Ali Ismail

Ali Ismail

Systems Engineer

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  • About me

    Network Consulting Engineer -Djibouti Telecom || CCIE Security #58143 | Palo Alto | SDN | SD-WAN | SD-ACCESS | ACI

  • Education

    • Highway Seondary School

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  • Experience

    • Cirquit business systems Ltd

      Mar 2008 - Jan 2016
      Systems Engineer

      • Provide network security design services which meet and exceed the needs of clients, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures.• Installation and configuration of cisco network security technologies including VPN, NGIPS,NGFW, Identity Management, Access Control, Cisco IronPort, and Device hardening.• Provide pre-sales support (data & security), complex solutions design, and• Provide post-sales support including implementation of support contracts for both Cisco networking, HP, DELL, VMware and Microsoft clients.• Network designer and implementer (Cisco Routers, multivendor Switches,• ASA, Cisco NAC-Clean Access, Cisco WAAS, Wireless-multivendor etc.).• Provide end user support for contractual customers for networking, Virtualization, HP/DELL Data Centers and Microsoft environments.• WAN Optimization designer and implementer (Cisco WAAS, Riverbed etc.)• Troubleshoot customer faults to achieve fault resolution on escalated incidents.• Responsible for provisioning, operations and support, maintenance, research and development to ensure continual innovation in the networking, Data Center, Virtualization and Microsoft atmosphere.• Oversee the implementations of proof of concepts (POC) and provide Technical consultancy and recommendations desired.• Execute technical lead generation activities in liaison with the sales team to ensure departmental sales objectives are met.• Managing assigned projects and program components to deliver services in accordance with established objectives Show less

    • Computech Limited

      Feb 2017 - Oct 2018
      Network Integration and Security Engineer

      • Provide network security design services which meet and exceed the needs of clients, ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures.• Installation and configuration of network security technologies including VPN, NGIPS,NGFW, Identity Management, Access Control, Cisco IronPort, Checkpoint, Fortinate, Palo Alto and Device hardening.• Provide pre-sales support (data & security), complex solutions design, and• Provide post-sales support including implementation of support contracts for both Cisco networking, HP, DELL, VMware and Microsoft clients.• Network designer and implementer (Cisco Routers, multivendor Switches,• ASA, Cisco NAC-Clean Access, Cisco WAAS, Wireless-multivendor etc.).• Provide end user support for contractual customers for networking, Virtualization, HP/DELL Data Centers and Microsoft environments.• WAN Optimization designer and implementer (Cisco WAAS, Riverbed etc.)• Troubleshoot customer faults to achieve fault resolution on escalated incidents.• Responsible for provisioning, operations and support, maintenance, research and development to ensure continual innovation in the networking, Data Center, Virtualization and Microsoft atmosphere.• Oversee the implementations of proof of concepts (POC) and provide Technical consultancy and recommendations desired.• Execute technical lead generation activities in liaison with the sales team to ensure departmental sales objectives are met.• Managing assigned projects and program components to deliver services in accordance with established objectives Show less

    • Cisco

      Nov 2018 - Jun 2022
      Network Consulting Engineer -Security
    • Djibouti Telecom

      Aug 2022 - now
      Network Consulting Engineer-Security
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • FortiGate NSE

    • MCITP EA

    • VMware Certified Professional

    • Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Engineer

      Palo Alto Networks
      Jan 2023
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    • Cisco Certified Specialist - Security Identity Management Implementation

      Cisco
      Jul 2021
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    • Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert Security (CCIE Security)

      Cisco
      Jan 2018
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    • Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Core

      Cisco
      Jul 2021
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    • (ISC)² Candidate

      (ISC)²
      Jun 2023
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