About Us

Meet the engineer behind Gomez Network Automation LLC

David Gomez

Principal Engineer & Founder

David Gomez is a Senior Network and Automation Engineer with over 16 years of experience across enterprise, cloud, and hyperscale network environments. He founded Gomez Network Automation LLC to bring Google-scale network expertise and modern automation practices to federal agencies and government contractors.

Currently serving as a Senior Network Engineer at Nebius, an AI-scale data center builder, David previously spent eight years as a Software Engineer on Google's production networks - one of the largest and most critical network infrastructures on the planet.

His combination of hyperscale production network operations, AI data center engineering, and open-source automation development uniquely positions GNA to deliver exceptional results on complex federal network engineering contracts.

Languages

  • English (Fluent)
  • Spanish (Fluent)

Education

  • Continuous professional development
  • Industry certifications

Location

  • Waxhaw, NC
  • Available for remote work nationwide

Career Timeline

2018 - Present

Software Engineer - Google

Design and sustain engineering on Google's production networks. Responsible for maintaining multiple proprietary tools and products. Developed vendor-agnostic network device regression tests from scratch using Golang, IXIA ATE, Ondatra, and gRPC covering Cisco, Juniper, and Arista platforms.

  • Built CI/CD pipelines and hermetic sandbox environments
  • Ensured continuous, uninterrupted delivery of Google's services
  • Mentored multiple engineers, promoting knowledge sharing
  • Contributed to community leadership and team health
2018

Network Automation Engineer - Network to Code

Developed tools to automate network operations for internal teams and enterprise clients. Made significant contributions to the open-source network automation community.

  • Co-authored Netbox Device Ansible Module
  • Maintained ntc-ansible and pyntc open-source libraries
  • Developed ansible-replay for automation debugging
  • Reduced manual network operations by 60%+ for clients
2017 - 2018

Senior Network Engineer - DoubleVerify

Led network infrastructure design and operations. Identified and drove opportunities to improve automation for the company.

  • Designed network solutions for new applications and services
  • Troubleshot issues across entire network stack
  • Implemented automation using Ansible and Python
2015 - 2017

Senior Network Engineer - High 5 Games

Managed and optimized network infrastructure for a global gaming company. Led major infrastructure modernization projects.

  • Rebuilt data center with spine-leaf architecture
  • Led headquarters migration to One World Trade Center
  • Migrated all sites from static to dynamic routing (OSPF)
  • Supported hybrid AWS/GCP cloud infrastructure
  • Built custom Django monitoring applications
2011 - 2015

Network Engineer - Verizon

Designed and implemented network solutions for large managed service customers in the financial and healthcare sectors.

  • Managed two major client accounts
  • Developed BGP, EIGRP, and OSPF routing strategies
  • Created Python scripts to automate repetitive tasks
  • Performed network audits for compliance
2010 - 2011

Network Engineer - A&P

Supported network design, implementation, and troubleshooting for a retail organization.

  • Configured Cisco routers and switches
  • Managed TACACS and RADIUS protocols
  • Provided training for Help Desk and Operations teams

Technical Skills

Programming & Automation

Python Golang Ansible Django Perl gRPC

Network Protocols

BGP OSPF EIGRP MPLS HSRP STP VLANs VPNs QoS ACLs

Hardware Platforms

Cisco Nexus Cisco IOS Cisco ASA Juniper Arista NVIDIA Cumulus Palo Alto Meraki

Cloud & Tools

AWS GCP Linux Git/GitHub Wireshark Nmap IXIA Ondatra

Let's Work Together

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