Creating session plans for DECI Nanodegree

Session Lead for Cybersecurity Nanodegree.Part of Digital Egypt Cubs Initiative "DECI"!Digital Egypt Cubs Initiative (DECI) is a 5-year program in partnership with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) to train tens of thousands of Egyptian students aged 12-17 to become the digital leaders of the future.

Professional Services provides a dynamic role in multiple areas.This varies from solution architecture, implementation and support for mega projects to services like building a SOC, penetration testing and auditKey Deliverables:•Advisory and architecture support for new business opportunities• Leading the implementation and configuration of major projects (major projects usually are projects that spans over the whole country or extend overseas)• Perform security professional services like: building and operating a customer SOC, audit and analysis of existing infrastructure, and vulnerability assessments.• Perform intellectual security professional services like: building a company policy, procedures, baselines and guidelines.• Supporting technical pre sales support to various entities for the purpose of promoting and upselling products/services.• Support the delivery of orders through sizing calculations and technical implementations procedures.• Provide professional service to support customer inquiries and consultancy requests.• Deliver training and security awareness programs.• Company profile ( www.elitevad.com ) key products

The SOC Unit Manager role responsible for overseeing the development and day-to-day operation of the Security Operations Center (SOC) and the defensive cyber architectureKey Deliverables:- Build & execute solid SOC strategy, with effective goals setting and KPIs.- Ensuring cyber defensive policies and procedures are developed, documented, implemented and enforced. - Oversee monitoring capabilities to verify the security of systems, networks, databases, user behavior and file integrity.- Oversee the implementation of all security monitoring functions: SIEM, IPS, DDOS protections, ...etc.- Ensure audit trails, system logs and other monitored data sources are reviewed periodically and are in compliance with policies and audit requirements.- Review and approve the list of vendors and contractual deliverables to ensure highest levels of service delivery and knowledge transfer.- Provide guidance on new ways of addressing threats in real-time.- Coordinate, measure and report on the technical aspects of security operations to upper management.- Adherence to budget and timescales.- Monitor SOC maturity levels- Achievement of individual targets and training development requirements - Performance of security audits.

The role of the Security Manager is focused on creating a security methodology and objectives in cooperation with the customer and to raise the operation and InfoSec security level of platforms managed on behalf of the customer.- Be the point of contact for global security topics for the customer- Define the perimeter and security objectives of the customer- Document the security measures in place on the managed platform for the customer- Perform security risk analyses on the operational environment, focused on the predefined security objectives of the customer- Define countermeasures with the right level of priority / maturity in order to manage a security action plan- Anticipate on security events by preparing contingency measures in an advisory role- In-depth analysis of targeted critical logs, abnormal behaviors and security breaches- Keep up to date with any subject related to security and threat management, for example by attending seminars and by being part of security communities- Participate in team efforts to mutualize tools, documentation models and methodologies- Manage capacity planning & release management- Manage audits/security tests covering customer security scope- Improve incident & change manage process suggesting improvement plans- Develop up-selling presentations to cover new customer’s specific needs Responsibilities :- Provide monthly security dashboard indicating security level & progress of the action plan- Provide executive security reporting – key security indicators- Manage optimization of the configuration, reducing operational risk- Identify and mitigate vulnerabilities on the managed equipment and services- Regular on-site meetings with the customer- Follow the Customer Satisfaction on the role and put in place corrective action plan if needed

Leading the dedicated security operations center (DSOC), managing Security Solutions in the dedicated security operations center.- Leading dedicated SOC team to ensure performance targets are met.- Interviewing and hiring security engineers.- Lead weekly operations meeting to enhance daily operations, and discuss ongoing customers security infrastructures projects.- Provide weekly and monthly reports, Team Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), as well as professional documentations about implementation and migration projects.- Contribute to the effective overall security posture from the customer's perspective.- Mentor security engineers and provide them with hands-on training and Work on developing Team skills.- Provide administrative, organizational and technical support that assists the team to accomplish their tasks.- Process improvement through working with different stakeholders to formalize team engagement process.- Participate in the development and oversight of required corrective action plans relating to security incidents.- Leading service acceptance into operations estimating the level of effort and headcount planning.

Managing security solutions part of dedicated security operations center (DSOC) for red-carpet enterprises within Orange Business Services. - A Technical point of contact for projects.- Perform Service Improvement Programs (SIPs).- Lead weekly operations meeting to enhance daily operations, and discuss ongoing customers security infrastructures projects.- Mentor security engineers and provide them with technical and process trainings.- CAB and E-CAB discussions.- Risk assessment and management.- Administering Firewall Technologies: Checkpoint, Juniper Networks, SRX, Cisco ASA, Fortigate, Fortimanager and Palo Alto.- Administering Proxy Technologies: Bluecoat, IronPorts, Scansafe and Zscaler.- Administering Reverse Proxy Technologies: BigIP, Juniper, Bluecoat.- Administering Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file.- Administering Intrusion Detection and prevention: MacAfee IPS, Juniper IDP and Cisco SourceFire.- Administering Load Balancing Technologies: Radware Alteon and F5 Big IP.- Administering Microsoft Technologies: Office365, Express route, DNS and DHCP.

Provide technical point of contact for customers’ incidents.- Owns the resolution responsibility of the reported customer incidents either solely or with the help/intervention of other teams.- Diagnose fault-related incidents by effectively utilizing software diagnostics and other network/product utility programs.- Document all troubleshooting and incident management actions via the electronic incident management system in a timely manner.- Perform technical escalations to different Problem Management teams in line with company procedure and case/incident excellence.- Perform and own technical management escalations in line with company procedure and case excellence policy.- Obtain and document data integrity issues and ensure getting valid Reason for Outage (RFO) when applicable and to note it in detail and gain agreement to incident closure by customer or Service desk representative- Technical support of the below technologies: Cisco routers and switches, Nortel switches, DPN and passports, modems and out-of-band management.