HAITHAM SALEH MOHAMMED ALDHABIANI

Email:haitham.aldhabiani@gmail.com WebSite:linkedin.com/in/h.aldhabiani Tel: 0530502315

Member of the Saudi Council of Engineers with membership id 987777 WA: 00967777881067

Profile Summary:
An experienced in administrating and securing networks with 11+ years: designing, deploying
administrating, and securing IT infrastructure. Excellent in ensuring that the IT infrastructure is
working in place, redesign, and raising security levels based on industry standards and best practices.
Expert at leading multistage projects through all phase i.e. planning, deploying, monitoring, and
reporting. Improved high performance, availability, and security for IT services by implementing
proactive monitoring and maintenance strategies, resulting in decease in down time and increase in overall
performance. Highly skilled in risk assessment for the IT infrastructure, recommending and deploying the
appropriate actions. Solid negotiation skills with stakeholders and ability to open direct channels with
mothers companies to get more advantages.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Yemen Kuwait Bank, Yemen Jan 2021 – Present

Network & Security Engineer
Key Responsibilities and Experience
 Redesign and implement YKB network architecture, upgrading network equipment to meet
business requirements.
 Configure and maintain network equipment, including multi-vendor firewalls (Frigate- ASA-
Juniper) Cisco Nexus and Catalyst switches, routers, Peplink Load Balancers, Citrix ADC, and
Riverbed Accelerators.
 Optimize network performance and troubleshoot connectivity issues.
 Implement and maintain Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and secure remote access solutions.
 Manage server infrastructure, including physical and virtual servers.
 Monitor and maintain server hardware, operating systems, and software applications.
 Implement disaster recovery and backup solutions to ensure data integrity and availability.
 Conduct capacity planning and scalability assessments to support business growth.
 Implement and enforce network and infrastructure security policies and practices.
 Diagnose and resolve network and infrastructure issues.
 Provide advanced technical support to IT teams and end-users.
 Maintain detailed documentation of network configurations, infrastructure setups, and changes.
 Generate performance and security reports and recommend improvements.
 Lead infrastructure projects and ensure they are completed on time and within budget.
 Conducted penetration testing by simulating an attack to identify exploitable weaknesses, and
developed a comprehensive mitigation plan to enhance security and prevent potential breaches.
 Configure & Manage YKB Datacenter Servers as( Domains, additional domains, RODC
Servers, File Server, DNS Server, DHCP Server & Symantec end point Security Protection
Servers).

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  Transfer all YKB and YKIB core network, commination's equipment and servers to the new
Environment.

Alhebshi for Exchange and Transfers Company, Yemen Jan 2020 – Dec 2020
IT, Network & Security Engineer – Part-time job
Key Responsibilities and Experience
 Preparing a study to establish a data center for the company and an internal network
 Designing, organizing, installing and implementing new Datacenter.
 Installing, configuring and supporting network equipment including routers-cisco, switches-cisco
and firewall- FortiGate.
 Configure FG-60E - Fortinet NGFW Entry-level Series FortiGate 60E.
 Setup, Configured and managed the settings for network protection, web protection, e-mail
protection, and web server protection.
 Designing, organizing, modifying, installing, implementing, monitoring, and
troubleshooting.
 Monitor performance of information technology systems to determine cost and productivity
levels, and to make recommendations for improving the IT infrastructure.
 Setup, Configured & Managed Wireless infrastructure network with FortiGate 60E..

Yemeni Association for the Multiple Sclerosis Patients Care March 2020 – Dec 2020
IT, Network & Security Engineer - Part-time job
Key Responsibilities and Experience
 Lead IT projects, including the design and deployment of new IT systems and services.
 Monitor performance of information technology systems to determine cost and productivity
levels, and to make recommendations for improving the IT infrastructure.
 Help define IT infrastructure strategy, architecture, and processes.
 Analyze business requirements by partnering with key stakeholders across the organization to
develop solutions for IT needs.
 Assess vendors and develop test strategies for new hardware and software.
 Troubleshoot hardware and software issues related to internal IT.

