Webinar

Fast-Tracking Your Journey to Kubernetes for Network Engineers

Virtual

A panel discussion on Kubernetes for Network Engineers

There’s never been a better time to learn and to embrace Kubernetes. Getting started can feel overwhelming and intimidating — we’ve been there. Despite being CCIEs, VCDXs, and experienced network engineers, we all struggled to comprehend Kubernetes networking.

In this interactive panel, we discuss the key lessons and insights that helped us become KuberNetworking experts.

Key discussion points:

  • What foundational skills should a network engineer learn before diving into Kubernetes?
  • How to get started with Kubernetes networking the right way?
  • What is Cilium, and what does Isovalent do?
  • Why did Cisco decide to acquire Isovalent?
  • Why should network engineers even care about Kubernetes?

Watch this exclusive interactive panel with networking experts, where they unveil key lessons and best practices to fast-track your journey to Kubernetes. This is a great opportunity to gain valuable insights and practical tips to power up to KuberNetworker!

  • Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

    Nico Vibert is a Principal Technical Marketing Engineer at Isovalent, the company behind the open-source cloud-native solution Cilium. Prior to joining Isovalent, Nico worked in many different roles - operations and support, design and architecture, and technical pre-sales - at companies such as HashiCorp, VMware, and Cisco. In his current role, Nico focuses primarily on creating content to make networking a more approachable field and regularly speaks at events like KubeCon and Cisco Live. Nico has held over 15 networking certifications, including the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert CCIE (# 22990). Nico is the co-author of the "Cilium: Up and Running" O'Reilly book and is the Lead Subject Matter Expert on the Cilium Certified Associate (CCA) certification.

  • Raymond de Jong, Field CTO

    Raymond de Jong is Field CTO for EMEA at Isovalent and co-author of the book "Kubernetes Network Policies Done the Right Way by Isovalent". In this role, he is supporting and enabling customers and partners to be successful with Cilium in their mission-critical environments. Leveraging almost a decade of experience in Software Defined Networking he is passionate about learning customer use-cases and designing solutions to meet their requirements. When not working, Raymond enjoys playing tennis, riding bikes, gaming, and music playing the guitar or piano.

  • Christoph Puhl, Sr. Sales Engineer

March 18, 2025