Walter De Smedt
Consulting System Engineer - DC Network Infrastructure at Nokia
Antwerp Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolWalter De Smedt is a Consulting System Engineer specializing in datacenter network infrastructure with over 20 years of telecom experience, currently shaping Nokia's DC networking solutions across EMEA. He blends deep expertise in network architecture, IP/MPLS and SDN with practical automation skills using Python, Ansible, Nornir, Netconf/YANG and GitOps to accelerate deployments and operational maturity. Previously he led telco-cloud strategy and implementation at Telenet and drove WAN-SDN and disaggregation initiatives at BICS, bridging vendor and service-provider perspectives. Walter is comfortable moving between high-level design, vendor selection/RFPs and hands-on CI-driven automation, and he frequently coordinates multi-vendor, agile delivery teams. Based in the Antwerp metro area and with a background spanning both product vendor and operator roles, he brings a pragmatic focus on enabling digital transformation through repeatable, scalable network architectures. An engineer who started in systems and transmission, he retains a systems-level view that helps align datacenter, transport and service layers.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Latin/Math, Latin/Math at OLV College, BoomMaster’s Degree, Industrial Engineering, Electronics, Master’s Degree, Industrial Engineering, Electronics at KIH De Nayer
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Github Skills (43)
nexus10
nokia10
routers9
software-design9
nxos9
esxi9
cisco9
routeros8
vms8
docker-container8
junos-automation8
vdi8
kvm8
docker-image8
gitlab-ci8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
wdesmedt/bics_nornir
Dec 2019 - Nov 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 1 push in 4 years 11 months
srl-labs/intent-based-ansible-lab
Jul 2023 - Nov 2024
Contributions:15 reviews, 28 PRs, 91 pushes in 1 year 4 months
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