Per Toft
Senior Network Engineer at Centrica Energy
Klarup, North Denmark Region
Summary
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Top SchoolPer Toft is a Senior Network Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience designing and operating carrier-grade IP and cloud infrastructure, currently working at Centrica Energy. He brings deep expertise in OpenStack, SDN (Nuage, OVS, OpenFlow), Ceph storage and telco VNFs from roles at Telenor and Netic, combined with an M.Sc. in Communication Networks. Known as a collaborative problem-solver, he blends network architecture, automation (Ansible) and scripting (Perl, Python, PHP) to deliver resilient, scalable systems. Per’s background includes IPv6 transition work, SDH/PDH transmission engineering and solution architecture for complex, high-availability environments. Based in North Denmark, he pairs operator-grade pragmatism with an academic grounding, often bridging legacy telecom technologies and modern cloud-native practices. An understated strength is his track record of moving platform concepts into production—especially OpenStack-based telco clouds.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc.E. Communication Networks, M.Sc.E. Communication Networks at Aalborg UniversityHHx Mathematical line, HHx Mathematical line at Business school10. klasse, 10. klasse at Hurup SkoleCCNA Computer Networks, CCNA Computer Networks at Cisco Networking AcademyBedsted Skole
Github Skills (200)
python10
automation10
backup10
ansible-role10
ssh10
django10
netmiko10
ansible10
cisco10
deploying10
network10
network-automation10
amazon10
napalm10
filesystem10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
pertoft/pfSense-Custom-Captive-Portal-SMS
Jul 2015 - Sep 2021
Captive Portal service with SMS auth for pfsense
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 6 years 2 months
routerossms-messagessmsmikrotikportal
pertoft/openstack-ansible-deployment
Mar 2018 - Mar 2021
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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