Senior Network Architect
Mubadala
Total years of experience :16 years, 10 Months
Providing Network, Security and Systems Architecture guidance to the Mubadala infrastructure teams, focusing on long term strategy and adherence of Security architecture standards and principles. Developing engagement models between various business and technical stakeholders and providing support to the optimisation of current platforms.
• Development of network security architecture models / frameworks.
• Providing C-Level guidance on Next Generation Security platforms, including Cloud based “as a service” options and roadmaps.
• Providing Architecture principles and detailed design for implementation of Next Generation Firewall feature sets.
• Re-aligning of the Perimeter edge networks for physical and logical separation.
• Detail Proof of Concept planning and execution based on Multi-vendor Firewall platforms with detailed metrics / PoC results
• Design and Implementation of security products including NGFWs, IPS, Sniffers, SIEM Solutions, Two factor Authentication, Remote Access, Site-to-Site VPNs, Auditing/Compliance toolsets, DDoS platforms, Web Proxies.
• Identification of Network/Security/Application performance bottlenecks, managing and executing detailed SWOT programs with measurable results.
• Providing management reports and reviews of security system findings/breaches
Delivering seamless mobility platforms to over 50, 000 employees within a large scale global deployment for advanced workspace strategies. Incorporating RF design/management, wireless platforms, detailed AAA and dot1x security services.
Business and technical engagements with Cisco, Aruba, and other technology vendors business units, in developing product lines to give Barclays the competitive advantage, and performing research, development, product evaluations and in-depth hardware / software testing on their behalf.
• Technical Authority in engineering and architecture of new BYOD platforms and products, engaging with vendors to drive technology advancements
• SME in delivering transformational advance workplace strategies into the enterprise
• Providing business strategies and technical direction for mobility services
• Technical Architect in design and vendor selection of the UK customer free WiFi network
• Global Scale WLAN Architecture and design for Data, Voice, Guest Service
• RF Design, - spectral frequency planning, including requirements capture and modelling optimum RF against application benchmarks
• Wireless Security - EAP-TLS, PKI, PEAP, 802.1x, NAC, IDS/IPS, SIEM, PEN testing
Instrumental in the global network engineering and delivery of many Tier 1 projects within a global team of 50 people. Design, delivery and support of many different Campus, LAN/WAN, Datacentre architectures.
• Replacement of legacy P2P global WAN with Global MPLS BGP network
• Redesign of DC & campus routing topologies, with EIGRP, OSPF and BGP
• Multicast deployment for middleware platforms using PIM and BSR protocols
• Various company M&A network transitions notably Lehman’s and CSFB
• New site infrastructure LAN/WAN/MAN design and deployment
• Application aware load balancers, both LTM and GTM
• Firewalls, DMZ architecture, external connectivity and hosting services