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Profile
Who I amA qualified and dynamic network & security professional with an accomplished record leading the design, implementation, and troubleshooting of full IP network infrastructures — mainly in banking. Comfortable reviewing an RFP one hour and tracing a BGP flap the next; I take the risk, make the call, and stay until the network is stable.
Strategic thinker
Risk & decision taker
Business savvy
Analytical
Entrepreneurial
Strong communicator
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Specialties
Hands‑on stackFirewalls & Security
Palo Alto + Panorama
FortiGate
Cisco ASA
Check Point
Juniper SRX / SSG
Bluecoat Proxy‑SG
Routing & Switching
Cisco Data Center R&S
Cisco ACI
Arista EOS
MPLS
EIGRP
OSPF
BGP
Load Balancing & NAC
F5 LTM / GTM / ASM
A10 Networks
Pulse Secure NAC
Cisco ISE
SD‑WAN & Modern Networking
SD‑WAN
Software‑Defined Networking (SDN)
VMware NSX
Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA)
Monitoring & Diagnostics
HP NNMi
Nagios
SolarWinds Orion
Wireshark
SIEM & Threat Detection
Splunk
IBM QRadar
IDS/IPS (Snort / Suricata)
SOC Operations
Cloud & Virtualization
AWS
Microsoft Azure
VMware vSphere
Hybrid Cloud Networking
Automation & Scripting
Linux
Python
Bash
Ansible
Terraform
REST APIs
Compliance & Governance
PCI‑DSS Design & Segmentation
ISO 27001
NIST CSF
ITIL v4
On‑prem + Cloud
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Experience
Since 2004Sr. Manager, Network Administration
- Own stable operation of the Group's local and international network infrastructure, including RFPs, ISP/partner SLAs, audit remediation, and technical oversight of IT coordinators across international branches.
- Lead complex projects spanning planning, design, configuration, monitoring, troubleshooting, and securing the Group's infrastructure — F5 LTM/GTM, Palo Alto + Panorama, Pulse Secure NAC, and legacy Juniper/Bluecoat/Cisco ACE platforms.
Selected achievements
- Designed and deployed PCI‑DSS segmentation across on‑prem and cloud layers
- Led the Group's main data-center migration for internet infrastructure
- Implemented network and security infrastructure for a new regional subsidiary (KSA)
- Assessed and migrated an acquired regional bank onto the Group's network
- Planned, designed, and implemented a greenfield data center (Iraq)
- Ran full DR simulations across local and off-shore data centers with a 100% success rate
Network Engineer — promoted from IT Security Administrator
- Set and delivered against project timelines, planning and controlling schedules while liaising with staff, suppliers, and contractors.
- Provided network and security support to core bank operations.
Sales, Technical Support & Web/Training Administrator
- Held various posts across sales, customer service, technical support, and web/training administration — the foundation for the move into network and security engineering.
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Certifications
Vendor accreditedCERTPalo Alto Accredited Configuration Engineer (ACE7)
CERTBluecoat Certified Proxy Administrator
CERTJuniper Networks Certified Internet Associate (JNCIA‑JUNOS)
CERTCisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
CERTCisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
CERTCCNA Security
CERTCisco Firewall Security Specialist
CERTMicrosoft Certified Professional (MCSE)
Additional training
- Management Development Program for talents
- HP Network Node Manager
- TippingPoint, NetContinuum, NetScreen & Juniper SRX firewall training
- Administering BIG‑IP LTM, ASM
- ITIL Foundation
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Education
2004Bachelor of Computer Science and Systems Information — Business Administration
King Marute Academy, Alexandria, Egypt
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Awards
Recognition- GROUPBest Performance for Cybersecurity Projects — 2019
- GROUPEmployee of the Month, 4 times
- GROUPExcellent Annual Appraisal, 8 consecutive years
- CBIEmployee of the Year — 2009
- CBIC3 Cards Customer Appreciation Award, for project implementation