Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 · 4 yrs · Doha, Qatar · On-site

• Design End to End Solutions in Cybersecurity. Notable experience include :
• Spearheaded the complete lifecycle of an OT-SOC build-out, from initial pre-sales engagements through over two years of operational leadership. Performed diverse roles encompassing Solutions Architect, SOC Lead/Manager, SOC/SIEM Administrator, and L1/L2 Mentor/Trainer.
• Network Operations Lead at Web Summit Qatar 2024, led a team of 10+ engineers
• Led various security product deployments including Design and Build of Next-Gen Firewalls FortiGate, Palo Alto, ESA, WSA, ISE, Umbrella, Cybereason EDR , Sophos, FortiWeb ,Zscaler, Ivanti, Tripwire VM, Threatgrid, DUO .
• Escalation Engineer for Incidents across Cybersecurity products
• Solutions Architect for various Networking and Data center Projects
• Advice customers on Network & Security Design and Migration Strategy
• Support Customers in achieving compliance to standards such NCSA, CIS , internal and external audits
• Prepare pre-sales design, proposals and respond to RFPs
• Conduct training for customers and engineers on new technologies

Dec 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Working for High value customers to expedite case resolution across Cisco Technology domains with focus on Security

Apr 2016 – Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 7 mos

• TCE in CMS (Cisco managed services).
• Day 2 Ops and Engineering
• Design and manage multi-tenant virtualized data centers
• Design network - add devices , hardware migration,
• Implement Storage - EMC - add storage, optimize
• Implement Compute -UCS - add compute , upgrade Vsphere,ESXi
• Onboard Virtualized Tenants
• Capacity management,
• Customers include Verizon, Century Link and Cisco CaaS and UCMC
• Keywords:ACI,Hyperflex,UCS, VNX,ASA,Vsphere,ESXi,Routing, Switching, Datacenter,ACS,FTD,AD,

Jun 2015 – Mar 2016 · 9 mos

• vMS is an SDN/NFV solution for service providers . The solution comprises of OpenStack, Tail-F NSO, ESC and various Cisco VNFs. I was involved in writing the automation infrastructure that enables the test team to automate test cases
• Tools:Python, Jenkins, Github, Linux, Bash, XML, Netconf
• Cisco Devices : CSR 1000v,vASA,vWSA
• Platform: Canonical Openstack
• Orchestration Engine: Cisco Tail-f NSO
• NFV Manager : ESC

May 2014 – May 2015 · 1 yr

• Worked on various components for various POC projects
• Components include Openstack, Cisco NSO, MDS, UCS , Nexus, LISP

Apr 2013 – Apr 2014 · 1 yr

• Responsible for validation of Private Cloud Orchestration Solutions using BMC Cloud Lifecycle Manager.
• Deliver Cloud solution incorporating the following components
• Routers : ASR1k, ASR9k
• Switching : Nexus 7K, Nexus5K, Nexus2K, 37xx,49xx,65xx
• Load Balancer : ACE4710, Citrix VPX.
• Storage : MDS, Nexus7K, Nexus5K
• Server : Cisco UCS B,C Series
• Virtualization : VMware
• Orchestration : BMC BBNA
• Cloud Lifecycle Manager : BMC CLM

Jun 2007 – Apr 2013 · 5 yrs 10 mos

• Responsible for testing L2, L3 and higher level features through the Data Center Network Management (DCNM) Application. This included the following tasks
• ○ Participate in Functional Specification Document reviews
• ○ Create and Review Feature Test plans
• ○ Create feature specific Network topology
• ○ Execute the test plan manually and Automate the test cases using Java
• ○ Log defects and verify them
• ○ System testing i.e. multi feature testing replicating Customer topologies
• ○ Features tested include VLANs, STP, Port-channels, HSRP, GLBP, ACLs,
• ○ Switches worked on include Nexus 7000, Catalyst 6500, MDS 9200
• ○ Responsible for validation of the XML interface of the Nexus 7000 Switch . This involved configuring and verifying various L2 and L3 features through the XML interface. It comprised of the following tasks
• ○ Enhance the script which delivered the XML instances to the switch
• ○ Add XML instances for new features. Features worked on include VLANs, RIP, OSPF, BGP