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.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $1.2k
Billed in all: $14,537$15k
$593 in the last 6 months
Across 45 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
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