landrycmd

Brady Landry

>Technical Sales Engineer / Network Solutions Architect · Louisiana, USA

Lafayette, LA  ·  (504) 444-9010  ·  bjlandry@gmail.com  ·  landrycmd.com

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Summary

Network architect and technical consultant with 20 years designing, deploying, and operating Tier 1 service provider and enterprise infrastructure, 15 of them at Cox Communications across the national IP backbone, regional data centers, and metro networks. Translates customer business drivers into technical solutions: runs discovery, presents and demonstrates to engineering and executive stakeholders, and produces the scoped deliverables that move an opportunity to a decision. Deep multivendor experience across Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and Palo Alto, with Infrastructure-as-Code automation and applied AI as differentiators. Known for earning technical credibility with customer architects and turning complex requirements into clear, buildable designs.

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Skills

IP Routing and Service Provider Networking: IP routing, BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, LDP, RSVP, IPv4/IPv6, EVPN, VXLAN, VRRP, LACP, QoS, BFD, carrier-grade NAT, mobile backhaul, metro and DCI transport

Platforms: Juniper Junos (MX, PTX10k, QFX), Cisco NX-OS / IOS-XR / IOS-XE (Nexus 9K, ASR 9K, NCS 5K, Catalyst), Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Arista EOS, Palo Alto PAN-OS, A10 Networks

Solution Delivery and Pre-Sales: Technical discovery, customer presentations and demonstrations, architecture workshops, RFI/RFP response, Bills of Materials, Statements of Work, reference architectures, cost and labor estimates

Automation and Infrastructure-as-Code: Ansible, Python, YAML, Jinja2, Git, AWX, CloudVision (CVP), ServiceNow, Nautobot, Forward Networks, IPControl

Cloud and Applied AI: Azure (Container Apps, Key Vault, Managed Identity, Entra ID), Microsoft 365; LLM/RAG assistants, MCP server design, agent orchestration; Claude, Gemini, GPT, plus open-weight models via Ollama and NVIDIA NIM

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Experience

Technical Solutions Lead

Independent consulting practice · landrycmd 2026 – Present
  • Co-founded an AI consulting practice; led pre-sales and solutioning, translating business drivers into technology roadmaps and setting direction on what to adopt.
  • Ran technical discovery across five organizations in four verticals: public accounting, law, wealth management, and industrial distribution.
  • Led in-person discovery sessions with managing partners, firm principals, and the client's incumbent MSP, mapping the full environment and surfacing constraints before proposing a solution.
  • Delivered a partner-meeting presentation on AI adoption to a CPA firm's leadership, and technical demonstrations to non-technical decision-makers.
  • Designed solutions and produced Bills of Materials and Statements of Work with scoped deliverables, cost and labor estimates, to move opportunities to a decision.
  • Authored the firm's proposal and contract set (MSA, SOW, NDA), routed through outside counsel for regulated clients.
  • Built a working proof of concept against a client's order and inventory systems to de-risk the engagement before any automation commitment.
  • Influenced technology selection and built preference for the right platforms, working alongside clients' existing IT providers rather than displacing them.
  • Architected private LLM and RAG solutions and led enablement and training, a differentiator that complements core networking and infrastructure work.

