Stew Alexander

Senior Network / Systems Engineer and AI Infrastructure Specialist

Professional Summary

Stew Alexander is a results-driven Senior Network Engineer and AI Infrastructure Specialist with over 15 years of experience designing scalable networks, implementing Zero Trust architectures, and automating deployments. [*] . Based in Mebane, North Carolina, he specializes in network engineering, cybersecurity, DevOps automation, and cloud implementations, particularly AWS. Recognized for architecting Covariant’s robotic networks and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) autonomous crash test wireless system

Career Highlights

  • Senior Network Engineer: Specializing in Linux Networking and Site Reliability Engineering, reducing operational risks and improving network reliability through infrastructure modernization and zero-trust security implementations.
  • Cloud Infrastructure Expert: Extensive experience with AWS cloud implementations, including VPC environments, multi-AZ deployments, and security best practices.
  • Cybersecurity Specialist: Led critical security initiatives including zero-trust network access implementation and enterprise-wide security posture improvements for educational and corporate environments.
  • Technology Journalist: Author of widely-read technical content, including "20 Awesome Command Line Tools for the Mac" with 40,000+ reads, and maintainer of LinuxTech.me.
  • Automation Engineer: Developed sophisticated DevOps solutions using Infrastructure as Code, streamlining system management overhead and advancing operational efficiency for private enterprises (ARCA, Perrone Robotics, Covariant), and government institutions (US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Alamance Community College).
  • Robitics WiFi Network Architect: Pioneered vehicle-to-vehicle LAN systems for autonomous vehicle crash avoidance testing for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), while with Perrone Robotics in 2015.
  • Technical Leader: Recognized as a 'Technical Superstar' at Extreme Networks (Jan 2009) for exceptional expertise in resolving complex engineering challenges.
  • Who's Who of America Honored Listee (Dec 2024): Endorsed by "Who's Who of America" for contributions to Network Engineering, specifically in regards to robotics and autonomous systems

Personal Interests

  • Pianist: Balances technology with art through music.
  • Open-Source Contribuitor: Contributed to the solution of over 15 issues within the LibreNMS, OSQuery, NTOPng and other Github communities
  • Weather Forecaster: Applies meteorological expertise alongside computer science and physics principles as creator and maintainer of MebaneWeather.com.

Core Technical Skills*

  • Cloud & Information as Code (IaC): Developed and administered 200+ Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances, experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Terraform, Kubernetes, and OpenStack
  • AI-Focused DevOps Automation: Adept at creating Python, Ansible, Saltstack and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, using cutting edge AI tools like like machine learning (ML) to enhance infrastructure automation
  • Cybersecurity: Succesfully implemented Next Generation Firewalls (Junitper SRXs / Pal Alto / Fortigate), Tailscale, SSL, ZeroTrust architectures and PCI-DSS/NIST 800-207 compliance standards
  • Wireless Networking: Designed and built highly-available (HA) secure, innovative WiFi solutions for private enterprises (IBM, Lucent Technologies), government institutions (US EPA, Alamance Community College), startups (Perrone Robotics, Covariant) and non-profits (Duke School for Children / Insurance Institure for Highway Safety)

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