Carl Buchmann
About Carl Buchmann
Carl Buchmann is a Systems Engineer at Arista Networks, co-leading the Ansible Working Group and supporting network automation projects in Ottawa, Canada.
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Carl Buchmann is currently serving as a Systems Engineer at Arista Networks.
Current Role at Arista Networks
Carl Buchmann has been working at Arista Networks as a Systems Engineer since 2019. He is based in the Ottawa, Canada area. In his current role, he co-leads the Ansible Working Group, focusing on the development and support of Arista’s Ansible Collections. Additionally, he serves as the lead maintainer for the arista.avd project. His responsibilities include supporting customers and partners in designing, automating, and deploying next-generation networks. He is also involved in building proof-of-concept environments to demonstrate new technologies and processes and provides feedback to Product Management and Engineering teams.
Previous Experience at TeraMach
Before joining Arista Networks, Carl Buchmann worked at TeraMach, a Pivot Company, for a total of nine years. He served as a Managing Solution Consultant from 2015 to 2019 and as a Solution Consultant from 2010 to 2015, both based in Ottawa, Ontario. In these roles, he was responsible for consulting and providing solutions to various challenging problems.
Career at CompuCom and AstenJohnson
Carl Buchmann worked at CompuCom as a Solution Architect from 2008 to 2010, where he provided architectural solutions for IT infrastructure. Prior to that, he served as an IT Infrastructure Specialist at AstenJohnson from 2002 to 2008. In these roles, he contributed to the development and maintenance of IT infrastructure solutions.
Education and Professional Development
Carl Buchmann holds an AEC in Network Administration from CEGEP - John Abbott College, where he studied from 2000 to 2002. He also completed the Building Network Automation Solutions course at ipSpace from 2016 to 2017. Additionally, he achieved his Diplôme d'études secondaires at College Saint-Anne.