Petter Bruland
About Petter Bruland
Petter Bruland is a Network Security Architect at Alight Solutions and a contractor for MBO Partners, specializing in network design, firewall management, and automation.
Current Position
Petter Bruland is currently employed at Alight Solutions as a Network Security Architect and a Security Architect, split between Las Vegas, Nevada, and Henderson, Nevada. Additionally, he serves as a Contractor for MBO Partners in the Las Vegas, Nevada area.
Previous Experience
Petter Bruland holds extensive experience in network and systems administration roles. He served as a Solution Architect at Firstpoint AS in the Bergen Area, Norway from 2014 to 2015. Prior to that, he was a Network Engineer at Allegiant Air for four years, from 2010 to 2014, in the Las Vegas, Nevada Area. His role history also includes being a Sr Network Administrator at Shift4 Corporation and a Systems Administrator at Focus Property Group.
Education and Training
Petter pursued various educational programs and certifications. He studied DDoS Mitigation at Radware Training, achieving DefensePro - DP1 in 2017. At Cisco Training, he earned a CCDP in 2012. His academic history also includes studies at Naerings Academy for two years and a Graphics Design course at Merkantilt Institutt. Additionally, he has completed multiple SANS training courses focused on intrusion detection, firewall, and perimeter security.
Technical Skills
Petter specializes in network design and configuration, change control and documentation, and firewall and network traffic intrusion analysis. His skills include working with hardware from Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Dell, and HP. For firewall technology, he handles Fortigate, PaloAlto, CheckPoint, and Cisco ASA. His projects often involve firewall upgrades, HA configuration, routing redundancy, and load balancing. Recently, he has focused on automation using Ansible and Python scripting.
Professional Development
Petter is proactive in maintaining and upgrading his certifications. He is currently pursuing re-certification for CCNP and certifications in AWS and Juniper to enhance his proficiency in Junos CLI. His last training course involved working with Radware's DefensePro DDoS appliance.