Christian Dassy | Network Architect
MONTRÉAL, CANADA / AVAILABLE FOR ENGAGEMENTS

Christian Dassy

Senior Network Architect. I design, automate and secure global enterprise networks.

15+ years architecting WANs, data centers and security infrastructure for aerospace, rail, manufacturing and carrier leaders, from MPLS cores to SD-WAN, SASE and AI-driven network operations.

Portrait of Christian Dassy
uptime: 15+ yrs in production
15+
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
250+
SITES DEPLOYED GLOBALLY
25+
DATA CENTERS MANAGED
5+
OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS SHIPPED
Bombardier The HEICO Companies CN Railway AT&T Agropur Fibrenoire Internap Cogeco TotalEnergies Bombardier The HEICO Companies CN Railway AT&T Agropur Fibrenoire Internap Cogeco TotalEnergies
01 / PROFILE

I turn sprawling, business-critical networks into unified, automated platforms that are built to run and secured to last.

From ISP MPLS cores and multi-data-center backbones to global SD-WAN and SASE transformations, I've spent my career at the intersection of network architecture, automation and security. Today that means merging entire company networks, connecting data centers to every major cloud, and building AI-assisted operations with MCP servers, so enterprises run faster and sleep better.

BASEMontréal, QC · Canada
FOCUSArchitecture · Automation · Security
LANGUAGESEnglish · Français · Español
EDUCATIONM.Sc. Telematics, with Honours
PRACTICEINXBIT Inc. - independent consulting
02 / EXPERIENCE

Sixteen years of mission-critical networks.

2019 - NOW

Senior WAN Network Architect

CURRENT
Bombardier, Montréal, Canada (consulting)
  • Lead the global SD-WAN transformation across Bombardier's worldwide sites, from low-level design through migration, coordinating AT&T, IBM and TCS delivery teams
  • Architect cloud network connectivity between the major cloud providers and Bombardier's data centers
  • Drive the global Proxmox virtualization deployment across Bombardier's data centers
  • Lead the global observability deployment, giving worldwide visibility into network health and performance
  • Design AI-assisted network operations, connecting enterprise platforms to AI assistants through MCP servers
  • Final point of escalation for chronic WAN issues, safeguarding availability and security SLAs
2023 - 2024

Senior Network Architect

The HEICO Companies · consulting engagement
  • Merged the networks of four distinct business entities into one unified enterprise architecture
  • Deployed Cato Networks SASE globally to 150+ sites and over 10,000 users
  • Led mission-critical network design and the migration to new fiber infrastructure as part of a complete overhaul of the enterprise network
2023

Senior Network Architect

Agropur · consulting engagement
  • WAN & SD-WAN architecture for Canada's largest dairy cooperative: target design, transition strategy and connectivity between plants and data centers
  • Captured and validated site network data across plants and distribution centers to prepare the SD-WAN migration
2020 - 2022

SD-WAN Architect

Fibrenoire · consulting engagement
  • SD-WAN transformation of major data centers and regional hubs for client accounts in the financial, insurance and manufacturing industries: migration planning, low-level design and documentation
  • Reviewed WAN performance and steered transport resizing to keep customers inside contract SLAs
2018 - 2019

Senior Telecom Integrator

Canadian National Railway, Montréal, Canada
  • Led Data Center Network Services and infrastructure services (IPAM, DHCP, DNS, NTP) plus identity and access security services
  • Automated B2B IPsec VPN delivery with Ansible and migrated site-to-site VPNs to in-house infrastructure built on Juniper SRX platforms
  • Designed MPLS and access connectivity for intermodal yards, including automated gate systems in the field
2017 - 2018

Network Consultant, Global Operations Security

Bombardier Aerospace, Montréal, Canada
  • Managed the worldwide security network: Juniper MX/SRX, Check Point, F5 load balancers, proxies and SSL VPN concentrators across all regions
  • Co-led the "Internet capacity to 10G" program from proof of concept to production migration
  • Automated firewall backups and system snapshots with Ansible across the global fleet
2014 - 2017

Network Administrator

Internap, Montréal, Canada
  • Operated a global network spanning 15+ data centers, including the MPLS backbone, for the company's global cloud hosting business
  • Designed the next-generation data center PoC with EVPN/VXLAN on Juniper MX and QFX platforms
  • Automated top-of-rack deployments with Ansible; migrated distribution and MPLS routers across major data centers in North America, Europe and Asia
2014

NOC Specialist

Cogeco Data Services, Toronto/Montréal, Canada
  • Supported the carrier core network (DWDM, TDM/SONET, VPLS, MPLS, OSPF, BGP), cutting response times for business customers by 31%
  • Migrated bank branches and ATMs to a new MPLS network over GPON infrastructure
2009 - 2013

Earlier career: Venezuela

China Communications Services · ZTE · YPERGAS (Total Oil) · Corporation BCD
  • Procurement management for national telecom rollouts (NGN, IPTV, 2G/3G) with tender budgets up to $40M USD
  • Network engineering across oil & gas and enterprise: Cisco infrastructure, 40+ km fiber plant, edge security and corporate PBX telephony systems
03 / OPEN SOURCE

Tools I build and ship.

$ gh repo list inxbit --public

Where architecture meets automation: MCP servers that put AI assistants in front of enterprise firewalls, plus terminal tools built for network engineers.

fortigate-mcp-server

A comprehensive MCP server that lets AI assistants manage FortiGate devices: policies, address objects and live diagnostics.

MCPAI OPS
fortimanager-mcp

Firewall policies, devices and scripts on FortiManager, managed from AI assistants over JSON-RPC.

MCPAI OPS
fortianalyzer-mcp

AI-driven log analysis, reporting and SOC operations on FortiAnalyzer, from ad hoc queries to scheduled reports.

MCPSOC
pinghue

A colored, concurrent ICMP/TCP ping monitor built for everyday terminal use.

CLIMONITORING
prismtty

Fast terminal output highlighter focused on network devices and Unix systems.

CLITERMINAL
inxbit

My GitHub home base: more tools, labs and experiments in networking and automation.

PROFILEGITHUB
04 / EXPERTISE

Full stack, from fiber to AI.

ARCHITECTURE
SD-WAN - VeloCloud · Cato MPLS · L2VPN · L3VPN BGP · OSPF · EVPN/VXLAN Data Center Fabrics Cloud Interconnect Carrier & ISP Cores
SECURITY
Fortinet Juniper SRX Check Point SASE · Zscaler IPsec · SSL VPN IDS/IPS · F5
AUTOMATION & AI
Ansible Python Terraform MCP Servers REST APIs Git · CI/CD
PLATFORMS & OBSERVABILITY
Proxmox · VMware Linux Docker · Kubernetes CheckMK · Observium NetFlow · SNMP Wireshark · NetBox
05 / EDUCATION & RESEARCH
2011 - 2013

M.Sc. in Telematics

Simón Bolívar University · Graduated with Honours

Thesis approved with Outstanding Mention for research on queuing models applied to WDM-OFDMA-PON optical access networks.

2004 - 2009

B.Eng. in Electronics, Telecommunications

Simón Bolívar University

Internship: designed and implemented the network management system for YPERGAS (Total Oil).

PUBLICATIONS & LANGUAGES

3 published papers on WDM-OFDMA-PON optical access networks: DSP power & capacity projections, ADC/DAC projections, queueing-theory evaluation.

Trilingual: Spanish (native) · English (full professional) · French (full professional).

06 / CONTACT

Let's build your network.

Available for consulting engagements and full-time opportunities, remote or Montréal-based.

cdassy@inxbit.com +1 (514) 667-9887 Download CV
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