Youssef El Ahmar

Youssef ElAhmar Date of birth: 08/04/1999 Nationality: Egyptian - Phone number: (- (Mobile) Email address: Address: Sheikh Zayed, Egypt (Home) WORK EXPERIENCE 07/01/2024 – CURRENT Egypt SENIOR SECURITY SPECIALIST ETISALAT BY E& • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Design, implement, and maintain security measures for computer systems and networks Manage configuration and policies for all security devices for all Etisalat buildings and remote sites Collaborate with SOC members to develop incident response procedures and playbooks Continuously update and maintain security policies for internal and outsource employees Maintain DLP, Mail Gateway, SIEM, SOAR, Antivirus, NAC and other security solutions Investigate potential security risks Ensure AAA enforcement Provide on-call support for Etisalat employees and other security departments Maintain confidentiality, integrity and availability of all data Assist in maintaining PCI DSS certification Stay updated on emerging security threats, trends, and technologies to proactively address risks. Coordinate with external security vendors and service providers for threat intelligence and incident response support Be on-call to respond to security incidents outside of regular business hours Prepare weekly reports for security and attack posture Integrate new application and systems with existing SIEM solution Troubleshooting SIEM and SOAR solutions for ELK and QRadar 05/2023 – 01/01/2024 Egypt CYBER SECURITY SPECIALIST ESLSCA UNIVERSITY • • • • • • • • • • • Establish security policies for HR, device deployment, endpoint security, etc. Established and deployed ELK SIEM solution Conducted routine white box and black box security audits Investigate security alerts to triage and resolve them Laid out a framework to establish a zero-trust network Planned and conducted a seminar for employees to explain the affect of end user risks Instated an active response and incidence response framework. Established compliance policies for all employees, devices, any user with an organisational email Further developed and deployed a SIEM, EDR, XDR, IDPS, NIDS & HIDS systems Applied internal policies using Microsoft Intune, Defender and Azure Fortified internal network using FortiGate firewall. 12/2022 – 01/01/2024 Egypt TEACHING ASSISTANT ESLSCA UNIVERSITY • • • • • Providing students tutoring in a variety of academic subjects Developed and delivered sessions based on requirement Undertook office hours to help students in specific issues Provided tailored support for each subject, session and student Created quizzed to assess current student's levels 12/2022 – 05/2023 Egypt PROGRAM MANAGER EX3 • • • • • • • • Design and implement incubator and accelerator programs Continuously oversee founder's engagement Establish communication with potential trainers for workshops Established assessment guide for feedback forms to rate trainers Established analysis metrics for the incubator program Conduct thorough analysis based on founder's feedback to rate trainers Visualized feedback for upper management Establish an ecosystem blueprint 07/2022 – 06/2023 Egypt CO-FOUNDER UNKNOWN STATS • • • • • • Established foundational processes for business operations. Aligned organizational objectives with company mission to increase business growth and integrate work strategies. Prepared annual budgets. Introduced new methods, practices and systems to reduce turnaround time. Designed machine learning systems and self-running artificial intelligence (AI)software to automate sports data collection. EDUCATION AND TRAINING 01/10/2019 – 01/06/2022 Egypt BBA IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ESLSCA University Website https://eslsca.edu.eg/ 01/04/2023 – CURRENT MSC IN CYBER SECURITY International Hoschule Website https://www.iu.org/ LANGUAGE SKILLS Mother tongue(s): ARABIC Other language(s): UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken production Spoken interaction ENGLISH C2 C2 C2 C2 C2 GERMAN A2 A2 A2 A2 A2 FRENCH A1 A1 A1 A1 A1 Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user DIGITAL SKILLS certificate ethical hacking ( CEH ) Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word) Google analytics individual qualification Python SQL Linux (Red Hat, Debian) ISO 27001 GDPR PCI DSS COBIT-5 Excellent strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills Time Management: Cyber Risk Management QRadar SIEM Symantec Mail Gateway Symantec DLP Kaspersky EDR Kaspersky Antivirus Tripwire FIM Fortigate ELASTIC STACK (ELK)