Freelancer Jan 2018 – Dec 2020

IT Consultant & Network & Security Engineer
Accomplishing the below projects with different companies and organizations:
 Project: Implementing and managing the learning management system. Management Virtual
Private Server (VPS) Ubuntu on Vultr. Place: Yemeni Jordanian University, Sana’a. Time: Jul
2020–Aug 2020
 Project: Team leader for setting up of IP camera project, cabling and network installation for the
main Office. Place: Al-Fadhili Foundation, Sana’a. Time: May 2020–Jun 2020
 Project: Team leader for setting up of IP camera project, cabling and network installation of the
main office (Cisco Switches, Access camera, HP cluster servers). Place: Alhebshi for Exchange

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 and Transfers Company, Sana’a. Time: Jan 2020–Feb 2020
 Project: Connect headquarter and three branches via DDNS and XenApp Citrix. Place: Palace
Happiness Center, Sana’a. Time: Nov 2019-Nov2019
 Project 1: Reconnect branch with headquarter and another branch using juniper firewall (site to
site IPSEC VPN). Project 2: Connect new ATM branches using site to site IPSEC VPN for CAC
International BANK. Place: CAC International BANK, Djibouti. Time: Aug 2019-Sep 2019
 Project: Maintenance, reconfigure network of LAN and security configurations. Place: Heart
Center and Cardiac Catheterization, Sana’a. Time: Nov 2018–Nov 2018

Community College Feb 2012 – Dec 2017

IT, Network and Security Engineer
Key Responsibilities and Experience
 Redesign and implement network architecture, upgrading network equipment to meet business
requirements.
 Installation and configuration of Active directory, DNS, DHCP Server
 Configure and maintain network equipment switches, routers.
 Design, implement, and maintain security measures to protect an organization's computer
networks
 Lead IT network projects: plan, deploy, supervise, implement, and monitor to gain its business
needs.
 Evaluate and/or recommend purchases of computers, network hardware, peripheral equipment
and software.
 Troubleshoots, diagnoses problems, implements corrective action procedures within.
 Perform network maintenance and system upgrades.

EDUCATION
Yemeni Academy for Graduate Studies, Sana’a, Yemen SEP 2015 - PRESENT
 MS in Information Technology in Computer Networks

Hodeida University, Hodeida, Yemen SEP 2006 – JUNE 2011

 BSc in Computer Science & Engineering, with final Grade: V.GOOD. My ranking in my graduating class
is Seventh in a class of (150)

Certificates & Training

Member of the Saudi Council of Engineers
 Membership ID: 987777 Nov 2023
Cisco Networking Academy
 CyberOps Associate Aug 2023
 CCNP Enterprise Advanced Routing and Services (300-410 ENARSI) Jun 2023

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  CCNP Enterprise Core Networking (350-401 ENCOR) Mar 2023

Ultimate STC
 ITIL V4 Foundation Nov 2022

FORTINET NSE Training Institute, Online

 The evaluation of Cybersecurity Jan 2022
 NSE 4 FortiGate Infrastructure Sep 2021
 NSE 4 Network Security Professional Sep 2020
 The Threat Landscape. Jan 2020
 NSE1 Network Security Associate Jan 2020
 NSE2 Network Security Associate Jan 2020

Udemy Website, online

 Cyber Security: Building a Cyber Warrior Mar 2021

EXECUTRAIN Institute, Sana'a, Yemen

Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) – Route Nov 2014
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) – Switch Dec 2014
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) - Troubleshooting Dec 2014

CISCO, Online, San Francisco (USA)

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Jun 2013

Canadian Training Center of Human Development

Diploma in Business Administration Dec 2012

Universal Group Company, Sana'a, Yemen

Maintenance and networks Training Aug 2010

American Language & Training Institute (ALTI)

Diploma of Computer Maintenance Sep 2009

& Workshops

Yemen for IT & Communication Association, Sana'a, Yemen

 IT project management Workshop Feb 2018
 Information security Workshop Oct 2017
 Internet Protocol Version Workshop Oct 2017
 Organizing the work of wireless networks Workshop Sept 2016

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 SKILLS & OTHER
Skills:
 LAN/ WAN, TCP/ IP Networking, & FortiGate, ASA & Juniper, Routing protocols, Cisco NEXUS.
Microsoft - Active Directory services, DNS, DHCP, Group policy, Organization Unit, User Account, and File
Permissions. Ubuntu Server, Linux
 Configure L2 redundancy in an enterprise network.
 Configure EIGRP to optimize performance in an enterprise network.
 Implement advanced OSPF features to improve performance in both IPv4 and IPv6 enterprise networks.
 Configure eBGP in a single-homed remote access network.
 Configure IP services and VPNs to support secure, managed site-to-site and remote-access networks.
 Configure WLC and implement secure wireless networks to manage and support wireless roaming.
 Implement advanced technologies to support a secure and scalable enterprise network architecture.
 Configure network technologies to provide secure infrastructure access.
 Concept of virtualization and network automation.
 Analyze the operation of network protocols and services.
 Use network monitoring tools to identify attacks against network protocols and services.
 Analyze network intrusion data to identify compromised hosts and vulnerabilities.
 Apply incident response models to manage network security incidents.

Language:
 Arabic native speaker and proficient in English.