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Alex Ray

@alexray

Principal Technical Consultant at AHEAD, shaping enterprise data center networks and applying Python automation to AI Factory deployments.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to apply my enterprise data center architecture and automation experience to production-ready AI Factory deployments, focusing on scalable Ethernet fabrics, low-latency design, and operational readiness.

At AHEAD, I provide technical consulting and engineering for enterprise data center networking initiatives, partnering with client teams to plan and support infrastructure changes. I develop network architectures, HLDs, LLDs, and implementation plans, and contribute to data center migration and decommissioning work.

At Cisco Systems, I designed and optimized Cisco Nexus, ACI, and EVPN/VXLAN data center fabrics, and built diagnostic pipelines using REST APIs and Python. I’ve also built Python infrastructure around Anthropic’s Claude agents, including tool-use loops, web search integration, and error handling, to turn open-ended tasks into repeatable results. I’m targeting AI Factory and high-performance AI networking architecture, with a focus on scalable Ethernet fabrics, low-latency design, and operational readiness.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Principal Technical Consultant

Current

AHEAD

Nov 2024 - Present (2 years)

Provides technical consulting and engineering for enterprise data center networking initiatives, partnering with client teams to plan, implement, and support infrastructure changes. Develops network architectures, high-level designs, low-level designs, and implementation standards.

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Cisco NDFC VXLAN EVPN BGP OSPF Python REST APIs Network Automation Data Center Migration MoP BOM HLD LLD

Sr. Network Architect

Kyndryl

Oct 2020 - Oct 2024 (4 years)

Supported enterprise infrastructure and data center consulting engagements involving network architecture, implementation planning, and technical delivery. Contributed to the Elevance Health data center exit and migration initiative, supporting relocation of production and non-production workloads.

Data Center Migration Network Architecture Implementation Planning VMWare Rubrik VSphere Run Books

Customer Success Engineer (TAC)

Cisco Systems

Jun 2013 - Oct 2020 (7 years 4 months)

Administered large-scale TAC lab with VMware infrastructure supporting 4,000+ virtual machines, 60 virtual switches, and 50+ ESXi hosts. Deployed monitoring and log analytics solutions using Kafka, ZooKeeper, Elasticsearch, and Kibana.