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Stewart Alexander

Senior Network Engineer | AI Infrastructure Specialist
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Mebane, North Carolina
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linkedin.com/in/stewalexander
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Github/StewAlexander-com
Senior Network Engineer and AI Infrastructure Specialist with 15+ years of experience designing scalable networks, implementing Zero Trust architectures, and automating deployments. Recognized for architecting Covariant’s robotic networks and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) autonomous crash test wireless system. Certified in CCSP, RHCE, Motorola and Extreme Network technologies.

Core Technical Skills

Cloud / IaC / Virtualization
AWS (200+ EC2 instances), GCP, Terraform, Docker / Kubernetes, OpenStack, zOS Mainframes, VMWare, Hyper-V
DevOps Automation
Python, Ansible, SaltStack, Jenkins, Cisco DNA / Catalyst Center, LibreNMS, OpenNMS, SolarWinds, NetDisco
Network Security
Juniper SRX320 / Palo Alto / Fortigate NGFWs, Tailscale, PCI-DSS/NIST 800-207 compliances
Emerging Tech
• AI/ML Infrastructure (Covariant) • Zigbee Mesh Networks , Locata GPS Beacons (Perrone Robotics)

Recent Work Experience

Covariant

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Senior Network Engineer
Jan 2023 - Oct 2024

Developed cross-functional, innovative AI- driven network infrastructure solutions by integrating departmental insights and vendor recommendations for Covariant’s Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team

Key Accomplishments:

  • AI Infrastructure Scaling: Provisioned 200 Ubuntu servers for robotic systems using Terraform, SaltStack, & Python reducing deployment errors by 40%
  • Zero Trust Implementation: Deployed Juniper SRX320 firewalls in HA, cutting cybersecurity incidents by 25% (Nov 2023)
  • Network Architecture: Decreased remote client network interventions by 20 monthly through strategic network design and cellular hotspot integration; minimizing travel and improving customer satisfaction by March 2023
  • Pre-Sales Engineering: Elevated networking requirements to pre-sales focus, enabling successful integration for 75+ customers

Alamance Community College (ACC)

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Senior Network Engineer
May 2019 - Dec 2022

Spearheaded comprehensive network and systems engineering efforts across Alamance Community College

Key Accomplishments:

  • Network Modernization: Rearchitected and retrofitted 17 distribution frames, resulting in a 85% reduction in resolution times (from 3 days to 4 hours) and an estimated $10,000 annual cost savings
  • Remote Work Solution: Built Tailscale/NGINX platform supporting 400+ staff with 99.99% uptime during COVID-19.

Red Hat

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Senior Systems Engineer (Contract)
Nov 2018 - May 2019

Arca Worldwide (Now Sesami)

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Senior Systems Test Engineer
May 2016 - Apr 2018

Perrone Robotics

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Lead Network Design Engineer
Mar 2015 - Feb 2016

IBM / Lenovo

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Senior Product Engineer
Apr 2011 - Mar 2015

PROJECTS

NetVendor

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MAC address analyzer and visualization tool
Nov 2022 - Current

Developing an OpenSource Python tool designed specifically for network administrators and cybersecurity professionals to efficiently visualize and audit the distribution of all the end devices on their network via rich HTML dashboards and spreadsheet analytics

Mar 2015 - Feb 2016

Designed Zigbee mesh network improving crash test accuracy by 50% using Locata GPS

Education

North Carolina State University, Appalachian State University

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Bachelor’s of Science in STS (Science,Technology & Society)
Aug 1995 - Jan 2001

Relevant Coursework: Computer Science, Physics, Meteorology

Certifications / Achievements

LEADERSHIP
• Lead Network Engineer at Covariant | Spearheaded end-to-end network infrastructure design and orchestration for local, remote, and client connectivity, ensuring seamless integration with robotic systems • Mentored 3 junior engineers at Alamance Community College (2020–2022).
CERTIFICATIONS / AWARDS
• CCSP (2022–Present) • RHCE (2014–Present)) • ENA (2006) • Motorola Wireless (2006) • Above & Beyond (IBM, 2013) • Extreme Networks Technical Superstar (2006)
PUBLICATIONS
• Medium.com | 20 Awesome Command Line Tools for the Mac | Authored technical guide that is read over 1,000 times a month (41,000+ times since publication in April of 2020). • Published other how-to manuals and product guides on Medium.com (medium.com/@stewalexander)
SKILLS
- 12 years with Cisco in enterprise production environments - 10 years with Network Management Systems (OpenNMS / LibreNMS / SolarWinds / Cisco DNAC - Catalyst Center) - 20 years Linux OS (Red Hat / RHEL, Ubuntu, Suse, Debian) - 15 years automation / software development (Bash, Batch, C, Python, VisualBasic, Perl, Ruby)