Pedro Cohen

Experienced Network Engineer with over 15 years in the tech industry, specializing in network design, migration, and improvements. Skilled in designing scalable network architectures for applications hosted across multiple geographic locations. Proven expertise in datacenter management, network troubleshooting, and incident management. Adept at network capacity planning, datacenter upgrades, and AWS networking services, including VPCs, VPC Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPNs, and AWS Network Security. Experienced in managing Fortinet equipment and optimizing AWS costs.

• Network Design & Migration: Expert in designing, migrating, and improving network infrastructures to support high-performance applications.
• Scalable Network Architecture: Proficient in creating and managing scalable network architectures for applications hosted in various geographical locations.
• Datacenter Management: Extensive experience with VMware vSphere for effective datacenter management and operations.
• Network Troubleshooting & Incident Management: Skilled in identifying, diagnosing, and resolving network issues to minimize downtime and ensure network reliability.
• Network Capacity Planning & Upgrades: Experienced in planning network capacity and executing datacenter upgrades to meet evolving business needs.
• AWS Networking Services: Strong proficiency in AWS networking services, including VPCs, VPC Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, Site-to-Site VPNs, and AWS Network Security.
• Fortinet Equipment Management: Expertise in managing Fortinet equipment, ensuring robust network security and performance.
• AWS Cost Optimization: Proven track record of optimizing AWS costs through effective resource management and strategic planning.

VMware Datacenter Networking Architecture:

• Gathered business requirements to support expected growth of applications and services, proposing a new network architecture to meet these needs.
• Coordinated with vendors such as Dell and Fortinet to explore new equipment options and managed the procurement process.
• Installed and configured new equipment in the datacenter, implementing a complete overhaul of the networking strategy in an active production environment.
• Conducted performance testing in collaboration with vendors to ensure a seamless transition.
• Transitioned from VMware switches to Distributed Switches, and segregated VLANs by product lines to enhance network access control.
  

AWS Network Re-Architecture:

• Redesigned AWS network infrastructure by moving from per-account VPCs to a centralized AWS Networking account for each environment, adhering to the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Deployed VPCs in the centralized account and shared them with participant accounts for application teams and Cloud Engineers to use for public/private subnets.
• Implemented AWS Transit Gateways to connect VPCs with Site-to-Site VPNs and AWS Direct Connect to on-premises locations across two different US geographies.
• Set up CloudWatch alarms for VPN tunnels to notify responsible teams of potential issues with the AWS core network.
  

Load Balancer Migration:

• Migrated from traditional KEMP load balancer devices to NGINX Plus appliances, eliminating dependencies on third-party vendors for physical device maintenance.
• Enabled the IT department and engineers to reduce implementation times and decrease mean time to recovery during network outages.