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Mahmoud H.

@ExpertNetworkEng

4.8
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6.6

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Senior Network & Security Engineer

$25 USD / Hour

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Joined on October 24, 2020

10 Recommendations

$25 USD / Hour

I’m a Senior Network & Security Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience designing, implementing, and migrating enterprise and service-provider networks. I specialize in Network Security, SD-WAN, routing & switching, enterprise wireless, and secure network architecture, helping companies modernize legacy networks, improve reliability, and reduce WAN costs. Core expertise: - Firewalls & Security: FortiGate, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA / Firepower IPsec & SSL VPN, site-to-site, remote access, policy design - Routing & Switching: Cisco ASR/ISR, Catalyst, Nexus (BGP, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, MPLS, VLANs, STP, HSRP/VRRP) Enterprise LAN & campus design - LAN Switching (Multi-Vendor): Cisco, Meraki, HP, Aruba, FortiSwitch Access/core design, redundancy, QoS, segmentation - Enterprise Wireless: Cisco WLC & APs, Cisco Meraki Wi-Fi, Aruba Wi-Fi, FortiAP Coverage design, roaming, security, troubleshooting - SD-WAN: Fortinet SD-WAN, Cisco SD-WAN (Viptela), Cisco Meraki (hub-and-spoke, MPLS + Internet, segmentation, HA, traffic steering) - Cloud & Hybrid Networking: AWS / Azure / GCP Site-to-site VPN, routing integration - Network Automation: Python Certifications: CCIE Enterprise Cisco Certified Specialist – Enterprise SD-WAN Implementation CCNP Data Center CCNP Security Juniper JNCIA-Junos, JNCIA-Cloud If you share your current setup and goal, I can propose a clear and practical solution.

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On time

90%

On budget

87%

Accept rate

75%

Repeat hire rate

9%

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Abdu M.

4.6

$60 USD

4 months ago

Pfsense firewall security configuration

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Maximilian K.

5.0

€750 EUR

4 months ago

Juniper mx960 BGP Setup of additional upstreams

Mahmoud is the correct choice to work with if you need someone experienced in Networking, BGP etc. He setup our additional upstreams/IX for our Juniper MX960 in no time while i could sit back and focus on our daily business. Reliable guy. Recommended!

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Rusbelt C.

5.0

$60 USD

2 years ago

Huawei OLT Configuration Service (archived)

He is a great professional

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Experience

IP Problem Expert Network Engineer

Jan, 2019 - Present

7 years, 4 months

Multinational ISP

Jan, 2019 - Present

7 years, 4 months

- Perform 3rd level troubleshooting in all tickets related to Internetworks Problems Escalated by customer’s Service Desk/Incident Management in order to Fix the problems and find root cause for it, to maintain OBS customer’s (WAN & LAN) Network operations. - Handling customer Highly Escalated incidents related to (Routing – Switching – Wireless – SDWAN) - Dealing with all technologies (BGP – OSPF – EIGRP – VRRP – HSRP – STP – IPsec – DNS – VPN – QOS).

Jan, 2019 - Present

7 years, 4 months

Network Operations Center (NOC) Engineer

Jul, 2017 - Dec, 2018

1 year, 5 months

N Data Network ISP

Jul, 2017 - Dec, 2018

1 year, 5 months

#Hands on experience: -BGP, MPLS TE,L3VPN,L2VPN,OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP,RIP, ATM and Frame relay. -Inter-AS MPLS VPN solution with other service providers. -Next Generation Network , Backhauling, Traffic engineering. -Wide range of Cisco Routers from Cisco 800 to Cisco ASR and CRS. -Wide range of Cisco Switches, Juniper M10, SRX, Huawei Routers and Fortigate firewalls.

Jul, 2017 - Dec, 2018

1 year, 5 months

NOC Engineer

May, 2000 - Jul, 2017

17 years, 2 months

R Data Center

May, 2000 - Jul, 2017

17 years, 2 months

1- Network infrastructure administration (Routing, Switching). 2- Security administration (ASA firewall, FortiGate firewall). 3- Wireless LAN administration. 4-WAN Physical Connectivity & Telecom Services. 5-Manage Network Monitoring and Alerting systems. 6-Capacity Planning & Reporting.

May, 2000 - Jul, 2017

17 years, 2 months

Qualifications

Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise SD-WAN Implementation

2020

Cisco

Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise SD-WAN Implementation.

2020

CCNP Enterprise (Enterprise Core & Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation) certification

2020

Cisco

CCNP Enterprise (Enterprise Core & Enterprise Advanced Infrastructure Implementation) certification.

2020

JNCIA Cloud certification

2019

Juniper

JNCIA Cloud certification.

2019

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