Summary
Matt Cozzolino is a seasoned Sr. Solutions Architect with nine years of focused experience designing and deploying complex infrastructure, from vSphere environments and SANs to firewalls and micro-segmentation. He specializes in VMware NSX, automation, containers, and networking across vendors like NetApp, Pure, Cisco, Palo Alto and Meraki, and brings hands-on expertise in physical data center design—power, cooling and cable management. His background in healthcare IT gives him a practical sensitivity to change management and outage-minimizing planning for high-stakes environments. Based in Kent, Washington, he blends deep systems-level troubleshooting with customer-facing solution design at Trace3, and his long history as an alpine patroller and instructor underscores a calm, team-focused approach under pressure.
9 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Peninsula College