DYLAN DOYLE_
Network analyst at Halton District School Board. BIT graduate. Fortinet NSE 1–3. Cisco CCNA 200-301 certified, CCNP Enterprise in progress. This is the full credential record behind the site.
I'm Dylan Doyle — a full-time network analyst at Halton District School Board, based in Burlington, ON. I completed the Bachelor of Information Technology (Network Technology) joint program between Carleton University and Algonquin College in Ottawa.
I spent two co-op terms in Halton's IS-IS department during my degree, was kept on full time after graduation, and have been working there since. Day-to-day I manage and troubleshoot the network infrastructure across a large multi-site school district — VLANs, managed switches, wireless deployments, and the kind of production issues that remind you why you test in a lab first.
Outside work I run a Fortinet home lab — FortiGate 60F, FortiSwitch 124D, FortiAP 421E — and self-host plenty on a Pop!_OS box running Apache2, exposed via Cloudflare Tunnel. This site lived there too at first; it now runs on Cloudflare Pages. I'm Cisco CCNA 200-301 certified, now working toward the CCNP Enterprise, and training for a full Ironman.
TheLineman.ca documents all of it: the certs, the lab, the real-world gap, and the grind.
★ CREDENTIALS
Carleton University & Algonquin College — Joint Program — Ottawa, ON
Four-year degree combining university theory (Carleton) with applied college training (Algonquin). Core focus on networking, routing, switching, security, and infrastructure.
Fortinet NSE 2 — Network Security Associate
Fortinet NSE 3 — Network Security Associate
Issued by Fortinet. NSE 1–3 covers network security fundamentals, the threat landscape, and Fortinet's product portfolio.
Cisco's associate-level certification covering enterprise routing, switching, security, and automation. Passed first attempt. Score breakdown across the six exam domains:
| 1.0 Network Fundamentals | 95% |
| 2.0 Network Access | 80% |
| 3.0 IP Connectivity | 80% |
| 4.0 IP Services | 90% |
| 5.0 Security Fundamentals | 100% |
| 6.0 Automation & Programmability | 90% |
★ EXPERIENCE
Managing and troubleshooting network infrastructure across a large multi-site school district. Managed switches, VLANs, wireless deployments, WAN links, and day-to-day incident response. Began as a co-op student, kept on full time after graduation.