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Abdullah Mokhtar, Senior Datacenter Consultant

Abdullah Mokhtar

Senior Datacenter Consultant·Crystal Networks

Egypt

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 14 years, 1 months

Senior Datacenter Consultant

June 2021 - Present

Crystal Networks

Cairo, Egypt

June 2021 - Present

▪ Cisco Datacenter Professional Service Consultant
▪ VMware Professional Service Consultant
▪ Implement, configure and troubleshoot: Nexus switches, Servers, HCI, Automation and orchestration, Backup, Virtualization, Cisco ACI, Multisite and Nexus Dashboard.

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Network/DC Team Leader

October 2017 - June 2021

FI Bank of Egypt

Cairo, Egypt

October 2017 - June 2021

▪ Serving as technical lead within the network operations team leading them on a daily basis to ensure high levels of customer service and availability to bank services and branches
▪ Developing a new vision for the whole network infrastructure and moving from outdated unscalable designs to the latest industry leading and emerging SDN solutions with help and consult ation from key partner s in the field
▪ Pa rticipat ing in presales activities to build RFPs with par tne rs and make sure it fits business needs and budget
▪ Responsi ble for i mplementation and o peration s of Networking in Datacente r s ite s DC DR ) and conducting
m ig r ation from traditiona l to the latest S DN technolog ies ACI NSX
▪ Participate in implementation /m igrat io n to VMware and new Dell HCI Solution
▪ Participa te wi th security team in designing and implementation of new securi ty solu t ion s t hat include differ en t
vendors Cisco Pa loAlto Fort igate ForcePoint F5
▪ Responsi ble for i mplementation an d o pera tion s of Cisco A CI Multi Site and Cisco Multi Site Orchestrato r
▪ Responsi ble for i mplementation and o peration s of new Camp us SD A Access network Cisco DN A S erver
▪ Planning to migr ate Branch es WAN network from traditional network to new C isco SDN So lution SD WAN
▪ R eplacing the o ld voice solution and doing m igration to the latest CUCM . Also implement ing ne w Cisco C all
C enter and V i deo C onference system s
▪ A ss i st ing IT Ma nager a nd other IT team s by participating in planning and designing ne w solut ions
▪ Assistin g IT Security /Info Sec team s to maintain networ k security to applicable levels and ensure compliance
with re gulations a nd cont rols

Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Senior Network Security Administrator

April 2017 - September 2017

Mobiserve Holding

Cairo, Egypt

April 2017 - September 2017

▪ Configu re, updat e and i mplement network security p o licies in comp any’s Firewalls ASA and Fortigate
▪ Provide consultation, recommendati on and netw ork suppo rt to company’s s ubsidiaries outside Egyp t
▪ Set and apply security profiles for all company’s employees in Eg ypt and all su bsidiaries outside Egypt W e b
filter, Applic ation control, Traffic S haping …. etc.
▪ Provide support to other IT Te ams (Sy stem Team, Ap plications Team, Database Team and Helpde sk Tea m)
regarding their demands from network and security team suc h as n ew serv ers/services implementati on
publishing serve rs, ac cessing internet, network issues of user’s desktop level and ot hers
▪ Id enti fy the ne eds and requirements of the network hardw are & software upgrades
▪ Review and edit company’s IT Network & Secu rity polici es, and make sure it comp li e s with IT Standards
▪ Respo nsible for n egotia t ion with vendors of Network & Security device s to up grad e /trade i n our hardware and
get the best deals acc ording to Company’s budget

Company industry:
Telecommunications
Job role:
Information Technology

Network Security Administrator

August 2015 - April 2017

Mobiserve Holding

Cairo, Egypt

August 2015 - April 2017

▪ Responsible for administrating Networ k In frastruct ure including LAN, WAN & Internet
▪ Respons ible f or configuring, managing and troubleshootin g all Network devi ces includi ng Core Switch, Access
Switches, R o uters, Firew alls ASA and Fo rtigate )), and Access Points
▪ Identify and resolve probl ems on data connecti vity and escalate unresolved problems as per th e escalation chart
to the management and service providers
▪ Mo nitor and troubl eshoot all IPsec VPN Conn ec t ions between H Q and all subsid iaries o utside Egypt
▪ Monitor and troubleshoot all SSL VPN Con nect ions in H Q and other subsidiaries
▪ Perform real tim e moni toring, schedule backups and security compliance check for al l net wo rk devi ces in a
regular basis
▪ E ns u re production doc umentation and d iagrams are accurate and always up to date
▪ Participati ng in M igra tion from Microsoft Exchange to Google G Suite App s for Business

