Network engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, operating, and automating enterprise and data center infrastructure. Currently managing co-located data center networks at Amadeus Hospitality with a focus on Cisco routing/switching, Palo Alto security, F5 load balancing, Akamai CDN, and Azure cloud networking. Experienced with IaC tooling including Terraform and Ansible. Strong background in BGP, network automation, and PCI-compliant environments.
Summary
Work Experience
Network Engineer
May 2021 — PresentAmadeus Hospitality
- Led replacement and migration of core switching architecture in the Atlanta data center (2023), completing the project with zero unplanned downtime in a high-availability production environment.
- Replaced legacy Cisco ASA (Layer 4) with Palo Alto NGFW (Layer 7) firewall platform in Atlanta (2024), improving threat visibility and policy granularity across the production perimeter.
- Directed migration of all edge routers and DCI infrastructure (2025), coordinating maintenance windows and fallback procedures to maintain SLA commitments throughout the transition.
- Contributed to the design and deployment of hub-and-spoke Azure VNet architecture, including integration of several ExpressRoute circuits with on-premises infrastructure.
- Served as Tier 3 subject matter expert during team adoption of Terraform/GitHub IaC workflows; validated change control processes, provided structured feedback, and delivered knowledge transfer training to Tier 2 engineers.
- Maintained PCI-compliant network infrastructure across production data center environments; participated in regular compliance audits in coordination with the InfoSec team.
- Managed day-to-day operations of Cisco routers and switches, Palo Alto firewalls, F5 BIG-IP load balancers, and multi-context Cisco ASA firewalls supporting production B2B SaaS platforms.
- Administered Akamai CDN platform including public edge DNS, SiteShield, and Prolexic DDoS mitigation; partnered with internal application teams to manage and support individual web properties in Akamai Property Manager, ensuring reliable customer access to public-facing services.
- Participated in GCP-to-Azure cloud migration initiative, contributing network architecture planning and execution for re-platformed application services.
- Served as on-call Tier 3 escalation engineer; led technical troubleshooting during major incidents with cross-functional teams, multiple business units, and direct executive visibility.
Lab Engineer (Contract)
Oct 2013 - Oct 2020Cisco Systems
- Redesigned and deployed lab network architecture end-to-end using hierarchical Cisco Nexus switching design with multiple VRFs and hundreds of VLANs.
- Deployed and maintained lab gateway routers with zone-based firewalls and Cisco ASA firewall instances for segmented training environments.
- Managed VMware vCenter environments (5.5 → 6.5/6.7), overseeing dozens of ESXi hosts and hundreds of virtual machines supporting lab workloads.
- Acted as subject matter expert for Cisco, VMware, and Microsoft technologies; collaborated with instructional delivery teams to design and build labs for Cisco Prime Infrastructure and Collaboration courses.
- Maintained detailed data center documentation including IP allocation, network topology diagrams, and rack diagrams; led a campus-wide data center migration project.
Waranty Technician
Aug 2008 - Jun 2013Georgia Southern University
- Led a team of 3 A+-certified warranty technicians; prioritized work orders and managed team scheduling.
- Served as principal warranty technician for all Lenovo-branded campus equipment; assisted in technical hiring interviews.
Skills
Routing & Switching
Security
Load Balancing & CDN
Cloud & IaC
Platforms
Automation
Certifications
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) - Enterprise
Cisco Systems
Issued 2/26/2018
Expires 7/22/2027
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Cisco Systems
Issued 8/21/2013
Expires 5/15/2029
Education
Bachelor of Science, Information Technology
2013Georgia Southern University
Projects & Homelab
BGP Training Lab
- Built a 13-node BGP lab in Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) hosted at cml.hudgins.io
- Covers full BGP best-path selection, route reflectors, communities, dampening, and multihomed ISP design
- Automated session file generation via CML REST API using PowerShell
Homelab Infrastructure
- Proxmox hypervisor on Minisforum MS-A2 (Ryzen 9 7945HX, 96GB RAM)
- Services exposed via Nginx Proxy Manager, Cloudflare DNS, and Authelia 2FA
- Self-hosted: CML, Gitea, Pi-hole, and various lab services