Gaby Hajjar, Head of Security Field Services

Gaby Hajjar

Head of Security Field Services

Data Consult

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Bachelor's degree, CCE
Experience
17 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 8 Months

Head of Security Field Services at Data Consult
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since January 2010

o Perform technical presentations and Proof-of-Concepts.
o Provide technical training to staff and clients.
o Manage and Support day-to-day team tasks.
o Quality Assurance.
o Perform Security Audits, Vulnerability, Penetration testing, Network Assessments.
o Technical Advisory to the pre-sales and sales teams.

Areas of Expertise:
o Security: ASA/PIX/FWSM, IPS/IDSM/AIP-SSM, ACS, VPN Modules, ISE.
o Advanced Security: Dot1x, NAC and Cisco Identity Service Engine, Web Application Firewall, Web Filtering, Mail filtering, Load-balancers, Wireless technologies; Cisco Wireless LAN Controller and Autonomous access points.
o Network Optimization and Application Delivery: QoS, Shaping, Caching, load-balancing. Bluecoat CacheFlow CF5000, ProxySG, Riverbed, F5, Cisco ACE, Cisco WAAS, Packeteer, iPoque

Systems Engineer at Data Consult
  • Lebanon
  • September 2006 to January 2010

o MPLS Networks Design.
o Implement converged IP/MPLS Backbone Networks for 2G and 3G Voice Services Integration.
o Enterprise routing and switching.
o Wireless technologies including wireless monitoring and planning.
o WAN acceleration, compression, and QoS technologies.
o Network and Wireless Management and Monitoring tools.

Area of Expertise:
o Service Provider: MPLS, MPLS Layer 2/3 VPN, MPLS Traffic Engineering, Carrier Supporting Carrier, OSPF, BGP, MP-BGP IOS-XR, SS7/SIGTRAN Cisco IP Transfer Point. Platforms: CRS-1, Cisco GSR
o Enterprise Routing and Switching: LAN, WAN, WAN optimization. Platforms: Cisco ISR, Cisco 6500, Riverbed, WAAS, Packeteer, Bluecoat.
o VoIP and IP Telephony: Basic knowledge of VoIP routing and Call Manager configuration and operation.

Education

Bachelor's degree, CCE
  • at Lebanese University - Faculty of Engineering
  • June 2006
High school or equivalent, Lebanese Scientific Baccalaureate, Elementary Mathematics
  • at Notre Dame des Apotres (NDA)
  • June 2001

Specialties & Skills

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Intermediate

Memberships

CLS
  • member
  • January 2003

Training and Certifications

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2008
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2007
Advanced Services Cisco CRS-1 Essentials (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco Systems
Date Attended:
January 2008
Implementing TrustSec Architecture with Identity Service Engine (Training)
Training Institute:
Cisco Systems
Date Attended:
July 2011
Web Caching for Carriers - Bluecoat Cache Flow (Training)
Training Institute:
Bluecoat
Date Attended:
March 2011
Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2007
Implementing Cisco MPLS (Training)
Training Institute:
Synergy
Date Attended:
February 2008
Implementing Cisco MPLS Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE) (Training)
Training Institute:
Synergy
Date Attended:
February 2008

Hobbies

  • Camping
  • Jogging
  • Photography
  • Diving
  • Playing Music