Profile
A Senior network security engineer with more than 9 years’ experience in security infra-structures, state-of-the-art network technologies, OS Hardening (*nix, Windows), network security solutions, network vulnerability scanning and analysis, malware analysis, managing host security, backup and disaster recovery plans.
Main areas of strength includes Firewalls, Proxies, Load Balancers, IPSEC VPN, SSL, ArcSight SEIM, Vulnerability assessments, Penetration testing, Authentication, PKI services, Antivirus devices, IDS and IPS, and network security analysis and design.
Professional Experience
CURRENT POSITION
Senior Network Security Engineer at Orange Business Services Jan 2010 – Now
Senior IT Support Expert Engineer at Orange Business Services – Jun 2008 – Dec 2009
Security-Infrastructure Engineer at Advanced Integrated Systems – Nov 2007 – Jun 2008
Oracle DBA at Fujitsu – Dec 2006 – Oct 2007
Job Responsibilities
Senior Network Security Engineer at Orange Business Services
Supporting and managing Security Solutions in the global security operations center to support multinational large enterprises security solutions across different countries. Support for around 10+ various security products on 24 x 7 basis:
Assist in hiring and Interviewing security engineers by assessing their technical skills.
Provide any training that team members need.
Acting as a Technical lead in projects ( migration projects from IPSec VPN to SSL, BYOD projects, migration
projects to Soft-tokens and others).
Mentor security engineers and provide them with hands-on training.
Provide monthly reports, Team Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), as well as professional documentations
about implementation and migration projects.
Administering ArcSight SEIM, Juniper IDP IPS and Network Security Manager.
Administering F5 BigIP, Bluecoat Proxies\Reverse Proxies, Cisco Ironport and Alteon switches load balancers.
Administering Checkpoint NG R71 & R65 Firewalls, Juniper SRX & Netscreen firewalls, and Fortinet UTM firewalls & Fortinet Manager.
Administering McAfee Webgateway and Network AV, Trendmicro web gateways
Perform Service Improvement Programs (SIPs).
Risk assessment and management.
Root cause analysis and designing action plans for unknown errors reported.
Managing and administering more than 30 Sun Solaris and Linux Authentication Servers.
Managing and administering more than 130 Juniper SSL devices, and more than 200 Nortel IPsec VPN boxes.
Supporting and troubleshooting for Active identity management and Crypto card.
Supporting and managing AAA/TACACS/RADIUS servers with RSA.
Managed PKI services support and troubleshooting.
Senior IT Support Expert Engineer at Orange Business Services
2nd level for Supporting, managing & monitoring Networks, Authentication (RSA & Active Directory), Servers (UNIX, Windows server 2003), Databases, and various unix based applications.
Building custom scripts to monitor the platforms health and automate backups.
Ensure compliance with company security policy.
Investigating in network attacks by identifying related remote connected users from their IP’s and identify their workstations.
Mentor engineers and provide them with hands-on training.
Problem management in coordination with various teams.
Mitigate network risks after identifying infected machines by patching, eradication or other needed actions that help in containment of the infection.
Root Cause Analysis for critical incidents.
Perform technical escalations to different Problem management teams in line with case/incident excellence.
Security-Infrastructure Engineer at Advanced Integrated Systems
Supporting different datacenters for multiple brokerage firms for all their infrastructure systems, including installing, configuring and managing their security devices and ensure securing their entire network and infrastructure:
Managing security devices as McAfee ePO, HIPS, NIPS, Foundstone, Firewalls (D-Link, Juniper).
Managing network devices as Routers (Cisco and Juniper), and as Switches (Cisco and HP ProCurve), and maintain high level of documentation and reports.
Network vulnerability scanning (Nessus, Nmap, Foundstone, Nexpose, OpenVas)
Windows/Linux hardening.
Use of network sniffing and security tools as (Wireshark, Burp Suite, Ettercap).
Application patching.
Contributing in forensic investigations.
