
AHMED REDA ABOWALLY
Network security Engineer
Kafr Shokr, Qalubia, EgyptWork Experience
IT network security senior engineer at WE dataFull Time
Feb 2022 - Present -3 yrs, 5 months
- Job Details:Handling POC and technical implementation with our partners. - manage Next-generation IPS (Trend Micro™ Tipping Point™) - Update our IPS with the latest digital vaccine to be protected against vulnerabilities. - Ensure that junior engineers fulfill our SLA during solving daily problems. - Assist the end user, other IT professionals, and external customers in requesting security variances and implementation of subsequent configuration change requests. - Secure network systems by establishing and enforcing policies, defining and monitoring access. - Day-to-day administration of Firewalls (Palo alto, fortigate , juniper srx , forcepoint ) - Strong awareness of f5 WAF (creating policies, tune & learning, publishing &troubleshoot after publishing) - Day-to-day administration of pulse secure, endpoint protection trend-micro, Web Proxy and mail security devices - Manage and prioritize multiple assigned tasks to meet established deadlines. - Coordinate with vendors and other IT personnel for problem resolution. - Provide advanced level advice, guidance and assistance to less experienced colleagues
Network Security EngineerFull Time
WE
Apr 2020 - Present -5 yrs, 3 months
Egypt , Cairo
- Job Details:Handling the whole security system using different platforms ( Juniper, Fortigate, F5 WAF, Arbor, Palo Alto...) - Pulse secure VPN solution , we deal with daily ssl VPN problems for users working remotely as VPN, set login Pages, monitor issues, set permanent & temp users using expressions. - Design, plan and implement network security structure - Ensure a secured network overseas between different HQs and hundreds of branches.- Configuring and maintaining security polices, routing, ipsec vpn tunnels - Provide guidance and solution for routine problems or queries to ensure problem resolution with specified time. - Upgraded software versions of many boxes & migrated differences vendor boxes vise verse - Check & tune polices from time to time: using solution ex : Firemon , or Manually to decrease security vulnerabilities . - TrendMicro: Add, activate, update many servers to AV and make policies to scan servers. - Provide monitoring of the systems to ensure smooth operations. - Handling planned and unplanned outage related to corporate network security devices. - Managing and implementing the day-to-day Network & Application Security operations. - Evaluating new systems, components, products ... etc. for security protection. - Provide advice and support to different business units to ensure the best use of technological capabilities
IT Network EngineerFull Time
Tedata
May 2018 - Present -7 yrs, 2 months
Egypt
- Job Details:Maintenance and troubleshooting of the internal corporate network (HQs and branches) - Participating in designing new environments connected to the corporate network, providing further maintenance. - Configuring and troubleshooting all network devices (Cisco, Juniper, F5 LTM) - Automating gathering information from network devices (serials, configurations) for the sake of documentation and inventory. - Participating in receiving customer network requirements suitable for their project needs. - Participating in designing customer environments hosted in corporate Data Centers fulfilling the customer requirements. - Configuring network devices to achieve the customers’ requirements while taking in consideration the capacity and availability of our devices (Routers, Switches, F5 LTM). - Supporting and remotely supporting the customer environments, troubleshooting network problems providing Solutions within minimum time considering customers projects criticality.
Education
faculty of electronic engineering in computer engineering
Menoufia UniversityJan 2012 - Jan 2017 - 5 yr
High School - Thanaweya Amma
almenshait elkobra schoolJan 2012
Activities
Volunteering at IEEE community
Student Activity
May 2015 - May 2016 -1 yr
Achievements
CAF 2019 ‑Tazkarti (Implementation & Operation). Most of MCIT & Governmental projects & portals - Health Care. - Unified Health Insurance. Ministry of Health & Population.Ministry of Justice. - Tawseek. - Egyptian Public Prosecution.Covid19‑Chatbot. - Digital Transformation. - COP27
Skills
- F5 WAF
- SSL VPN
- firewalls
- Forti mail
- Network Administration
- Network Security
- Security
- CCNA
- ccnp switch
- CCNA Security
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Languages
English
Advanced
Training & Certifications
F5 Certified! Administrator, BIG-IP (F5-CA, BIG-IP)
F5·2023Cisco Certified Specialist - Security Core
Cisco·2023Fortinet NSE 6-FortiMail 6.4
Fortinet·2023TippingPoint 1.0 Certified Professional
Trend Micro·2023NSE4 Network security professional
Fortinet·2022 PCS: pulse connect secure (official training)
ivanti pulse secure·2021Proxy bluecoat
semantic·2021 DSM Deep Security Manager
trend micro·2020CCNP 300-115
CISCO·2019linux admin 1&2&3
Information Technology Institute (ITI)·2017ccnp routing
networks-academy·2017mcsa
it-plus·2017CCNA Routing and Switching
cisco·2016EMC Academic Associate, Information Storage and Management
EMC·2016