Ryan Thomas Huff, Network Engineering Manager

About me

Network Engineering Manager, Critical Infrastructure

I manage a network engineering team in the critical infrastructure industry, keeping about 2,000 devices across roughly 220 IT and OT sites running around the clock. Before that I spent eight years at value-add resellers, including ConvergeOne, deploying SD-WAN, security and collaboration solutions. I build network roadmaps, run Palo Alto Prisma SD-WAN, and write my own Python tools to monitor it all. Off the clock you’ll find me on the ham bands, writing, or tinkering with Linux and AI.

Capabilities

Team leadership & mentoring
Server & Desktop administration (Windows, Linux, macOS, highly capable with all three)
DevOps
Scripting (PHP, Python, Node.js, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MS T-SQL, Oracle, DB2/Informix and others as needed)
Personal technology automation
Amateur radio
Writing
Print & media publishing

Selected projects

A few things I’ve built and run.

PRI to SIP migration

Moved legacy PRI lines to SIP trunks, saving about $200K a year.

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Python network monitoring

Homegrown tools that watch SD-WAN and transport health.

View project

Automation builds

Scripts and AI workflows that take the toil out of ops.

View automation builds

My Work in Numbers

Devices managed

IT & OT sites

Yearly savings from SIP

Operations

Things I’m good at

Network architecture & roadmaps

SD-WAN (Palo Alto Prisma)

Voice & SIP

Python automation

Let’s get in touch!

Email me at ryan@networknerd1337.com.

I'm Ryan Thomas Huff