. Using the Agile methodology, I am part of a small team that collaborates on network automation projects.

I created this space to document my journey of personal growth, transitioning from a traditional network engineer who manually configured devices one at a time using the CLI, to a network automation engineer leveraging tools like Ansible, Git, and Python.

Employment History

Present 08/2024	Senior Network Automation Engineer Sky Betting & Gaming
08/2024 05/2023	Network Automation Engineer Sky Betting & Gaming
05/2023 11/2021	Network Engineer Sky Betting & Gaming
11/2021 05/2019	Network & Security Engineer William Hill
05/2019 04/2016	Network Engineer SICL Ltd (now Koris365)

Other Experience

06/2015 08/2015	Junior Network Security Analyst William Hill Over the course of this summer I worked alongside and shadowed the network operations team at William Hill. I gained knowledge of the day to day responsibilities that a network security engineer has, the tools they use for network monitoring and was exposed to firewall technologies such as Cisco ASA and Check Point.
03/2015 05/2015	Further Education Networking Labs Bradford College Volunteered to install and configure the Cisco lab equipment in the new David Hockney Building at Bradford College.

Certifications

Issued 06/2023 Expires 06/2026	AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Amazon Web Services (AWS) View Credential
Issued 07/2022 Expires 07/2025	Cisco Certified DevNet Associate Cisco View Credential
Issued 03/2018 Expires 07/2025	Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate Cisco View Credential
Issued 05/2016 Expires 07/2025	Cisco Certified Network Associate Cisco View Credential

Education

2013 - 2016

Bachelor of Science - BSc (First Class Honours) Computer Networks and Systems Support Teesside University