Rick Bauer
Technical Solutions Architect - Enterprise Networking at #init6
Sparta Township, New Jersey, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRick Bauer is a Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco who partners with GES Premier accounts across North America to design, automate, and operate large-scale enterprise networks. He blends deep engineering credentials (CCDE, CCIE R&S, DevNet Professional) with business-savvy to translate executive priorities into resilient, programmable campus and cloud network architectures. Rick specializes in network automation and NetDevOps—Python, Ansible, REST/NETCONF, YANG—and helps customers adopt AIOps and Cisco DNA Center to reduce operational friction and accelerate transformation. A frequent mentor and founding contributor to the #init6 mentoring initiative, he actively shapes the next generation of network talent and certification content. Before Cisco he led network architecture teams in finance and consulting, and outside work he runs IndyGuides, applying decades of competitive cycling and coaching experience to community-building and leadership. His career combines hands-on protocol-level expertise with a rare focus on people-first operational modernization.
9 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at Kean University
Github Skills (7)
docker-compose2
docker2
cisco2
dashboard2
network-automation2
python1
test-automation-framework1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rickbauer9482/terraform-dnac-network-hierarchy
Apr 2021 - May 2022
Contributions:71 commits, 69 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
rickbauer9482/cisco-mdt-tig
Apr 2021 - Aug 2024
Contributions:40 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 4 months
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