CHOUKI REDA
NETWORK & SECURITY ENGINEER
Engineer specialized in network and security with over 2 years of professional experience. Motivated, proactive, and equipped with strong analytical and synthesis skills, ready to take on new challenges in a professional adventure.
Key Expertise
Firewalling (Checkpoint, Fortinet), VPNs (IPsec, SSL), Threat Analysis.
Routing (BGP, OSPF), Switching (VLAN, STP), SD-WAN & MPLS.
Proactive Monitoring (Zabbix, SolarWinds), Scripting (PowerShell, Python).
Virtualization (VMware), Cloud Security (Zscaler), Server Admin (Windows, Azure AD).
Professional Experience
- Administration of secure infrastructures on Checkpoint, Fortinet (FortiGate, FortiManager, FortiAnalyzer, FortiDDoS, FortiWeb), F5, and Trend Micro Deep Security.
- Design, deployment, and management of VPN tunnels (site-to-site and remote access) and advanced security policies.
- Review of NGFW configurations (rules, policies, performance).
- Firewall management, security rules, IPS/IDS, and continuous monitoring of vulnerabilities and threats.
- Network monitoring with FortiAnalyzer and SmartView Monitor.
- Analysis of security attacks and incidents (Checkpoint, FortiDDoS, FortiWeb).
- Network configuration: Cisco Nexus switches, VLAN creation, segmentation, and Layer 2/3 troubleshooting.
- Proactive monitoring using Zabbix, with performance analysis, real-time alerts, and availability optimization.
- Technical support to users and resolution of network and security incidents in a demanding environment.
- Documentation of procedures, configurations, and topologies to ensure traceability and compliance.
Projects
Project Goal
Implementation of a highly secure inter-site communication solution with SD-WAN, MPLS and FortiGate.
My Missions
- Implementation of an IP/MPLS solution and a backup link via VPN/IPSEC for inter-site communication.
- Configuration of the MPLS backbone with BGP, OSPF and RIP routing protocols.
- Deployment of FortiGate firewalls to strengthen network security and manage traffic.
- Creation of VPN/IPSEC tunnels to secure data transmission between sites.
- Testing and troubleshooting to validate IP/MPLS and VPN configurations.
Project Goal
Creation of a web application for detecting COVID-19 cases with x-ray images (using machine learning).
My Missions
- Data collection and preprocessing of X-ray images.
- Development of a CNN model for image classification.
- Creation of a web interface with Python (Flask) for image upload and prediction display.
- Model evaluation and performance analysis.
Project Goal
System administration with Windows server 2016 by the PowerShell tool.
My Missions
- Deployment and configuration of Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP servers.
- Implementation of FTP and WEB (IIS) servers.
- Configuration of an Exchange server for messaging.
- Setup of a DMZ zone to secure public-facing servers.
- Automation of administrative tasks using PowerShell scripting.
Project Goal
Simulation of an IP/MPLS VPN Backbone of an Internet Service Provider by GNS3.
My Missions
- Design of the network topology in GNS3.
- Configuration of routers and switches to simulate the ISP backbone.
- Implementation of MPLS for efficient traffic forwarding.
- Configuration of VPNs over the MPLS backbone for customer traffic isolation.
Technical Skills
Education
2020 - 2022
Master's degree in computer network and intelligent telecommunications systems engineering
Faculty of technical sciences Settat (FSTS)
2019 - 2020
Bachelor's degree in Big Data: analysis and management of massive data
Faculty of technical sciences Settat (FSTS)
2018 - 2019
Higher Technician in Computer system and networks
BTS of Essaouira
2017 - 2018
Baccalaureate in mathematical sciences -A-
High school Rehamna