Available for consulting & speaking · Q2 2026

Network automation & security engineering — built to survive production.

I'm Sif Baksh. For 15+ years I've helped NetOps and SecOps teams replace heroic effort with systems that scale. I write practical essays for practitioners and take on a small number of consulting engagements each quarter.

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15+
Years in the field
33
Technical essays
4
Platforms · Tines, Infoblox, Ansible, NetBox
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NETWORK AUTOMATION · MAY 22
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"Source of Truth" Is Confusing Network Automation Teams

The phrase 'source of truth' hides a critical distinction in network automation: intent is what the network should look like, and operational state is what it actually does. Understanding and closing the gap between the two is the real job.

22 min read
AI · APR 29

P.E.N.E.: The Prompt Framework I’m Using to Build AI Agents for Network Operations

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AUTOMATION · APR 11

Tines CE + Cloudflare Tunnels: The Ultimate (Free) Home Lab Automation Power Couple

3 min read →
AUTOMATION · NOV 10

Automating IOC Management with Tines + Infoblox Threat Defense

5 min read →
Topics I write about
AutomationTinesInfobloxPythonSecurityAnsibleSOARNetBox

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