Brandon Peskin, Developer in San Francisco, CA, United States
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Brandon Peskin

Verified Expert  in Engineering

DevOps Architect and Software Developer

San Francisco, CA, United States

Toptal member since September 24, 2020

Bio

Brandon is an experienced professional who has worked as a systems administrator and network engineer/architect. He has a strong passion for developing, implementing, and supporting the technologies used both yesterday and today to get the job done. Brandon has solid experience working with major vendors such as Fortinet, Cisco Ubiquiti, and Palo Alto Networks.

Portfolio

Self-employed
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Cisco, Cassandra...
Self-employed
IPv6, IPv4, TCP/IP, SonicWall, Fortinet Firewall Configuration, Juniper, Cisco...
EyeCheq Inc.
Networking, Amazon Web Services (AWS), VPN, IP Routing, IPsec, AWS VPN...

Experience

  • Cisco - 20 years
  • SonicWall - 20 years
  • Data Centers - 20 years
  • Firewalls - 20 years
  • Network Access Control - 20 years
  • Networking - 20 years
  • Fortinet Firewall Configuration - 10 years
  • Palo Alto Networks - 7 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), TCP/IP, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Cisco, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure, Direct Connect (DC), Interconnected Networks, PostgreSQL

The most amazing...

...thing I have ever supported is a multitenant Fortune-500 software as a service platform supporting 5+ billion transactions per day.

Work Experience

Senior Site Reliability Engineer and Senior DevOps Engineer

2009 - PRESENT
Self-employed
  • Tasked for many years with keeping a multi-million dollar SaaS product online. This was first via bare metal servers, and in recent years via AWS and GCP. Finally, supporting and migrating these applications in the current era to Kubernetes.
  • Implemented change management procedures, alerting tiers, incident management, and synthetic external tests to ensure the SaaS product remains online and operating within specifications.
  • Supported engineering efforts to break down monolithic repos/services into microservices.
  • Designed corporate and data center network footprints from architecture to implementation, support, and monitoring.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Cisco, Cassandra, Kubernetes, CentOS, NGINX, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), PostgreSQL

Network Architect

1999 - PRESENT
Self-employed
  • Designed and implemented large scale networks for both corporate and data center. Shared my knowledge on IPv4, and IPv6 and connecting large cloud providers directly to the data center for migratory or scaling purposes.
  • Managed scaling, procurement, and vendor relationships for networking equipment.
  • Worked with security teams to define network perimeter (firewall and intrusion detection) threat and security models.
  • Worked with major vendors (Fortinet, Cisco Ubiquiti, and Palo Alto Networks) with both their hardware offerings and some via the cloud (Prisma at Palo Alto and Meraki). Shared my knowledge on hardware appliance offerings, cloud, and open source implementations.
Technologies: IPv6, IPv4, TCP/IP, SonicWall, Fortinet Firewall Configuration, Juniper, Cisco, CentOS, Networking, Network Engineering, Network Access Control, Firewalls, VPN, Palo Alto Networks, Prisma

Network Engineer

2023 - 2024
EyeCheq Inc.
  • Deployed a VPN system utilizing Tailscale to link field servers to the AWS VPC.
  • Worked with telecom providers (AT&T and Verizon) to establish a cellular private network (think MPLS but via cellular), linking the routers deployed in the field directly to AWS (and getting their internet access from there).
  • Deployed Cisco CSR routers in AWS to create a custom SD-WAN to satisfy the requirements of the client's technology.
Technologies: Networking, Amazon Web Services (AWS), VPN, IP Routing, IPsec, AWS VPN, Tailscale, Software-defined WAN (SDWAN)

Cisco Network Engineer

2022 - 2022
INTEGRITECH, LLC
  • Worked with telecommunications vendors to establish an eVPN (MPLS) cloud between three distinct geographic locations.
  • Connected a vendor-partner's network to the network of one of America's largest retailers.
  • Deployed Cisco routers, cross-connects, and a network topology with the help of data center technicians, point-of-sale experts, and network engineers.
Technologies: Cisco, System Administration, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Networks, Fiber Optics, Telecom Equipment & Solutions

DevOps and Security Engineer

2020 - 2021
Anthem [Now Elevance] - AI
  • Worked on service mesh and workload attestation mechanisms for various upcoming Anthem/Elevance initiatives. Co-developed a developer setup where the zero trust environment could be deployed in the development environment (and locally).
  • Helped develop the service platform for the division by deploying AWS resources with Terraform and configuring Kubernetes and resources with Helm.
  • Assisted developers in getting helm charts written for their applications and onboarded them into the CI/CD environment. Deployed and made them SPIRE/Zero trust configured.
Technologies: Python, Terraform, DevOps, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Kubernetes, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Site Reliability, Linux Administration, IT, APIs, CA Network & Systems Management (NSM), Open Policy Agent (OPA), Amazon EKS, Kubernetes Operators, Kubernetes Security, Helm

Experience

Data Center to The Cloud

Led (as the technical lead) a team of SREs responsible for the maintenance of the hardware to support and the release of the company's SaaS product. Established direct connectivity to the cloud provider via Terraform/network infrastructure as code. Established all of the resources needed from the cloud provider via Terraform. Worked with engineering to set up a Spinnaker pipeline to deploy the code via Kubernetes pods which replaced our home-brew Bash script we used for years on bare metal.

Certifications

SEPTEMBER 2022 - SEPTEMBER 2025

Network+

CompTIA

SEPTEMBER 2022 - SEPTEMBER 2025

Cisco Certified Network Associate

Cisco

Skills

Tools

VPN, Amazon EKS, Terraform, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), NGINX, Prisma, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Kubernetes Operators, Helm

Storage

Data Centers, MySQL, Cassandra, PostgreSQL

Languages

Bash Script, Perl, Go, Python

Frameworks

Hadoop

Paradigms

DevOps

Platforms

Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), CentOS, Azure

Other

Cisco, TCP/IP, IPv4, IPv6, Data Center Migration, Capacity Planning, Servers, Direct Connect (DC), Interconnected Networks, Networking, Network Engineering, Network Access Control, Firewalls, Networks, Routing and Switching Protocols, CI/CD Pipelines, Apache Cassandra, Juniper, Fortinet Firewall Configuration, SonicWall, Purchasing, Website Performance, Palo Alto Networks, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Site Reliability, Linux Administration, IT, APIs, CA Network & Systems Management (NSM), Open Policy Agent (OPA), Kubernetes Security, System Administration, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Fiber Optics, Telecom Equipment & Solutions, IP Routing, IPsec, AWS VPN, Tailscale, Software-defined WAN (SDWAN), IP Networks

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