Rashad Ahmed, Senior Network Security Engineer

Rashad Ahmed

Senior Network Security Engineer

WiConnect

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh - Laban
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
Experience
17 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 4 Months

Senior Network Security Engineer at WiConnect
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since September 2023

- Design, implement, and maintain complex network infrastructures, including LAN, WAN, and cloud‐based networks.
- Develop and implement network security policies, standards, and procedures.
- Continuously monitor network performance and security, proactively identifying and addressing potential issues.
- Collaborate with cross‐functional teams to identify and address network and security requirements for new projects and initiatives.
- Respond to and resolve network and security incidents in a timely and efficient manner.
- Provide technical advice and support to the teams on network and security‐related matters.
- Configuring and installing various network devices and services (routers, switches, firewalls, load balancers, VPN, QoS)
- Provide Level‐2/3 support and troubleshooting to resolve issues.
- Monitoring and managing day to day operations in the network, including the health and performance of network devices, network traffic and network reliability.
- Report network operational status by gathering and prioritizing information and managing project

Senior Network Security Engineer at Alandalus Educational Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2022 to August 2023

-Maintaining firewalls(Fortigate, Meraki), VPNs, VLANs, VoIP, and web and email Security 365
-Troubleshooting issues with local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and other network segments
-Make sure that security policies and security profiles (IPS, AV, Application Control, Webfiltering) are updated.
-Configuring and managing Fortigate (WAF and Loadbalancer)
-Ensure that systems are back up and running in case of a security attack.
-Provisioning and troubleshooting of site to site VPN tunnels, remote access VPNs and SSL VPNs.
-Maintaining IT operations such as applications, email systems, hardware, and software
-Managing operations and troubleshooting of Wireless LAN Controllers (Cisco, Aruba).
-Status reports of hardware and software products as per designated policies.
- Events and Log Management "FortiAnalyzer".
- Network Configuration, Monitoring and Management "SolarWinds NPM and SolarWinds NetFlow".

Senior Network Security Engineer(Remotely) at Alandalus Educational Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 2021 to September 2022

-Maintaining firewalls(Fortigate, Meraki), VPNs, VLANs, VoIP, and web and Email Security 365.
-Troubleshooting issues of local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and other network segments.
-Ensure network security and connectivity.
-Make sure that security policies are updated on time .
-Status reports of hardware and software products as per designated policies.

Senior Network Security Engineer(Part Time) at SABA BANK
  • Yemen - Sanaa
  • February 2019 to September 2022

-Planning, designing, implementing, and managing The bank computer networks, including servers, routers, firewalls, and other hardware.
-Responsible for periodic vulnerability testing, and lead remediation projects.
-Ensure that systems are back up and running in case of a security attack.
-Make sure that web and email security are maintained.
-Track, record, and monitor any security issue.
- Providing Technical Support and guidance to other employees

Network Security Engineer Project implementer at Twaasol Information Technology Solutions Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • March 2019 to July 2021

- Providing professional services and technical support.
- Discussing and Sizing a new security solution.
- Designing and placing suitable IT security technologies on customers' networks.
-Deploying and configuring Network Security solutions.
- Reviewing and following up on implementation plans.
- Knowledge transfer & on-job training for customers.
- Supporting Customers to resolve challenges and technical problems.
- Providing technical documentation for projects.

Senior Network Security Engineer at SABA BANK
  • Yemen - Sanaa
  • May 2014 to January 2019

-Planning, designing, implementing, and managing The bank network infrastructure, including Firewalls, routers, servers, and other hardware.
-Ensure that systems are back up and running in case of a security attack.
-Make sure that web and email security protocols are maintained.
-Designing, implementing, and troubleshooting security solutions and firewalls
-Performing vulnerability assessments to identify possible security risks
-Track, record, and monitor any security issue.
-Make sure that security policies are updated on time and are always up to date.
-Troubleshooting firewall fault conditions and coordinating firewall rebuild efforts.
-Implemented RADIUS authentication/authorization on Cisco ISE for central management of all network devices across the organization
- Provisioning and troubleshooting of site to site VPN tunnels, remote access VPNs and SSL VPNs.
- Managing Infrastructure LAN, WLAN and DC devices for operation perspective.
- Analyzing traffic logs and generating reports to provide weekly presentation to management for security purpose.
-Configure, maintain and upgrade corporate networks services.
-Replacing faulty network hardware components when required.