Company industry:
Telecommunications
Job role:
Information Technology

Outsource Network Administrator

July 2013 - August 2015

ENC Egypt (Egyptian Networking Consultation)

Cairo, Egypt

July 2013 - August 2015

Working as
E NC ’s Resid ent Outsource Network Administrator to a custo mer in Bank ing Sector,
▪ Responsible for configuring, ma naging and t roubleshootin g all n et w ork devices including c ore s witch, a cc ess
s witches ( Cisco & 3Com ) and Cisco r outers in HQ, DR an d all branches (more tha n 30 branch
▪ Responsible for t roubleshoot ing a nd main tain ing all LAN, WAN a nd VOIP problems
▪ Configu re and i mpleme nt backup connecti on s and redundancy p rotocols on all b ank r o uters to ensure the
reliability of communication between H Q and all bran ches.
▪ Set up connections for all bank ATMs all over the country i n cluding 3G ATMs)
▪ Collaborate with ISPs to mainta in and s ecure all bank co nn e ctions M icrowave, L eased and 3G
▪ Perf orm real time monitoring and schedule backups in regular basi s
▪ Identify the needs and requirements of the b ank ’s network hardware u pgrad es
▪ H a ndling immediate replacement of defecte d netwo rk d evices without causin g a ny downtime
▪ Handling, designing and impl eme nting of new network technologies
▪ Ensure production docume ntation and di agrams are accurate and up to date

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Network Engineer

May 2012 - June 2013

ENC Egypt (Egyptian Networking Consultation)

Cairo, Egypt

May 2012 - June 2013

▪ Install, configure, and maintain Ethernet networks and end to end solut ions for WAN, LAN & Wireless
▪ Working on dif ferent network devices (Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Acces s Point s, and Cameras ) with di ff er e nt
vendors ( Cisco, Fortinet, HP 3COM D Lin k, Linksys a nd others
▪ Planning, supervise and participati ng in d esig ning n ew Datacenter environments (both Passive and Activ e
network) for many customers
▪ Provide network techn ical su ppo rt and consultation fo r s ome customers in Banking Sector, Industrial S ector,
Petro leum Sector, and Government
▪ Provide network te chnical sup port t o customers of some International companies as the ir partners in Egypt, such
as INTACT int eg r ated services, nscglobal, e xper eo an d others
▪ Designing and implementing Full IP Camer a solution with automatic recording System

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Information Technology

Education

Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Engineering

June 2010

June 2010

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

Egypt

GPA (rating): Good

GPA (rating): Good

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, (2010) Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Engineering, Computers and Systems Department. Overall Grade: Good Graduation Project : Excellent

Skills

CCNP
Expert
CCNP
Expert
Fortinet
Expert
Fortinet
Expert
Cisco
Expert
Cisco
Expert
IP Networking
Expert
IP Networking
Expert
Network Security
Expert
Network Security
Expert
CCNA Voice
Beginner
CCNA Voice
Beginner
CCNA
Expert
CCNA
Expert
CCNA Security
Expert
CCNA Security
Expert
VMWare
Intermediate
VMWare
Intermediate
CCNP R&S
Expert
CCNP R&S
Expert
CCNP Security
Beginner
CCNP Security
Beginner
CCIE Datacenter
Expert
CCIE Datacenter
Expert

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate
German
Beginner

Memberships

Hadayek Helwan Charity organization

Organizing Committee

January 2014

Training and Certifications

Certifications
CCNSP
ICDL
CCNP R&S
Feb 2017 - Feb 2020
CCNA
CCNA Voice
CCNA Security
MCSE 2012

Training
ITIL Foundation : Information Technology Infrastructure Library
SigmaIT
ACI DCAC9K : Configuring Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches in ACI Mode
FastLane
Cisco DCCE : Cisco Data Center Computing Engineer
Course
Cisco DCNE : Cisco Data Center Networking Engineer
Course
CCNA
Vision Academy
PMP
Mersal Foundation
Sep 2015

Hobbies

  • Technology and innovation
  • Security
  • Investing
  • Social Media
  • Computing