Curriculum Vitae
Personal/Contact Information
Name : Mahmoud Mohammad Ashoor
Address : Al-Jubaiha, Amman, Jordan, 11941
Date of Birth : Aug 29th 1986
Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Jordanian
Mobile : +962-***-***-***
E-mail : *******@*****.***
: http://tinyurl.com/dot11Xpert
Education
Mu'tah University, Al karak, Jordan
BSc in Computer Engineering ~ CGPA: 78.73% (V.Good) High school education: Overall 89.2%, Al karak, Jordan Professional Certificates
CCIE Wireless, CWNE
CWAP, CWDP, CWSP, CWISA
ECSE, CWNA
CCNP R/S, CCNP Wireless
CCNA Wireless, CCNA Security
NSE-4, CEH
Feb. 3 2009
Aug. 13 2004
2
Professional Experience
Independent Consultant
Vendors: Cisco, Aruba, Fortinet, Ruckus, Meraki
Network/DC Keyword: Nx-OS, IOS-XE, CAT9000, ArubaCX, SD-WAN, etc. Security Keywords:
■ Hardening, Security Assessment, NexGen Firewall (Cisco, FortiGate), AAA (ISE, ClearPass, HPE WAuG, Aptilo AAA, FortiAuth, FortiNAC), RADIUS/TACACS/Diameter, Profiling/Posture, 802.1X, EAP (TLS/TTLS, PEAP, FAST, SIM, AKA), RA-VPN/IPSec, PKI, SASE, CASB, XaaS, etc. Wireless Keywords:
■ Wi-Fi: RF/Infra Design, DNAC, DNAS, OpenRoaming/Hotspot 2.0/Offload, BLE, CAT9800, Aruba InstantOS/ArubaOS, etc.
■ 4G/5G Core: Carrier-WiFi, VoWiFi, ePDG/N3IWF, WAG/TWAG/TNGF, EPC/5GCore, etc.
Wireless Consulting Engineer, (Cisco Systems)
■ Collaborating on the generation of SoW, RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, etc. docs
■ Manage WLAN questionnaires to help collect the right customers' requirements (i.e. Infrastructure Integration, DNA, Voice, Video, Location Tracking and wIPS).
■ Conduct Proof of Concept ''PoC'' to showcase what fit the customers' environment
■ Design WiFi and secure access for different vertical markets, such as Offices, Atriums, Healthcare, Mines, etc.
■ Deliver detailed projects' documentations, such as RF Pre-/Post-Deployment Surveys, HLDs, LLDs, and NRFUs.
■ Upskill /Coach junior team members and closely cooperate with Delivery/Project Managers and Solution Architects to meet customers' timeline.
■ Projects:
DNA Assurance, Saudi Customs
Wireless/DataCenter Operation, Jeddah Airport
WLAN Scoping, SABIC Chemical Manufacturing Industry
Hyper-Location Pre-Deployment RF Survey, Saudi TVTC, Qty: (530 AP4800)
Voice/Video/Data Pre-Deployment RF Survey, Saudi SEC, Qty: (470 AP3802E)
SP-WiFi Infrastructure Migration, Saudi STC, Qty: (96 veWLC9800) Wireless/Security Consulting Engineer, (Hikma)
■ Team Coaching and Mentorship.
■ Manage Hikma's Projects between internal stakeholders and 3rd parties
■ Hold technology conversations with senior managements and translate business needs into network requirements.
■ Prepare HLDs, LLDs and other operational documents (RFC, NRFU .. etc).
■ Unify RFPs/BoQs for Hikma Corporate Network.
■ Manage Cisco ASAs, FirePower, FireSight 6.x and Remot Access VPN.
■ Writing Info-Sec policies for RA-VPN, WLANs, WANs, LANs and TACACS Admin. Project 1: Global Wireless Warehouse Managment Solutions (WMS)
On-site RF Design (Ekahau) for warehouses of varying heights. Deliverables: Enhance productivity by automating the I/O procedures into ERP/SAP. Project 2: Wireless RF/Infrastructure Enhancement
Ekahau Predictive/On-site Design: NIC-300, Wi-Spy DBx/Chanalyzer, APoaS, etc. May 2019 – Jun 2020
Jul 2020 – Now
Jun 2015 – Apr 2019
3
Deploy Guest, BYOD and Dot1x solutions as well as wIPS with Cisco MSE/Prime.
Wireshark/OmniPeek Analysis and Troubleshooting.
Jabber/SAP QoS over Wireless/Wired via AVC Configuration. Deliverables: Most secure, stable and updated features that enhance business. Project 3: Global ISE/Wireless Project ...
Locations (MENA, Europe and USA), ISE versions: 2.2 and 2.4.
ISE Threat-Centric NAC integration with Qualys for Vulnerability Management. Deliverables: Enforce unified policies in every branch office to comply with Global policy. Project 4: Migrating existing Fortinet/Juniper firewalls into Cisco ASAs/FTDs. Project 5: TACACS+ Administrative Access Policy and Implementation for 1k NDGs Project 6: Web Content Filtering by using Cisco CWS and Umbrella. Project 7: Infra/Apps PenTesting, Vulnerability Mgmt, Remediation and PhishMe. Senior Security TAC Engineer, (Estarta Solutions)
■ Wireless, AAA, VPN (L2L and RA), and Firewalls.
Network Support Engineer, (TDM Group)
■ Locating Cisco partners/resellers and requesting Quotes.
■ Design/Troubleshoot Wireless/ISE/BYOD networking solutions with regards to best practices and based on customers' requirements.
■ Manage ASA: Routing, Failover, Transparent, Multiple-Context, QoS, ACLs, NAT [Pre/Post 8.3 version], RA-VPN, Site-to-Site VPN (PKI) .
■ Deploy changes through documented Change Control. Wireless/AAA TAC Engineer, (Cisco TAC)
■ Experience in Leading, Mentoring and Coaching team members.
■ Handle customers' tickets in Wireless/AAA technologies.
■ Basic Customers' Account and Contract Management.
■ Work with customers of different nationalities and cultural backgrounds from APAC, EMEA and US timezones, handling their issues on top of a satisfactional level.
Configure/Troubleshoot Cisco Autonomous Wireless: VoWLAN, RF Issues, WGB and WLSE.
Configure/Troubleshoot Cisco Unified Wireless: VoWLAN, RF Issues, MESH, WCS, NCS and CPI, mDNS, AVC, .11n, .11ac, FlexConnect, CleanAir, HA, RRM, MSE
(CAS / wIPS)
Configure/Troubleshoot AAA Server: CiscoSecure ACS 4.X/5.X and ISE. Network Engineer, (General Computers & Electronics) Skills and Potentials
Negotiation skills: ability to Convince / Persuade both customers (sales-oriented) and colleagues.
Presentation skills: ability to Deliver state-of-the-art informative technical sessions.
Scripting using Python for Automation (Beginner level).
Cyber-Ops Oriented Thinker.
CISSP and AWS are under preparation (self-training) Oct 2014 – Jun 2015
Feb-Sep 2014
May 2010-Feb 2014
Mar. – Sep. 2009