Network Security Engineer at SABA BANK
  • Yemen - Sanaa
  • November 2012 to April 2014

-Installing and configuring new computers, servers, routers, switches, and other network equipment's.
-Determine an organization’s system needs and install network hardware and software.
-Troubleshooting issues with local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and other network segments.
-Performing routine network audits .
-Reporting the security analysis of findings.
-Status reports of hardware and software products as per designated policies.
-Monitoring of web security gateways, perimeter security, network access controls, endpoint security

Network System Engineer at SABA BANK
  • Yemen - Sanaa
  • January 2007 to October 2012

-Installing new servers and adding new features to existing servers as needed to meet growing demands
-Maintaining IT operations such as applications, email systems, hardware, and software
-Add users to domain and create email, and assign permissions on the network.
-Troubleshooting users issues in HQ or Branches including Email, sharing Permissions, Banking System.
-Troubleshooting issues of LAN, WAN, and other network segments.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at Taiz University
  • June 2005

Four years studying in faculty of Science in Taiz university . We are the first group to graduate in the Department of Computer Science.

Specialties & Skills

Security
Load Balancing
Core Network
Firewall Administration
Network Security
Firewall
Vulnerability
Network Security
IDS/IPS
Incident Response
Information Security
LAN and WAN Troubleshooting
Internet Security
Routing Protocols
Routing and switching
Network Design
Network architecture
Routing Protocol
Team Leadership
VMware eSXi
LAN and WAN
Sandboxing
Cisco AMP
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
Cisco Nexus
Web Application Firewall
Load balancer
Advanced Malware Prevention
Cisco Firewall Security
Palo Alto Networks
Cisco Firepower
Network Load Balancing
Firewalls
Routers
Network Operations

Languages

English
Intermediate
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Palo Alto Networks (PCNSA) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2023
Valid Until:
March 2025
Server + (Training)
Training Institute:
ECC Center
Date Attended:
January 2010
Duration:
40 hours
CCSP (Cisco Certificate Security Professional) (SNPA) (Training)
Training Institute:
ECC Center
Date Attended:
February 2010
Duration:
40 hours
CCNP(Cisco Certificate Network Professional) (Training)
Training Institute:
ExecuTrain Center
Date Attended:
June 2010
Duration:
120 hours
MCITP(Microsoft Certificate IT Professional ) (Training)
Training Institute:
ExecuTrain Center
Date Attended:
April 2011
Duration:
160 hours
Exchange server 2010 (Training)
Training Institute:
ExecuTrain Center
Date Attended:
June 2011
Duration:
80 hours
PMP(Project Management Professional ) (Training)
Training Institute:
Vision Center
Date Attended:
October 2012
Unix Oracle Solaris 10 (essential and administrator 1&2) (Training)
Training Institute:
ExecuTrain Center
Date Attended:
January 2013
Duration:
120 hours
ITIL 2011 Intermediate (SOA,PPO,RCV) (Training)
Training Institute:
ExecuTrain Center
Date Attended:
November 2014
Duration:
96 hours
ITIL 2011 Intermediate (OSA) and Expert (MALC) (Training)
Training Institute:
ExecuTrain Center
Date Attended:
April 2015
CCNA R&S (Cisco Certificate Network Associate ) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2006
ITIL v3 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2012
CCIE R&S Written Exam (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2014
ITIL intermediate (SOA) Service Offerings and Agreements (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
ITIL Intermediate (RCA) Release, Control and Validation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
ITIL Intermediate (PPO) Planning, Protection and Optimization (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2014
ITIL Intermediate (OSA) Operation Support and Analysis (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2015
ITIL Managing Across the Lifecycle Examination (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2015
ITIL Expert in IT Service Management (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2015
CCIE R&S Written Exam (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert ) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2017
CCIE R&S (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert ) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2017
Valid Until:
April 2019

Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Swimming