Jef Vantongerloo
Network Team Coordinator
Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolJef Vantongerloo is a seasoned Network Team Coordinator with 11+ years managing large-scale wired, wireless and telephony infrastructures for AP Hogeschool Antwerpen, supporting 16,000 students and 2,000 staff across 18+ sites and two datacenters. He combines deep hands-on expertise in LAN/WLAN (Aruba, ALE, Fortinet), FortiGate clustering, VOIP Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch and advanced monitoring (Zabbix, Grafana, ELK) with strong NetDevOps skills in Python, Ansible, Napalm, Docker and GitLab CI/CD. Jef leads network strategy and project prioritization, coordinating integrators and a multi-disciplinary team to deliver scalable, resilient architectures (1000+ APs, 8000 concurrent users peak). Beyond core networking he brings a creative streak from web design, SEO and running online media projects, which informs pragmatic automation and user-focused solutions. Colleagues rely on him for bridging operational needs with automation-first practices and for translating complex infrastructure constraints into actionable roadmaps.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Desktop Publisher, Desktop Publisher at Syntra Antwerpen en Vlaams Brabant (Syntra AB)Postgraduate Multimedia, Postgraduate Multimedia at Thomas More-hogeschool
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (123)
python10
network-analysis10
resolver10
django10
netmiko10
netbox10
ansible10
cisco10
network10
network-automation10
grafana-dashboard10
napalm10
ansible-collections10
packaging10
network-monitoring10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
jefvantongerloo/ansible-aos-demo
Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
Ansible demo setup for Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Omniswitch AOS6 and AOS8. Connect through CLI and REST api for automated backups, stored locally or pushed to remote git repository.
Contributions:56 commits, 6 PRs, 28 pushes in 8 months
storedalcatelomniswitchnetdevopscli
jefvantongerloo/jefvantongerloo.alcatel
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
Ansible collection to support Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise OmniSwitch devices (aos6 & aos8)
Contributions:3 releases, 34 commits, 7 PRs in 6 months
alcatel-lucentcentervagrantaos6-devicesansible-collection
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