Izzat Ala' Azizi Cybersecurity Lead | Telecom & Cloud Security | 10+ Years

IP Network & Security Supervisor (Acting Manager Portfolio)

• Govern and optimize the enterprise perimeter defenses, overseeing the continuous management of Next-Gen Firewalls, WAFs, load balancers, and IDS/IPS to safeguard critical telecommunications infrastructure.
• Orchestrate the reduction of the external attack surface by instituting regular, systematic vulnerability assessments and coordinating fast-track cross-departmental remediation strategies.
• Architected and deployed cloud-based DDoS prevention layers and Secure Internet Gateways (SIG) to protect high-availability consumer services and corporate internet workflows.
• Manage the lifecycle and alerting logic of enterprise SIEM and cloud-based Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) platforms to facilitate real-time threat isolation and incident containment.
• Hardening internal security postures by deploying robust Identity and Access Management frameworks, including Privileged Access Management (PAM) tools and universal Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).
• Lead quarterly and annual security compliance audits, evaluating system design integrity to ensure alignment with internal security baselines and regulatory directives.
• Collaborate with elite external penetration testing vendors to perform comprehensive threat modeling, prioritizing application vulnerabilities and driving remediation pipelines.

Network Security Engineer

• Designed, integrated, and maintained enterprise networking and security footprints leveraging MikroTik routers, switches, secure VPN paths, and WAN acceleration modules.
• Led infrastructure and application migration workflows to Amazon Web Services (AWS), architecting fault-tolerant, highly available virtual environments.
• Authored, simulated, and deployed comprehensive disaster recovery and data encryption protocols to bolster client business continuity metrics.
• Formulated network access control controls, establishing robust least-privilege matrix standards across client directory frameworks.

Technical Account Manager & Systems Analyst

• Managed technology partnerships and business development cycles with key distributors for tier-1 enterprises (Dell, HP, Cisco), matching computing and storage solutions to client business needs.
• Formulated technical tender proposals and product comparative analyses for executive procurement reviews.
• Oversaw the successful deployment and configuration of enterprise accounting and HRIS applications, providing Tier-3 diagnosis and resolution for system faults.