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Jason Belk

Lead Technical Advocate

Learning and Certifications

Jason Belk is a Lead Technical Advocate based in Reno, Nevada. He lives with his wife, Erin, and their adorable black Labrador dog. His years spent supporting the network operations as a network engineer in the Cisco Corporate Campus and Branch network created a passion for helping network engineers adopt the new skills and concepts needed for network programmability and automation. While in Cisco IT, Jason learned the power and beauty of Cisco NSO and subsequently built tutorials, blogs and demos to share that experience with others. Most recently, he was a Network Automation Trainer and Consultant at Network to Code, teaching in-person classes for network operators to learn the basics of Python and Ansible.

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May 5, 2023

LEARNING

5 Uncommon Tips for IT Career Success

Jason Belk, Sr. Technical Advocate, shares uncommon tips to help you excel and succeed in IT based on his personal career journey.

February 4, 2023

LEARNING

Why you need to visit the Cisco U. Theater at Cisco Live Amsterdam

Discover expert-led Cisco U. Theater sessions presented by the Learning & Certifications team at Cisco Live Amsterdam. With no registration required, attendees can unlock ample opportunities to learn and explore new technology areas.

June 9, 2022

LEARNING

The Final Countdown: Network Automation Sessions at Cisco Live 2022

As we count down the days to Cisco Live 2022, add these sessions to your schedule to level-up your network automation skills.

April 27, 2022

LEARNING

5 Steps to Virtual Learning Success

Whether you want to upskill, reskill, or certify, follow these steps to maximize your learning potential in today's hybrid learning landscape.

December 6, 2021

DEVELOPER

New Learning Labs Teach You XML/XPath for NSO

Whether you are creating your first configuration template in NSO or hoping to craft an XPath expression to save you time in your development, these labs will teach you valuable industry-relevant skills, and help you use NSO much more effectively.

October 5, 2021

DEVELOPER

Check Out the New Yang for NSO Labs and Dev Center

Three new Yang for NSO learning labs - beginner, intermediate, advanced - give you a working knowledge of Yang syntax and structure. Tailor-made to prepare you for using Yang in NSO. Try them!

March 17, 2021

DEVELOPER

New CI/CD + NetDevOps Learning Lab for Cisco NSO

Try the new Learning Lab to see what applying best practices from CI/CD and NetDevOps to the network would look like using Cisco NSO.

October 9, 2020

DEVELOPER

Live Demos and Cisco NSO Overview at Networking Field Day 23

Watch these videos to get a better idea of what Cisco NSO is and how the DevNet Sandbox team is using it to manage a variety of network devices and infrastructure components.

April 6, 2020

DEVELOPER

Learn NSO the Easy Way with New Lab and Sandbox

Learning Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) - a multi-domain orchestration platform used to manage the configuration lifecycle of physical and virtual network devices - is now easier than ever.