Technical Consulting Engineer2018
+8Years Experience
+50Projects

I makeNetworksmake sense.

- I turn complex infrastructure into decisions stakeholders can act on.

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Sohaïb Rihane, Senior Technical Consulting Engineer

Certifications

Cisco, Juniper, and AWS certified. CCIE in progress.

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JNCIS-SP SpecialistEnterprise CoreCCNP EnterpriseEnterprise Automation SpecialistAWS Solutions Architect

About Me

I partner with teams on network architecture and advisory, from audit and target design to the roadmap that gets them there.

Senior Technical Consulting Engineer at Cisco, with 8 years designing, building, and operating production networks across ISP, enterprise, healthcare, and data center environments. I own the full project lifecycle: auditing what exists, designing the target, building it, and running it in production.

Global network backbone topology

Core Domains: WAN, Data Center, Campus, Cloud Networking, Security, Wireless, and Infrastructure Automation.

Key Vendors & Cloud: Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Fortinet, AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Professional Journey

Over the past 8 years, I've had the opportunity to build and operate critical infrastructure for global platforms, research networks, and ISPs.

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  • Deliver High Touch Technical Support and advisory for a dedicated set of Cisco accounts.
  • Specialize in Enterprise and SD-Access, extending to security, wireless, and automation.
  • Audit multi-site WAN, data center, campus, and security environments, covering lifecycle, routing resilience, and modernization priorities.
  • Tune backbone path selection to improve latency for sensitive application traffic.
  • Produce implementation roadmaps for infrastructure refresh, monitoring, change control, and operational standards.
  • Centralize monitoring and logging across the device fleet with Zabbix, Graylog, and Obkio, and build Ansible/AWX automation tied to NetBox.
  • Build an internal retrieval-augmented AI assistant that lets new hires self-serve documentation and procedures.
  • Led a campus Software-Defined Access migration on Cisco DNA Center across multiple campuses.
  • Reduced support tickets and sped incident resolution using SDA telemetry.
  • Configured 802.1X and access control in Cisco ISE.
  • Designed secure remote access with Cloudflare Zero Trust, Okta SSO/IAM, and policy-based segmentation.
  • Established highly available site-to-site IPsec between on-premises data centers and AWS.
  • Delivered member-site interconnections using BGP, MPLS, and QinQ.
  • Operated a multi-POP production backbone on Juniper MX/EX and Nokia SR OS.
  • Resolved BGP, L2, and backbone incidents and ran production changes with rollback planning.
  • Advised enterprise and healthcare clients through assessments, audits, and design support.
  • Designed Zero Trust segmentation for a multi-site healthcare network, covering security zones and firewall placement.
Saeid Ghobadi
Saeid GhobadiPrincipal Network & Security Architect, CCIE
As a Senior Network Administrator, he excels in network design, security, and automation.
Carl De Simone-Lafontaine
Carl De Simone-LafontaineSoftware Support Specialist
Best colleague I have worked with!
Thomas Adrar
Thomas AdrarNetwork Technician, NOC
In addition to a very good experience, he provides outstanding customer service.