Colby Reed
About Colby Reed
Colby Reed is a Systems Engineer at Arista Networks with extensive experience in IT architecture and security.
Title and Current Position
Colby Reed currently holds the position of Systems Engineer at Arista Networks. He has been serving in this role since 2022, based in Houston, Texas, United States. In this position, Colby is responsible for designing and implementing secure IT architectures with a focus on next-generation data center solutions.
Previous Work Experience
Colby Reed has an extensive background in systems engineering, having previously worked at several prominent companies. His past roles include Systems Engineer, SASE at Palo Alto Networks from 2021 to 2022, and Systems Engineer, SD-WAN at the same company from 2021 to 2022. He also served as a Systems Architect and Sr. Systems Engineer at Nutanix from 2014 to 2021. Additionally, Colby worked at Cisco Systems as a Systems Engineer for five years and at The Methodist Hospital as a Sr. Network Engineer for two years.
Specialized Expertise in IT Architecture
With expertise in designing secure IT architectures, Colby Reed specializes in supporting private, hybrid, and multi-cloud deployments. He is skilled in next-generation data center architecture and security, as well as application automation and orchestration. Colby has extensive experience with VMware ESXi and Nutanix AHV platforms, and he is proficient in using Cisco Nexus and Cisco UCS for enterprise network infrastructure.
Education and Early Career
Colby Reed attended Nederland High School and later pursued higher education at The University of Texas At Austin. Early in his career, he worked as a Consultant at Novosad Hayes Associates and British Telecom Professional Services, and as a Network Engineer at Sprint Paranet at Cisco Systems.