Ahmed  ElGamel , Network Security and Cloud Team Leader

Ahmed ElGamel

Network Security and Cloud Team Leader

alfanar Group

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronic And Computer Engineering
Experience
15 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 3 Months

Network Security and Cloud Team Leader at alfanar Group
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since April 2015

Develop a complete understanding of a company’s technology and information systems.
Design Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Solution and deliver Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) Solution.
Collaborate with Enterprise Architect to maintain the overall IT Enterprise Architecture.
Design, build, implement, and support enterprise-class security systems.
Ensure the necessary governance is in place to provide the required visibility of the network performance and services delivered by
the different partners, with main focus on (Riyadh Main Data Center HQ, Backup Data Center, Azure Cloud IaaS and Branch/Offshore
Sites) /IPVPN / MPLS/ IPsec VPN/ Core Backbone on Availability Management.
Lead initiative to consolidate infrastructure requirements across shared services, enabling cross-functional Network Planning &
Engineering teams to better understand current capacity requests.
Align organizational security strategy and infrastructure with overall business and technology strategy.
Design security architecture elements to mitigate threats as they emerge Plan, research and design robust security architectures for
any IT project.
Create solutions that balance business requirements with information and cybersecurity requirements.
Managing and administering on multi-vendor platform in Network Infrastructure.
Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements.
Develops and recommends technical solutions to support the Office of IT Security’s requirements in solving moderately complex
network, platform, and system security problems.
Supervising data center security management.

Senior Network Security Consultant at E-finance Group
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2009 to April 2015

Data Center Network Design and Data Center Relocation Project (Key items): Insuring Disaster prevention, providing business
continuity, and offering workload mobility.
Achieve Active-Active solution for E-finance Main and Backup Site using the below Online replication between 2 Sites Fiber
connection with Redundant exchanges setup with all ISPs (Vodafone - Mobinil - Etisalat - TE-Data - Link dot net and Noor) at each
site to avoid any single point of failure. Automatic switching between 2 Sites for all remote connections within 2 Sec.
Connection with than 500+ Remote Site and 10, 000+ user as below Financial Sector (all Egyptian Banks, EBC, Egypt Post, BEE,
Masary, iSys, NCR, Kadamaty) GOV sector (MOF, Tax, Customs, Pension (SIO-PIO), real State Tax, Traffic, MOSA, Alex Port). Branches
(35 branches), ATMs (300 ATM), 20, 000 POS around Egypt (3G, LAN, wireless).
Achieve fully online solution for E-finance remote sites using all redundant communication solution Dual connections at Remote
branches using (Fiber, VSAT, EFM, Local loops, and Dedicated 3G APNs) Implement Active/Active routing solution using (BGP-OSPF-
EIGRP-HSRP-…) Redundant internet connection using our own internet BGP AS and real IPs.
Secure Network Connection End to End using: L2 Security Using all Routers and Switches VPN (Site to Site, Get VPN, DMVPN and
Remote Access) between Remote branch/User and Data center through Internet or Closed VPN.
Achieve ISO 9001 and 27001 also PCI certifications.
Create Technical Solutions, RFPs, HLD, LLD, SOW for Network Solutions and negotiate prices with Suppliers, Vendors.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronic And Computer Engineering
  • at Tanta University
  • June 2009

Graduation project was Voice over IP

Specialties & Skills

Voice Networks
IT Security
Network Design
Cyber Security
PaloAlto
Fortinet Fortigate
Cybersecurity
Aruba ClearPass

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

NSE7 (Certificate)
CCIE SECURITY (Certificate)
CRISC (Certificate)
CISM (Certificate)
CISSP (Certificate)

Hobbies

  • Reading