Miguel Rodríguez
Systems Engineer - Major Accounts at Palo Alto Networks
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolMiguel Rodríguez is a security-focused systems engineer with over 15 years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting complex network and cybersecurity solutions for large enterprises across Europe. Currently a Major Accounts Systems Engineer at Palo Alto Networks, he combines field-facing advisory skills with deep product knowledge across Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point and Cisco platforms, backed by a broad set of certifications (PCNSE8, CCSE, CCNPs, VMware, Riverbed and Tufin). He has led large programs and migrations at clients such as Airbus, Inditex and Mercedes-Benz, and has practical lab-to-production expertise in virtualization, WAN optimization and policy orchestration. Miguel also contributes code to the widely used Ansible project, adding FortiOS modules that bridge security domain expertise with automation and backend development. Based in Madrid, he brings a rare mix of consulting, team leadership and hands-on engineering that accelerates secure adoption and operational maturity.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BSc. Information Systems Engineer, Information Systems Engineer, BSc. Information Systems Engineer, Information Systems Engineer at Universidad Nebrija
Github Skills (11)
network-automation10
network-security10
ansible-galaxy10
api10
python10
apidoc10
ansible10
network-protocol9
automated-tests9
protocols9
json9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ansible/ansible
Apr 2018 - Sep 2019
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:430 commits, 445 PRs, 116 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Miguel contributed to the `ansible/ansible` repository by implementing modules for configuring various Fortinet devices and features using the fortiosapi library. Their work involved writing and modifying Python code within these modules, specifically focusing on network security functionalities like VPNs, firewalls, and related settings for Fortinet devices. The user's commits indicate a focus on extending and adapting the Ansible platform to manage and automate network configurations on FortiOS and FortiGate platforms, as well as implementing new features. The contributions encompass multiple new modules and demonstrate practical application of both back-end development and domain-specific knowledge within network security automation.
ansibleautomationnetwork-configurationsshpython
fortinet-solutions-cse/ansible_fgt_modules
Sep 2018 - May 2020
Generated Ansible Modules for FortiGate (CMDB)
Contributions:40 commits, 3 PRs, 36 pushes in 1 year 7 months
ansible-modulecmdbfortigate
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