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Dillan
Craig

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Senior Network Engineer

I keep networks reachable, segmented and secure. I have ten years of experience in IT, seven of them in network infrastructure. Today I support more than 2,000 users across five organizations, providing hands-on technical and on-call support for Palo Alto, Cisco, Meraki and Silver Peak SD-WAN.

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What I do

Firewalls and remote access

  • Palo Alto security policy and GlobalProtect VPN
  • Cisco Firepower (FTD) managed through FMC
  • Check Point, Meraki MX, Ivanti Connect Secure
  • Bluecoat proxy SSL inspection

Switching, wireless and WAN

  • Cisco switching and routing, IOS upgrades
  • Meraki MR wireless and dashboard
  • Silver Peak (HPE Aruba EdgeConnect) SD-WAN support
  • ISP circuits, carrier escalations, change control

Segmentation and access control

  • VLAN design, access and trunk ports
  • Zone-based and least-privilege firewall rules
  • Cisco ISE: 802.1X with EAP-TLS and TACACS+ device administration
  • Active Directory side of NAC: GPOs and certificate authority trusts
  • GeoIP and threat-feed blocking

Servers and virtualization

  • Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, Proxmox VE clusters
  • Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy
  • Dell PowerEdge, iDRAC, hardware RAID
  • Backup, encryption and tested restores

Visibility and troubleshooting

  • SolarWinds NPM, IPAM and SNMP alerting
  • Wireshark and SPAN port captures
  • SIEM and vulnerability detection
  • Layer 1 fiber and copper, SFPs, UPS

Automation and operations

  • Python with REST APIs, daily
  • PowerShell for AD and Microsoft 365
  • ITSM ticketing (SysAid and others)
  • Runbooks and clear documentation
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