
Ziad Yousry Sousa
Senior Network Security Engineer at InfasME
Nasr City, Cairo, EgyptWork Experience
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- Job Details:Provide L2 support to multiple customers under a managed service contract with InfoSec
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- Job Details:Deploy and Implement FortiNAC on Azure for 140 site
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Sep 2021 - Present -3 yrs, 9 months
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- Job Details:• Configure and operate Azure Cloud Networks • Configure and operate Aruba/Cisco/Grand stream access points (Aruba Central/Cisco WLC/Cisco Meraki Cloud) • Operate and configure FortiNAC deployed on Azure network with 140 sites to apply network access policies • Integrate FortiNAC with the security Fabric of Fortinet (FortiGate, Forti-client) to control per user internet traffic • Apply firewall policies based on FortiNAC tags assigned per AD-Groups • Create automation scripts for FortiNAC to handle security incidents as per environment playbooks • Create a guest portal to allow internet to site visitors with limited speed and privileges • Provide VIP networks with high speed and very low latency by assigning tags to the traffic and applying QoS on the firewall • Deploy and integrate FortiNAC on customer networks • Create compliance policies to check the corporate devices and assign them to networks based on their Risk level and notify the end user support of the violations • Automate all network operations via ICAD • Configure and operate F5 LTM/ASM/APM • Develop iRules to customize F5 traffic • Implement workflows for self-service portals to automate network daily operations
Senior Network Security EngineerFull Time
InfasME
Mar 2019 - Present -6 yrs, 3 months
United Arab Emirates , Dubai
- Job Details:-Operating as Layer 1 Network engineer. -Operating as Layer 2 Network administrator. -Operating as Layer 2 Network Security -Manage Call Manager and Cisco Phones. -Manage Wireless access controller and Access Points. -Handling the communication with external vendors. -Managing and operating Cisco ASA 5500 -Managing and operating FortiGate firewall 400D -Managing and operating F5 LTM and ASM and APM -Managing and operating FortiNAC -Monitoring the environment using Solarwinds and QRadar -Managing S2S IPSec VPN -Managing and operating Cisco WSA
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
Ain Shams University (ASU)Jan 2017
Achievements
- Restructured the network topology - Upgrade security infrastructure - Upgrade network infrastructure - Fixing security vulnerabilities - Encrypting Voice traffic - Seggregating traffic according to category - Implementing network access control (Profiling using FortiNAC) - Implementing network monitoring solution (Solarwinds) - Implementing auto backup - Designed and implemented VPN profiling based on least privilege for working from home
Skills
- Visual Studio
- Microsoft Windows
- VB
- .Net Development
- C#
- Fortinet
- Windows Server
- GNS3
- Cisco Catalyst
- Microsoft SQL Server
Languages
English
FluentArabic
Fluent