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Younes E.

Senior Network Security Engineer | Firewall, VPN & BGP | 10+ Years

When critical networks fail, businesses lose productivity, revenue, and customer trust. I help organizations design, secure, and optimize enterprise network infrastructure that remains reliable and scalable. With 10+ years of experience, I’ve worked with ISPs, enterprises, and growing companies on complex network environments involving Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto, and datacenter technologies. Experience supporting large-scale enterprise and ISP networks across finance, telecom, and managed services environments. I specialize in: ✔ Enterprise & ISP network troubleshooting ✔ Cisco routing & switching ✔ Fortinet and Palo Alto firewalls ✔ VPN deployment and troubleshooting ✔ BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VXLAN, VLANs ✔ Datacenter and core network infrastructure ✔ Network security hardening ✔ Remote support and incident resolution Technologies & Platforms: Cisco Nexus 3K/9K, Catalyst 9300/9500, ASR9K, ISR FortiGate, Palo Alto, Cisco ASA/Firepower MPLS L3VPN, L2VPN, QinQ Cisco ISE, TACACS+, FreeRADIUS WAN, LAN, WLAN, QoS, ACLs, VRF Site-to-Site VPN & SSL VPN What clients can expect: ✅ Fast troubleshooting and problem resolution ✅ Clear communication and documentation ✅ Reliable and secure network designs ✅ Professional support for production environments ✅ Experience with critical enterprise infrastructures Certifications: 🎓 Cisco CCNP Enterprise 🎓 Fortinet NSE 7 If you need help with network deployment, firewall configuration, VPN issues, routing problems, or infrastructure optimization, feel free to contact me.

🇫🇷Paris, France$70/hr100% JSS4.94 (19)Since Jan 2022

Earnings and projects

MRR
$198

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#113,714 / 412k
🇫🇷Country#622 / 2,884
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $1.2k

Total earnings
$14k

Billed in all: $15k

World#169,253 / 412k
🇫🇷Country#990 / 2,884
Per project
$386

$593 in the last 6 months

World#207,191 / 412k
🇫🇷Country#1,457 / 2,884
Projects, last 6 months
2
100% fixed0% hourly
World#88,921 / 412k
🇫🇷Country#511 / 2,884
Projects in all
36

Across 45 contracts

53% fixed47% hourly
World#83,216 / 412k
🇫🇷Country#499 / 2,884

Earnings, last 30 days

$14.5kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$14.2k$14.4k$14.6k$14.8kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Skill rankings: Top 19% in OSPF

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