Senior Data Center Network Engineer

Spectrum (formerly Cox Communications) · National Data Center 2021 – Present
  • Led the national data center migration from legacy platforms to an Arista spine/leaf fabric across BGP, IS-IS, EVPN/VXLAN, QoS, LACP, and VRRP, spanning Arista, Juniper, and Cisco in one estate.
  • Led the migration of 60+ routers into a new regional data center in New Orleans with zero downtime, owning architecture, cutover planning, and implementation.
  • Designed the Infrastructure-as-Code pipeline for the Arista fabric using Ansible and YAML-based declarative configuration; wrote the standards and validation framework the broader engineering team adopted.
  • Built an AI-driven network automation platform integrating Claude with custom MCP servers across ServiceNow, Nautobot, AWX, Forward Networks, and IPControl, replacing manual change workflows.
  • Built a Retrieval-Augmented Generation knowledge base on Microsoft Graph API with semantic search, giving engineering and operations source-linked runbooks and change documentation.
  • Redesigned the Firewall Rule Request workflow through process and systems analysis, reducing a critical operational backlog by 80 percent.
  • Designed network architecture for Internet-only Wi-Fi across corporate and field offices, and solutions for Avaya SBC on Juniper spine and leaf and 5G Fixed Wireless Access deployments.
  • Provided Tier IV escalation support for data center, backbone, and metro operations; mentored engineering and operations teams on YAML data modeling and fabric deployments.
  • Presented the Infrastructure-as-Code pipeline and Arista CloudVision to roughly 25 engineers across the data center engineering department (March 2025), building internal buy-in for the automation standards.

Senior Backbone Network Engineer

Cox Communications 2018 – 2021
  • Supported Juniper backbone routers on the national IP backbone running BGP, IS-IS, LDP, VRRP, QoS, and RSVP.
  • Led A10 Networks carrier-grade NAT deployments across every regional data center using Ansible-generated configurations.
  • Led code upgrades across every Juniper MX router on the national IP backbone, and Cisco NCS upgrades across all regional caching centers.
  • Deployed Juniper PTX10k and Cisco Nexus switches across regional data centers, plus MPC9 line cards in Juniper MX2010 chassis.
  • Co-authored the Ansible automation standards for the national IP backbone and developed playbooks generating configurations to functional standards.
  • Ran failover testing of national backbone routers and switches; provided Tier IV escalation support for backbone operations.

Senior Network Engineer

Cox Communications 2012 – 2018
  • Led the IGP conversion from OSPF to IS-IS across Greater Louisiana.
  • Led re-IP and standardization projects across Greater Louisiana and Macon.
  • Led multiple teams through 7609 to ASR 9k and ASR 9k to Nexus 9k migrations; deployed Cisco NCS 5k routers.

Network Operations Engineer

Cox Communications 2011 – 2012
  • Delivered the DOCSIS 3.0 CMTS upgrade improving cable modem service across the market.
  • Implemented corporate network standards for emerging technologies including L2 MPLS and IPv6.
  • Owned problem resolution for Cox Business and residential customers.
Early career (2003 – 2011)

Network Engineer

AirTap Communications · Lafayette, LA 2010 – 2011
  • Designed IP-routed and MPLS technologies over a complex microwave infrastructure.
  • Obtained ARIN public IP allocations and BGP ASN; implemented multihomed BGP.
  • Operated VoIP (Cisco Call Manager / PRI), 11 GHz licensed microwave, 3.65 GHz WiMAX, and iDirect satellite systems.

Network Administrator

Vision Logistics 2008 – 2010
  • Built and supported 80 virtual servers on VMware 4.0 (Citrix, Exchange 2007, SharePoint, Windows 2008 Domain Controllers).
  • Led the Exchange 2007 deployment and migration.

Network & RF Engineer

Skyrider Communications · West Monroe, LA 2007 – 2008
  • Designed and installed IP-routed networks (BGP, OSPF, Spanning Tree, VPN) for redundancy and load balancing.
  • Deployed and maintained licensed and unlicensed wireless networks.

Network & RF Engineer

Detel Wireless · Hessmer, LA 2005 – 2007
  • Project manager for the Lafayette and Evangeline Parish school-district network maintenance contracts.
  • Deployed and maintained microwave links; supported New Orleans recovery efforts.

Computer Technician 2

Iberia Parish School Board · New Iberia, LA 2003 – 2005
  • Supported ~5,000 computers and 36 servers across the parish school district.
  • Maintained computer labs running Windows 2000 Server.
  • Upgraded servers from Windows NT to Windows 2000.
  • Supported Novell labs running IPX/SPX networking.
  • Resolved day-to-day desktop support tickets.

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Education & Training

Louisiana Technical College, Network Administration (2000 – 2002)

Certifications: CCNA, CCNP (expired 2022)