Managing host security and file permissions.
Disaster recovery planning.
Oracle DBA at Fujitsu
Creating the Oracle Instance/Database using customized scripts.
Administration and managing the Oracle Instance using custom scripts and 10g Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) database control.
Performing backup and recovery using Oracle 10g’s user managed backup.
Certification
“CISSP” (Scheduled on 15-Oct-15)
Certified Malware Reverse Engineering (SCMRE)
Certified EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA v4)
Certified Licensed Penetration tester (LPT)
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v7)
Sun Solaris Certified System Administrator I (SCSA Certified)
Certified CompTia Security+
Certified JNCIP-SEC (Juniper Network Certified Internet Professional – SEC)
Certified JNCIS-SEC (Juniper Network Certified Internet Specialist – SEC)
Certified JNCIS-SSL ( Juniper Network Certified Internet Specialist – SSL)
Certified JNCIA-SSL (Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate – SSL)
Certified JNCIA-FW (Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate – Firewall)
Certified JNCIA-IDP (Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate – IDP)
Certified JNCIA-JUNOS (Juniper Network Certified Internet Associate – JUNOS)
Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA – Security)
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Microsoft Certified Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA Server 2006)
Cisco Certified Network Associate – Security (CCNA – Security)
Certified (ITIL Foundation v3)
Cisco Certified Network Associate 640-802 (CCNA)
Certified Oracle Database Administrator Professional.
Achievements & Interests
Speaker at the “Cairo Security Camp” conference 2013. (Topic: SSL Hacking Techniques & mitigation).
Winner of 2nd place on the Africa Continent in the Global CyberLympics 2013 Hacking competition “Forensics” round. (http://www.cyberlympics.org)
Winner of 5th place on the Africa Continent in the Global CyberLympics 2013 Hacking competition in the “Computer Network defense” round.
Winner of 5th place in the Last and third round “Penetration testing” round in the Global CyberLympics.
Winner of 2nd place in the International Hacking Competition formally named Capture the Flag (CTF) 2012 held in Cairo Security Camp.
Winner of 3rd place in the International Hacking Competition formally named Capture the Flag (CTF) 2011 held in Cairo Security Camp.
Participated in the Global CyberLympics 2014 Hacking competition “Forensics” & “Network Defense” rounds.
Provide training and instructing CCNA course.
Provide training for Security+ course and hands-on training for “Juniper SSL” track.
A Local Award for providing Hands-on SSL architecture in-depth trainings for over 30 employees.
A Local Award for providing Hands-on Security Trainings for over 50 employees from different departments.
Training Experience
Finished successfully “Cisco – SNAF” course (Securing Networks with ASA Foundation) at Global Knowledge training center.
Finished successfully “Cisco – SNAA” course (Securing Networks with ASA Advanced) at Global Knowledge training center.
Check Point Certified Security Administrator (CCSA) study is in progress.
Finished successfully a Juniper Internet Associate – Enterprise Routing (JNCIA-ER) course at the national telecommunication Institute (NTI).
Enhancement Training
1. Finished the following “Soft skills and Sales” courses at “Fujitsu Training Center”:
Working in teams.
Understanding your customers.
Communicating with customers.
Caring for your customers.
Putting customers first.
Decision making.
Presentations preparation and presenting.
Report writing.
Sales presentations and demonstrations.
Problem solving.
2. Finished successfully a “Technical Writing”, “General English Language Training” and “Business English
course” studied at “America – Mideast Educational and Training Services (Amid East)”.
EDUCATIONAL REFERENCE
Graduated from “Faculty of Engineering” – Helwan University. 2001 – 2006
Graduation Project Grade “Excellent”
Studied at “Orouba Language Schools” – Dokki. 1988-2001
Languages
Arabic: Mother Tongue English:Fluent Read/Write/Speak French: Fair
Additional Information
Birth Date: May 23rd, 1984 Nationality: Egyptian Marital Status: Single
Military Status: Exempted.
