Mostafa Baraka, Information Security and PKI Team Leader

Mostafa Baraka

Information Security and PKI Team Leader

ITIDA

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Networks And Telecommunications Engineering
Experience
12 years, 1 month

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 1 month

Information Security and PKI Team Leader at ITIDA
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since July 2020

• Managing and leading information security and PKI team
• Communicating company goals, safety practices, and deadlines to team
• Motivates team members and assesses performance
• Providing help to management, including hiring, training, and keeps management updated on team performance
• Planning, overseeing and leading projects from ideation through to completion (Ex.: Egyptian Root CA new data center project, New ticketing system for the information security team)
• Leading project planning sessions
• Coordinating staff and internal resources
• Managing project progress and adapt work as required
• Managing relationships with clients and stakeholders
• Design, test, implement, maintain and support current and future information security technologies, processes and procedures
• Apply expert-level knowledge of public key infrastructure (PKI) to design and develop solutions to information security team and customer problems
• Install and configure PKI environment including CA, OCSP, CDP (CRL Distribution Point)
• Installing the required applications needed to deal with certificates and different systems
• Evaluate hardware and software requirements for PKI/cryptography infrastructure
• Installing and deploying the open source products and the programs developed by ESCC team to meet the systems needs of the provided security solutions
• Participating in the ISMS 27001 certificate project for Electronic Transaction Security Sector (ETSS).
• Creating, and Implementing ISO documents

Network Security Engineer at ITIDA
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since February 2018

• Planning, engineering, and monitoring the security arrangements for the protection of the network systems
• Identifying, monitoring, and defining the requirements of the overall security of the system
• Maintaining firewalls, IPS, VPNs, Routers, and Switches)
• Configuring and implementing Firewalls, and IPS
• Defining and maintaining security policies
• Solve existing security issues, such as viruses or hardware malfunction
• Supervising the installation of new software and hardware
• Maintaining and supervising building network monitoring solution (Open NMS)
• Technical audit to evaluate deficiencies or areas of improvement in Certificate Service Providers (CSP) systems and processes.
• Auditing, affirming technical operations are being performed as per requirement.
• Confirming the technical equipment used by CSP is technically suitable for the planned purpose

IT Network Engineer at EIPICO
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • July 2015 to February 2018

• Install and support LANs, WANs, network address assignment, assign routing protocols, routing table configuration, network segments, Internet, and intranet systems
• Ensure network connectivity throughout a company's LAN/WAN infrastructure
• Install and maintain network hardware and software
• Maintain network facilities in individual machines, such as drivers and settings of personal computers as well as printers, desktop computers, routers, and switches
• Monitor networks to ensure security and availability to specific users
• Provide technical and troubleshooting assistance related to computer hardware and software

Activation Specialist at Mobinil
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2014 to June 2015

• Managing DSL incoming and outgoing calls with the customer, handling many brands of DSL modems, configuring DSL modem operating with Dynamic IP or Static IP
• Troubleshooting logical and physical problems that may face the customer
• Configuring wireless access points and range extender devices that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi or related standards
• Activating VPN technology which enables a computer or Wi-Fi-enabled device to send and receive data across shared or public networks

Installation Team Representative at Linkdotnet
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • October 2012 to October 2014

• Configuring DSL routers directly with customers over phone
• Troubleshooting logical and physical problems with the customer
• Notifies the supervisor and report to him the escalated issues to minimize customer downtime
• Updating systems as action taken with customers

Education

Bachelor's degree, Networks And Telecommunications Engineering
  • at Shoubra Faculty of Engineering - Benha University
  • July 2010

Specialties & Skills

IT Project Management
Project Management
Virtualization
Network Security
Teamwork
Technical writing
Management
Communication

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

CCNP Routing and Switching (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2016
Valid Until:
July 2022
ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2020
6Sigma Yellow Belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2020
ITIL Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2018
PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2020
Valid Until:
August 2023

Hobbies

  • Football