Ricardo Simba
Technical Solution Architect at nuklus.africa
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
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Top SchoolRicardo Simba is a Technical Solution Architect based in Johannesburg with eight years of hands-on experience designing large-scale, multi-domain networks for service providers and enterprises. He has progressed from core network engineering roles in Angola to senior architecture and consulting positions, including Systems Engineer at Cisco and leadership roles as Chief Network Architect and Solutions Architect. Currently at Cisco and running nuklus.africa, he blends corporate-scale architectural delivery with entrepreneurial exploration of Africa’s Internet infrastructure and mentorship of new entrants to the service provider industry. His MSc in Computer Science from the University of London complements practical expertise in IP/MPLS and DOCSIS networks, enabling him to translate complex requirements into resilient, scalable designs. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic designer who navigates both technical depth and stakeholder alignment, often surfacing infrastructure insights not obvious to non-specialists. He brings a rare combination of operator-grade reliability mindset and a curiosity-driven approach to documenting and improving regional connectivity.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Computer Science, MSc, Computer Science at University of London
Portuguese, English
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Github Skills (5)
jaxb6
marshalling6
xml6
unmarshalling6
java6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rsimba/myblog
Jun 2019 - Feb 2023
My personal blog repository.
Contributions:935 commits, 2 PRs, 867 pushes in 3 years 8 months
my-personal-blog
rsimba/docker
Nov 2023 - Jan 2024
Contributions:1 release, 90 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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