Philippe Bureau
Senior Tech Lead - Automation (NetDevOps)
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolPhilippe Bureau is a Senior Tech Lead in NetDevOps with over eight years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and operating large-scale datacenter and cloud networks. Currently leading automation efforts at Arista, he blends deep multi-vendor networking expertise (Arista, Cisco, Nortel) with practical software skills in Ansible and Python to deliver validated designs, CI pipelines, and production-ready automation. His background spans cloud fabric architecture (VxLAN/eVPN/BGP), high-speed fabrics (25–100G), security appliance integration, and Tier 3–4 incident response, enabling him to bridge engineering, operations, and pre-sales effectively. Comfortable under pressure and adept at visualizing complex environments, he’s known for rapidly integrating into teams and driving outcomes across international deployments. Unusually for a network lead, Philippe’s early experience with PC/Server support and telecom troubleshooting gives him extra empathy for end-user issues and a broader systems perspective.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at Cisco live 2012 - San DiegoNetworking, Networking at Cisco Live 2014Edouard-MontpetitImplementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFI v5), Implementing Cisco Data Center Unified Fabric (DCUFI v5) at Global KnowledgeMPLS : technology and applications, MPLS : technology and applications at IIT , International Institute of TelecomDEC Science Pure and Applied science, DEC Science Pure and Applied science at Collège Edouard-MontpetitInterop - Las VegasNetwork, Network at Cisco Live 2011 - LasVegasCisco Live 2013Juniper bootcamp & LAB, Juniper bootcamp & LAB at Integration Partner, Lexington, MACCIE R&S Boot Camp Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, CCIE R&S Boot Camp Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at IP Expert - San JoseCisco CCNA, Cisco CCNA at McGill UniversityAEC Computer Networks, AEC Computer Networks at CDI collegeMicrosoft Windows 2003 Active Directory, Microsoft Windows 2003 Active Directory at IIT , Iternational Institute of Telecom
English, French
Github Skills (35)
python10
jinja210
ansible-collections10
eos10
network-automation10
ansible9
portal9
wifi8
simulator7
simulation7
aws7
orangepi6
hostapd6
debian6
sd-card6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
philippebureau/CVP_User-defined_actions_public
Feb 2021 - Mar 2023
Contributions:2 PRs, 54 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 1 month
philippebureau/Tech_library_demo
Oct 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:1 review, 35 PRs, 47 pushes in 12 days
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